Department of Social Welfare Services
CHANDIGARH
Beneficiary Oriented Solution - State
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The Department of Social Welfare, Women and Child Development, Chandigarh Administration is running various welfare schemes, programmes and institutions for the welfare of the Scheduled Caste, Other Backward Classes, Persons with Disabilities, Women and Children and other vulnerable sections of the Society. The Department is managing one Nari Niketan, and many other institutions which are being run or managed through various Non-Government agencies.
Project Details
Brief Background
The various schemes of this department are Post Delivery Financial Assistance to Women for Nutrition; Apni Beti Apna Dhan; Holiday Camps for Scheduled Caste; Encouragement to inter-caste Marriage; Development of Skills amongst SC children living in Jhuggies and Slum Areas; Seminar on Life, Mission & Work of Baba Saheb Dr.B.R. Ambedkar, Monetary Relief/ Rehabilitation of Victims of Atrocities; Strengthening of Machinery for the enforcement of PCR Act.
Objective
For Social Security and Welfare of Women and Children, there are schemes like Creches for the Children of Working Mothers; Home for Delinquent/Neglected Children (J.J Home Sector 25, Chandigarh); Children in need of Care and Protection; Financial Assistance to Widows/Destitute Women; Nari Niketan, Incentive to New Born Girl Children and Provision for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR). 450 Anganwari Centres are being run by the ICDS Projects.
Benefits
For the disabled, schemes of Subsidy on Petrol/Diesel; Prosthetic Aid, Unemployment Allowance etc. are being implemented. For the aged, scheme of Old Age Pension is being implemented and Identity Cards to Senior Citizens are also being issued.
