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Ministry of Social
Justice and Empowerment
Shastri Bhawan
Dr Rajendra Prasad Road
New Delhi - 110 001
Tel: 2338 3342
Fax: 91-11-23384918
www.socialjustice.nic.in
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The objective of the scheme is to promote adoptions within
the country and to ensure minimum standards in the care of abandoned
/ orphaned / destitute children. Grant-in-aid is provided to
organizations which are making efforts to rehabilitate children
within the country through sponsorship, foster care or adoption.
The total outlay for one home for a single unit of 10 children
is estimated to be Rs. 6,63,000/- out of which the Government
contributes 90% i.e; Rs. 5,96,700/-.
The scheme aims to empower and
improve the quality of life of older persons. The National Policy
on Older Persons visualizes that the State shall extend support
for financial security, health care, shelter, welfare and other
needs of older persons, provide protection against abuse and exploitation,
make available opportunities for development of the potential
of older persons, seek their participation, and provide services
so that they can improve the quality of their lives. Since the
State alone cannot provide all the services needed by older persons,
the National Policy recognizes the NGO sector as a very important
institutional mechanism to provide user friendly affordable services
to compliment the endeavours of the State in this direction. A
one time construction assistance is provided for construction
of Old Age Homes or Multi-Service Centres consisting of Day Care
Centres for the mobile, reach out units for the home bound and
Old Age Homes for the destitute Older Persons.
Recognizing Substance Abuse and
Alcoholism as a psychosocio medical problem, the approach would
be to provide whole range of services including awareness generation,
identification, treatment and rehabilitation of addicts through
the voluntary organizations. With a view to reducing the demand
for the consumption of alcohol and dependence producing substances,
the trust is on preventive education programmes and on reintegration
of the addicts into the mainstream of the society. Stress will
be laid on mobilization of community resources and greater community
participation.
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The programme endeavours to provide
non-institutional support necessary for the wholesome development
of street children particularly those without homes and family
ties and children especially vulnerable to abuse and exploitation
such as children of sex workers and children of pavement dwellers.
The programme strives to provide services like shelter, nutrition,
health care, sanitation and hygiene, safe drinking water, education
and recreational facilities and protection against abuse and exploitation
to destitute and neglected street children.
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This is a general scheme of grant-in-aid
which aims to cover a wide spectrum of programme areas for tackling
social problems or meeting the needs of specific client group.
Since these relate to several types of problem areas/ client groups,
it is not possible to have a separate scheme for each problem
especially since the initial effort would be of a pioneering/experimental/nascent
kind and it is only a few years later after the programme has
been in operation for some time that the Ministry may like to
formulate a separate scheme for each of the specific types of
programme activities. These unchartered areas are not currently
being covered by any of the existing schemes.
The prime objective of the scheme
is to provide for an overall improvement and development of the
target group i.e; Scheduled Tribes or OBCs through voluntary efforts
working in the field of Education, Health and Sanitation, Environment,
Drinking Water, Legal Redressal Services, as well as need based
socio-economic upliftment efforts. Assistance under the scheme
is admissible for establishing centres and developing and delivering
services, which may equip the Scheduled Tribes by upgrading their
skills to enable them to start income generation activities either
through self employment or wage employment.
The main objective of the scheme
is to assist the needy disabled persons in procuring suitable,
sophisticated, durable, scientifically manufactured, modern, standard
aids and appliances that can promote their physical, social and
psychological rehabilitation, by reducing the effects of disabilities
and enhance their economic potential. The implementing agencies
will be provided with financial assistance for purchase, fabrication
and distribution of such standard aids and appliances that are
in conformity with objective of the scheme. The implementing agency
will take care of/ make suitable arrangements for fitting and
post fitting care of the aids and appliances distributed under
ADIP scheme. The scheme shall also include under its ambit, medical/surgical
correction and intervention which is essential prior to fitment
of aids and appliances.
The scheme was initiated basically
to ensure effective implementation of the PWD Act 1995 and to
simplify and facilitate procedure for easy access to Government
support. It will address the unmet needs of over 95% Indian citizens
with disabilities who have not had access to services so far.
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