Mission Shakti’, an Integrated Women Empowerment Programme, is the Umbrella Scheme for the Safety, Security and Empowerment of Women of the Government of India for implementation during the 15th Finance Commission period from 2021-22 to 2025-26. It aims at strengthening interventions for safety, security and empowerment of women in a mission mode through convergence and institutional mechanism.
The broad objectives of the Mission are as under:
• To provide immediate and comprehensive continuum of care, support and assistance to women affected by violence and in distress;
• To put in place quality mechanisms for rescue, protection and rehabilitation of women in need of assistance and victims of crime and violence;
• To create awareness among masses for inducing mindset change towards women and girls and to disseminate information about Government schemes and programmes as well as about legal provisions to fight social evils and to promote gender equality etc.
• To improve accessibility to various government services available for women at various levels;
• To build capacity and training of functionaries/ duty bearers under various schemes/ Legislations;
• To collaborate with line Ministries/ Departments/ States/ UTs for convergence of policies, programmes/ schemes and to create an enabling environment for public private partnership for women across sectors.