Women and Child Welfare

Name of the scheme: Swadhar Greh Purpose: It is a Scheme that caters to primary needs of women in difficult circumstances. The scheme envisions a supportive institutional framework for women who have been victims of difficult circumstances so that they could lead their life with dignity and conviction. Objectives: Under ...

Name of the scheme: Rajiv Gandhi National Creche Scheme for the Children of Working Mothers Purpose: The main purpose of this scheme is to help working mothers by providing crèche system for their children. To provide day-care facilities for children (6 months to 6 years) of working mothers in the ...

IMNCI programme is being implemented by the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare to prevent and manage five major childhood illnesses i.e. Acute Respiratory Infections, Diarrhoea, Measles, Malaria and Malnutrition to bring down the infant mortality rate in India. The integrated approach ensures that all relevant needs of the child ...

In order to effectively improve the health status of women and children and fulfil the unmet need for Family Welfare services in the country, especially the poor and under served by reducing infant child and maternal mortality and morbidity, Government of India launched the RCH Programme during 1997-98. Goals: Currently ...

Jansankhya Sthirata Kosh (JSK) has been registered as an autonomous society of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. The Government has provided a Rs 100 crore Corpus fund to signify its commitment to the activities of the Kosh. JSK has to use the interest on the Corpus and also ...

A report of the High Level Committee on the social, economic and educational status of the Muslim community of India (popularly known as the Sachar Report) had highlighted the fact that India’s largest minority group, the Muslim numbering 13.83 Crore, have been left out of the development trajectory and within ...

The Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana (SSY), also known as girl child prosperity scheme is launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. SSY account is to ensure a bright future for girl children in India. This yojana is to facilitate them proper education and carefree marriage expenses.  The scheme has well been accepted ...

Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) is an Indian government welfare programme which provides food, preschool education, and primary healthcare to children under 6 years of age and their mothers. These services are provided from Anganwadi centres established mainly in rural areas. ICDS was launched in 1975 in accordance to the ...

The Balika Samriddhi Yojana (BSY) was launched in 1997 by the Central Govt to change the negative attitude towards the girl child with an aim to increase enrolment and retention of girls in schools, to increase their marriage age and to create income opportunities and activities for them. Objectives: To ...

Trade Related Entrepreneurship Assistance and Development (TREAD) scheme was launched by the central government for illiterate and semi-literate women in rural and urban India to improve their overall condition. It has been put into action with the 12th year plan. This economic scheme focuses on women empowerment through trade related ...