The state government has announced to provide direct help to the old-aged couples or senior citizens who fail to get the help and care of their children at this stage of their life. Such beneficiaries would be getting free boarding and lodging facilities under the scheme named “Rajya Baran Poshan Aivam Kalyan Adhiniyam” implemented recently.
While the deputy commissioners has been made the head of the special tribunal to look after the work in this regard, the SDMs have been appointed as nodal officers at subdivision level to receive the applications. A parliamentary tribunal will be looking after the overall implementation of the scheme in the respective subdivisional areas.
Meanwhile, faced by severe criticism after the release of the census figures regarding skewed sex ratio , the state government has initiated measures to promote balance in the sex ratio and to serve the interests of the girl child. These include cash prizes to the districts which would be improving sex ratio and financial help to groups of women who work for the welfare of the girls and women in the rural areas.
According to an official spokesperson, the authorities at the district and subdivisional levels had been directed to ensure proper implementation of schemes like Laadli, under which the government provides various kinds of help to the girl child. Claiming that over 1.07 lakh girls had been benefited under the scheme so far, he said as many as five districts — Gurgaon, Fatehabad, Sonepat, Mahendergarh, Jhajjar and Faridabad — had been given prizes for excellent work. Jhajjar is the same district where sex ratio has been recorded one of the least in the country.
The government has announced a cash prize of `5 lakh, `3 and `2 lakh for the districts coming first, second and third, respectively.
The authorities claim that work towards empowering women has been going on smoothly as about 6,250 groups of literate women have been set up already and they have been working towards creating awareness regarding the issue and helping women in various aspects at the local level. These groups are being given `5,000 per month for their activities. The spread of literacy and awareness on certain issues concerning their interests and welfare has been the main focus of the programme.
The authorities claim that sex ratio would improve drastically in the next few years. The integrated child and women welfare scheme has got engaged about 75,000 women in the district at present and their focus is to ensure a balanced diet and nutrition for both the women and the child.
While the deputy commissioners has been made the head of the special tribunal to look after the work in this regard, the SDMs have been appointed as nodal officers at subdivision level to receive the applications. A parliamentary tribunal will be looking after the overall implementation of the scheme in the respective subdivisional areas.
Meanwhile, faced by severe criticism after the release of the census figures regarding skewed sex ratio , the state government has initiated measures to promote balance in the sex ratio and to serve the interests of the girl child. These include cash prizes to the districts which would be improving sex ratio and financial help to groups of women who work for the welfare of the girls and women in the rural areas.
According to an official spokesperson, the authorities at the district and subdivisional levels had been directed to ensure proper implementation of schemes like Laadli, under which the government provides various kinds of help to the girl child. Claiming that over 1.07 lakh girls had been benefited under the scheme so far, he said as many as five districts — Gurgaon, Fatehabad, Sonepat, Mahendergarh, Jhajjar and Faridabad — had been given prizes for excellent work. Jhajjar is the same district where sex ratio has been recorded one of the least in the country.
The government has announced a cash prize of `5 lakh, `3 and `2 lakh for the districts coming first, second and third, respectively.
The authorities claim that work towards empowering women has been going on smoothly as about 6,250 groups of literate women have been set up already and they have been working towards creating awareness regarding the issue and helping women in various aspects at the local level. These groups are being given `5,000 per month for their activities. The spread of literacy and awareness on certain issues concerning their interests and welfare has been the main focus of the programme.
The authorities claim that sex ratio would improve drastically in the next few years. The integrated child and women welfare scheme has got engaged about 75,000 women in the district at present and their focus is to ensure a balanced diet and nutrition for both the women and the child.
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