An amount of over Rs10,000 crore has been spent on various programmes launched for women and children welfare in the past five years across the State.
Official sources said Rs1,100 crore has been spent for welfare of women from the year 2010 to 2015, while Rs8,964 crore has been spent for child development programme during the period.
State Women and Child Development Department has provided assistance to lakhs of Women Self Help Groups during the years. Besides, the State Government has been providing various kinds of nutritious food to pregnant women and infants under the age of 6 months to 6 years under the schemes in the past five years.
Sources said there has been a system for providing financial assistance of Rs2,000 per month to 1,255 orphan children by rehabilitating them in different families. While committees have been constituted at State and district level for providing security to orphans, as many as 13 special adoption agencies are working in the State to rehabilitate them.
Besides, operations like Muskan and Smile have been launched to rescue missing children. A total of 399 registered child care agencies are working for rehabilitation of abandoned and orphaned children. The State Government is providing financial assistance of Rs2,000 per month to the inmates of 89 child care agencies.
Child Welfare Committee and Juvenile Justice Board are working in every district for security of children in the State.
To address the issue of declining sex ratio, the State Government is executing the Central scheme ‘Beti Bachao Beti Padhao’ aimed at generating awareness and improving the efficiency of welfare services meant for women, while initiatives have been taken for safety of girl child in other districts.
One stop centre ‘Sakhi’ is working in the capital hospital for providing quick service to victims of domestic violence and special units have been set up in all the districts to prevent children and women trafficking, sources said.