Union Minister for Women & Child Development Smriti Irani said that the government plans to open 300 more One Stop Centres (OSCs) soon, encouraged by the success of the OSCs to support women affected by violence.

The Minister was speaking at the Zonal Conference of States and Stakeholders from Western Region in Mumbai, on a variety of issues with participation from Maharashtra, Gujarat, Goa, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli & Daman and Diu.

Other speakers included Union Minister of State Dr. Mahendra Munjpara, Maharashtra Minister for Women & Child Development Yashomati Thakur, top officials like Indevar Pandey, I.A. Kundan and others on three women-centric topics - Mission Poshan 2.0, Mission Shakti, and Mission Vatsalya.

She said presently, there are 704 OSCs functioning in the country to help out women hit by violence in private or public spaces, family, community, or at workplaces. Irani added that over 70 lakh women have been helped by the Central and state governments in collaboration with Women's Helplines, and now 300 more OSCs will be opened.

According to the Minister, under Ayushman Bharat, 45 crore women have taken advantage of healthcare schemes and proved skeptics wrong, over 7 crore women have screened themselves or undergoing treatment for breast cancer or cervical cancer or other women-related issues beating social taboos.

Irani said that a whopping Rs 171,000 crore has been allocated for women related programmes which is a 14 per cent increase.