Tag Archives: Ministry of Women and Child Development

Ministry of Women and Child Development presents the policy for most powerful yet neglected section of our society. “National Policy for Empowerment of Women”. Vision To bring about the advancement, development and empowerment of women. To encourage active participation of all stakeholders for achieving its goals. Specifically, the objectives of ...

Name of the scheme: Dhanalakshmi Scheme Purpose: This is a conditional cash transfer scheme for the girl child with insurance cover which would go a long way towards ensuring the survival of the girl child and assuring a better life for her. The direct and tangible objective of the scheme ...

Name of the scheme: Gender Budgeting Scheme Purpose: The main purposes of the scheme are listed below: To coordinate and monitor gender budgeting exercises of GBCs and facilitate gender budgeting analysis. To organize workshops to facilitate capacity building and training for various stakeholders including officials of Central and State Governments, ...

Name of the scheme: Family Counselling Centres Scheme Purpose: The Family Counselling Centres (FCCs) would work closely with local authorities like police and other institutions such as Short Stay Homes  and is expected to intervene in ‘crisis’ cases and in cases of atrocities against women. Eligibility Criteria Institutions: The applicant ...

Name of the scheme: Rajiv Gandhi Scheme for Empowerment of Adolescent Girls (Rgseag) – ‘Sabla’ Purpose: Enable the adolescent girls for self-development and empowerment Improve their nutrition and health status. Promote awareness about health, hygiene, nutrition, Adolescent Reproductive and Sexual Health (ARSH) and family and child care. Upgrade their home-based ...

Name of the scheme: Working Women Hostel Purpose: The main purpose of this scheme is to provide safe and affordable accommodation to working women. Beneficiaries: Following categories of working women and their children will be covered under this Scheme- Working women, who may be single, widowed, divorced, separated, married but ...

Name of the scheme: UJJAWALA Purpose: It is a comprehensive scheme for prevention of trafficking and rescue, rehabilitation and reintegration of victims of trafficking for commercial sexual exploitation. To prevent trafficking of women and children for commercial sexual exploitation through social mobilization and involvement of local communities, awareness generation programmes, ...

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 ...