SOCIAL WELFARE
| Name of DSWO | Sk. Mosaraf Hossain | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Present staff strength of section | HC-1, UDA-2, LDA-3, Gr.D-2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Acts & Rules administered by the Section | 1)The West Bengal Old Age Pension Rules, 1990 2) Widow Pension Rules 1990 3)Disability Pension Rules 1990 4)Scheme for financial assistance to the destitute children for Non-Institutional Care (Revised Rules 1990) 5) Rules to regulate Govt. of West Bengal Scholarship for Physically Handicapped students 6)Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection) Act., 2000 7)Persons with disabilities ( PWD), Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and full participation Act. 1995 8) National Trust for welfare of Persons with Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Mental Retardation and Multiple Disabilities Act. 1999 9)Domestic Violence Act. 2005. 10) Dowry Prohibition Act 1961 |
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| Salient features of Acts, Rules, Schemes administered by the Section |
@ Rs. 750/- p.m of by paying widow pension (@ Rs. 750/- per month. As per fixed Quota 2084 widows are benefited from the scheme. Disability pension:- Disabled persons, having degree of disability 40% or above and Fixed Quota 1929 whose monthly income does not exceed Rs. 100 are taken care of @ Rs. 750/- p.m by paying disability pension. As per fixed quota 1929 disabled persons are benefited form the scheme. Fixed Pension quota for MinoritiesDisability Pension:-
@ Rs 60/- P.M the age group of 6 yrs to 18 yrs, Studying as a regular student in a State Govt. Recognized institution. At present Rs. 60/- per children per month is provided for schooling. As per fixed quota 272 children are benefited from the scheme. Scholarship for PWD (Persons with Disability) Students.Fixed Quota-325 Students with disabilities get @ RS. 100/- per month for their @Rs. 100/- P.M education till their promotion to class IX . According to Fixed dist quota 325 students with disability are benefited from the scheme. Juvenile Justice Act.2000, amended 2006:- To work with children who are destitute, abandoned, orphan etc. and conflict with law are provided care and protection of the said children and protect the best interest of the children.Child Welfare Committee: In every district there is a Child Welfare Committee deals with the primary aim of rehabilitation and social re-integration is to help children in restoring their dignity and self-worth and mainstream them through rehabilitation within the family where possible or otherwise through alternate care programme and long-term care shall be of last resort. The Child Welfare Committee of Paschim Medinipur District has been functioning at Gope, Vidyasagar Valika Bhavan, Midnapore to fulfill above objectives. Juvenile Justice Board:- Function of the Board as 1) Adjudicate and dispose cases of juveniles in conflict with law. 2) Maintain liaison with the Committee in respect of cases needing care and protection. 3) Monitoring institution for juveniles in conflict with law and seeking compliance from them in cases of any noticeable lapses and improvement based on suggestion of the Board. 4) Any other function assigned by the State Government from time to time relating with juveniles in conflict with law. Juvenile Justice Board of Paschim Medinipur District has been functioning at Gope, Vidyasagar Valika Bhavan, Midnapore to fulfill above objectives.Persons With Disabilities ( PWD), Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and full participation Act. 1995: The Act covers aspects such as prevention and early detection of disabilities, rehabilitation services, education, employment and vocational training, 3% job reservation for persons with disabilities, non-discrimination in government employment, research and manpower development, creation of barrier-free environment, preferential allotment of land and other assets, social security for the disabled persons etc.National Trust for welfare of Persons with Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Mental Retardation and Multiple Disabilities Act. 1999. : The Trust is a statutory body and primarily seeks to uphold the rights, safeguard the interests and promote the development of persons with Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Mental Retardation and Multiple Disability and their families. Towards this goal, the National Trust has formulated programme that promote independence, facilitate guardianship, where necessary, and address the concerns of those special persons who do not have their family support.Domestic Violence Act. 2005. :- By this Act, the Rights women are protected from all kind of domestic violence. One Protection Officer has been appointed to fulfill provisions of Domestic Violence Act.2005.Programme for Identification of Disabled Persons:Regular medical camps are held in Sadar Hospital and all Sub-divisional Hospitals for identification of disabled persons. Spl. Medical camps are also organized from time to time for the same purpose. Aids and appliances are also supplied to them.NHFDC loan Scheme: (National Handicapped and Finance Development corporation):The Act covers aspects such as prevention and early detection of disabilities, rehabilitation services, education, employment and vocational training, 3% job reservation for persons with disabilities, non-discrimination in government employment, research and manpower development, creation of barrier-free environment, preferential allotment of land and other assets, social security for the disabled persons etc.NHFDC loan in available for the handicapped persons 18 to 55 years of age with at coast 40% disability and annual family income with one lakh rupees in urban area and eighty thousand rupees in rural areas.NHFDC loan has different ceilings for different category of activities. Maximum available for trading is rupees one lakh for service Sector, three lakhs for agriculture, transport and for small industries five lakhs. 