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Social Welfare And Nutritious Meal Programme Department POLICY NOTE - 2002-2003 DEMAND NO.43 CHAPTER - 1 INTRODUCTIONI move the Demand No.43 for grant of a sum of Rs.4,11,11,50,000 for the year 2002-2003. A country's real wealth is its human resources. If human resources develop, then the country's economy will also develop. Both human resources development and society's development will largely depend on the women of that country. Women become the strong pillars for the future society. The great poet Bharathi has written
This Government headed by our revolutionary leader, who is the living example of the poet's imagination, ensures women's rights and women's welfare in practical terms, than being in the realms of rhetoric and theory. Among women, pregnant women, lactating mothers, the poor women living below poverty line, widows and destitutes deserve more affection and assistance. This Government plans and implements well the schemes for the overall development and security of these women. This Government has been implementing a number of welfare schemes for the development of women in social as well as economic spheres to establish their rights at all levels in the society and to get more empowerment. Children should stand as pillars of the strength of the future society. The disabled should be receiving affection and support from all sections of the society. In order to give them a foothold in their lives, this Government is implementing a number of welfare schemes. Age is a process in one's life cycle which cannot be postponed. Schemes extending helping hands to the aged people are planned and being implemented. The care and well being of all sections in society like women, children, adolescent girls, destitutes, disabled and aged persons is taken care of in the recently implemented novel scheme called " Whole Life Cycle Nutrition Security Programme " which is a pioneer scheme to all such schemes. As Poet Bharathidasan has wrote " g£l§fŸ MŸtJ« r£l§fŸ brŒtJ« ghçåš bg©fŸ el¤j tªnjh«" today a number of welfare schemes aimed at mitigating the sufferings of the women, children, disabled and destitutes and for their development are being implemented by the Social Welfare and Nutritious Meal Programme Department in synergy with the programmes of the other departments besides aiming to mitigate the sufferings of poor people and aged. These schemes fall under the broad category of :- 1. Programmes for Economic Development of Women 2. Child Welfare Programmes 3. Nutrition Programmes 4. Programmes for the Rehabilitation of the Disabled 5. Programmes for the Women and Children in difficult circumstances 6. Schemes for the elderly. The directorates / corporations implementing the above programmes, their aims, services, details of beneficiaries and the financial allocation for the year 2002-2003 are briefly summarised under different chapters in this Policy Note.
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