Haryana State Social Welfare Board (HSWB) has requested the State Government to provide it a scheme under which the Board could at least provide matric-level education to those children, who are in prison.
“We have requested the Government to provide scheme under which the Board could provide education to the children in jail,” said Haryana State Social Welfare Board (HSSWB), chairperson Malik Rozi Anand, while talking to the mediapersons here on Monday.
She said that the Board has also requested the State Government to provide schemes of women empowerment to it. Under Swadhaar, a scheme for women in difficult circumstances, the Board has urged the Government to provide two more Swadhaar Greh in the state, said she.
At present, one such Greh is operational at Rohtak.
Anand said that the Board will organise a workshop on the topic of ‘Sanyukt Parivar-Badhta Aaadhar, Ekal Parivar-Ghathta Sansaar’ at Haryana Niwas here on November 29 to mark its golden jubilee celebrations.
Governor Kaptan Singh Solanki, in the presence of Chief Minister Manohar lal will release a golden jubilee Souvenir on this occasion. Women and Child Development Minister Kavita Jain and senior officers will also attend the event, she said.
Anand said that apart from Heads of Departments, legal experts and psychologists, Chairpersons of Social Welfare Boards from the states of Orissa, Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Delhi, Chhattisgarh and Union Territory Chandigarh would participate in the workshop.
The Board is working for the upliftment of downtrodden and neglected people. It is running family counseling centres in 14 districts to provide counseling to women to sort out their family disputes. A sum of Rs 3.20 lakh per annum is provided to NGOs or voluntary organizations for setting up of family counseling centre, added she.
In reply to a question, Anand said that Social Justice and Empowerment Department and National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) have been requested to provide funds for the schemes of computer centres and hospitality in the State.