83 nos. of disabled persons of this district are so far sanctioned loan under NHFDC scheme . Total fund sanctioned 37, 92,683/-under the said loan scheme. Cash relief under motor accident scheme:-This assistance extended to the nearest kins of the person died from motor accident on fulfillment of terms & conditions. In the financial year 2006-07 45 persons were benefited from the scheme and total payment made to them Rs 3,10,000/-In the financial year 2007-08, 8 persons were benefited from the scheme (Boat accident) and total payment made to them Rs 80,000/- In the year 2008-09, ten persons are benefited from the scheme and total amount paid to them Rs. One lakh. In the year 2009-2010 ten persons are benefited from the scheme and total amount paid to them Rs. Eighty Seven thousand only.Cutting & Tailoring Scheme :-This Scheme has been introduced to impart tainting in tailoring –Cum embroidery and knitting to destitute girls and women of urban and rural areas for upliftment their economic as well as social status. Maximum number of trainees in each course per centre is 50. The Trainees as from poor and destitute families preferably below 40years of age with minimum qualification of class VIII Standard. In our district 4 cutting & Tailoring centers are running 1 Narayangarh, 2. Debra, 3.Garbeta III, 4.Salboni. Functioning of Govt. Home. Vidyasagar Balika Bhavan for Girls Gope, Midnapore. It is a Home for girls (destitute, abandoned, neglected ,orphaned) under J.J. Act, Total capacity of the Home 425 (Destitute & N.C-300, after care -125) . Inmates of the home are maintained by Govt. fund fully and they are provided with proper shelter, food, health and educational care, facilities etc. free of cost, . The home has inside schooling up to class X and rehabilitative training facilities on handloom, embroidery work, cutting & tailoring etc.Working Women Hostel:Central / state Government encouraged construction of hostels for working women in order to enhance enrolment of women in employment and in technical training. There are 3 working women hostel functioning in this district: 1) West Bengal SC.ST& Minority association, Najarganj Project complex, Midnapore having capacity –100, (2) Indian Red cross society, Midnapore , having capacity - 75, (3) I.I.T Kharagpore, having capacity – 75.N.G.O run homes under cottage schemes for maintenance of destitute children below 18 years. In addition to Govt. Homes, Govt also encouraged the N.G.Os to run. Home,by providing financial assistance under Grand-in aid. At present 8 N.G,Os of this district are maintaining 26 cottages. (1 cottage = 25 beneficiaries) 1) Nivedita Gramin karma Mandir, Manikpara, Jhargram – 9 cottages (for girls), Present Strength:-209 2) Prabuddha Bharati Sishu Tirtha, Krishna Priya, Pingla – 4 cottages (for boys), Present Strength:-85 3) Bikhas Bharati Welfare society, Jhargram 6 cottages (boys), Present Strength:-108 4) Sainik Sishu Kalyan Sadan, Mirjabajar, Midnapur- 1 cottage (Boys), Present Strength:-25 5) Blind Madrasaha & Pry School, Midnapore Town - 1 cottage (boys), Present Strength:-25 6) Trilochanpore Sri Ramkrishna Asram, Sejgeria, Debra 2 cottages (Boys), Present Strength:-50 7) Kalpataru Natun Bazar,Kotwali Midnapore - 1 cottage (boys), Present Strength:-25 8) Child & Social Welfare Society, Markandachak, Sabang.-2 Cottages for girls. Present strength:-50.Integrated Programme For older persons. Old Age Home.6 old age Homes Basic thrust of the programme is the older persons (of age 60 years and run by N.G.Os above ) Particularly the infirm, destitute and widow amongst them, the having total over all thrust shall on the context of improving the quality of life of older capacity –200 persons and of the community . N.G.Os get fund from Govt. for maintenance of older persons.In Paschim Medinipore District at present 6 N.G.Os are maintaining 7 Old Age Homes with total capacity of 250 old aged persons.Short stay Home for women and girls:-2nos of short stay The SSH for women and girls extends temporary shelter and rehabilitation to those women and girls who have no social support Homes are function system due to family problems, mental strains, social ostracism, -ing having total exploitation and other causes. Capacity 60. The services extended in those Homes include medical care, Psychiatric treatment, educational cum-vocational training, and recreational facilities free of cost. At Present in Paschim Medinipore District 2nos of Short Stay Homes are maintained by N.G.OS. Family Counseling Centre :-
The nodal organization of Childline (1098) is Vidyasagar School of Social Work and Prabuddha Bhatati Shishu Tirtha, Kharagpur is working as a collaborative organization for CHILDLINE across the district of Paschim Medinipur. Awareness Programme.Awareness programme are regularly organized for making people aware of evils of dowry system, childhood marriage and combating trafficking. Sensitization on adulation period, empowerment of women, Child Rights, National trust, Child Labour Act. Legal Service Aid, Rights of elderly persons ect. Day care centre run by different Non-Govt. organization:- The aim of this programme is to keep the aged integrated to their respective families and to supplement the activities of the family in looking after the need of the aged. Both groups of the aged viz. well-to-do and the poor in the age group of 60 years and above are benefited from the programme. The programme aims at improving the living style and gainful utilization of the spare time of the elderly persons. |
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| Registers maintained by the Section | 1)Issue Registers 2) Receipt Registers 3) Movement Registers 4) Old Age Pension Registers 5) Disability Pension Registers 6) Widow Pension Registers 7) N.I.C. Registers 8) Handicapped Certificate Registers 9) Bill Registers 10) Allotment Registers 11) Transit Registers 12) Registers of different NGOs 13) Attendance Registers 14) Stock Registers of stationary articles & forms. 15) Registers for delivery of Identity Cards to disabled persons. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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