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1. WELFARE SCHEMES FOR
WOMEN IN INDIA
Presenter: Dr Walied K Balwan
MODERATOR: Dr Rohul Jabeen Shah
S/R Incharge : Dr. Qurat ul Aen
Department of Community Medicine SKIMS ,Srinagar

2. BACKGROUND
 Women constitute 48 per cent of the total population of
the country. They suffer many disadvantages as
compared to men in literary rates, labour participation
rates and earnings. The development of women has
been receiving attention of the Government of India from
the
 First Plan, treated as a subject of ‘welfare’ and clubbed
together with the welfare of the disadvantaged groups
like destitute, disabled, aged, etc.
 In 1953, the Central Social Welfare Board was set up
which acts as an Apex Body at the Centre to promote
voluntary action at various levels, especially at the

3.  Second to Fifth Plans continued this strategy,
besides giving priority to women’s education,
and launching measures to improve material
and child health services, supplementary
feeding for children and expectant and nursing
mothers.
 Sixth Plan, approached from ‘welfare’ to
‘development’ of women with special emphasis
on the three core sectors of health, education
and employment.

4. Seventh Plan stressed on raising their
economic and social status and bringing
them into the mainstream of national
development.
Eighth Plan stressed women to function as
equal partners and participants in the
development process.

5. Ninth Plan made two important changes in the
strategy of development of women.:
 A) The first was the ‘Empowerment of Women’,
where women could freely exercise their rights both
within and outside home, and are equal partners
along with men.
 B) The second was the convergence of existing
services where special strategy of ‘Women’s
Component Plan’ was adopted through which not
less than 30 per cent of funds/benefits now flow to
women from all the general development sectors.

6. Under Article 15(3), the Constitution of India allows for
positive discrimination in favor of women. The article,
under right to equality, states:
"Nothing in this article shall prevent the State from
making any special provision for women and
children.“
"The State shall, in particular, direct its policy towards
securing that the citizens, men and women equally,
have the right to an adequate means of livelihood."[

7. CONTENTS
 MCTS
 Indira Gandhi Matritva Sahyog Yojna
 Rajiv Gandhi Scheme for Empowerment
of Adolescent Girls (Sabla)
 Rashtriya Mahils Kosh
 Mahila E Haat
 One Stop Centre
 Universalisation of Women Helpline
 Priyadarshini
 Beti Bachao Beti Padhao
 Ujjawala
 Latest updates

8. MCTS ( Mother and Child Tracking
System)
Mother & Child Tracking System(MCTS) is a
centralized web based application for
improving delivery of health care services to
pregnant women and children up to five
years of age through name based tracking
of each beneficiary and monitoring service
delivery.
 In July 2011 MCTS has been declared as the
Mission Mode Project under NeGP (National e-
Governance Plan).

9. Objective(s) of MCTS
To ensure that
• All pregnant women should receive their:
– Full Ante Natal Care (ANCs) services at due
time
– Full Post Natal Care (PNCs) services at due
time
• Encourage institutional delivery particularly of
high risk mothers
• All children should receive their full
immunisation at due time. This will help

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16. Data captured under MCTS
 Location Details (State,
District, Block, Address)
 Identification details
(Name, DOB, Phone No, JSY, caste,
Aadhaar detail)
 Health Provider details
( ANM, ASHA, Linked facility for
delivery)
 ANC details (LMP, ANC dates,
TT, IFA, Anemia, Complications)
 Pregnancy Outcome
(Place, delivery date, JSY benefits)
 PNC Details - dates
 Location Details (State,
District, Block, Address)
 Identification details
(Name, DOB, Phone No,
caste)
 Health Provider details
(ANM, ASHA)
 Immunization details
(Dates for BCG, OPV, DPT
/ Pantavelent, Hepatitis,
Measles, Vit A)
Pregnant Women Children

20. MCTS can benefit Beneficiaries by
providing
• Information about required services,
• Advance information about the due services
• Different Government Schemes & Benefits
• Facility to interaction with Health Service
Provider
• Facility in timely delivery of full complement of
services
• Flexibility to availing the services from any
Health Centre based on need
• Free consultation from Central Helpdesk (Toll
Free No10588)

21. MCTS benefits ANM/ASHA by
providing
• Auto generated of work-plan
• Readily available Services due list
• Micro planning for field Visit
• Contact details of the Beneficiaries
• SMS based work-plan
• Better guidance from senior supervisors

22. MCTS is a very good tool for the DIO’s/ CMO’s
and BMO’s and provides
• Actionable reports of registration and
service updating status
• Readily available analytical reports
• Facility reporting status
• Direct communication with ANMs / ASHAs
and beneficiaries
• Group /Individual SMS’s to health workers
and beneficiaries
• Better planning for Vaccination Supply &
Management

23. HOW MCTS CAN BENEFIT AT STATE LEVEL
• At a Glance real time State progress report of the entire
state
• Facilitate in identification of poor performing Districts,
health facilities, Sub- Health Centres
• Graphical Dashboard for pictorial representation of the
reports
• Special reports of high risk cases
• Focused deployment of health workers & any supplementary
immunization activity planning
• Better data analysis for preparation of District /Block health
action plans
• Improved supply chain management of vaccines and Drugs
• Effective IEC and communication with field workers and
beneficiaries

24. MCTS- Protocol
State
District
Block
Sub Centre
Village
Primary
Health
Centre
M/O In-
charge
ANM
ASHA
District Dev
Commissioner
CMO DPM
State Programme
Officers
Mission
Director
BMO
Data Entry
Operator
BM&E
O
DM&E
O

25. The Indira Gandhi
Matritva Sahyog
Yojana: A Conditional
Maternity Benefit plan
(CMB)

26. Introduction
 The Indira Gandhi Matritva Sahyog Yojana
(IGMSY) is a maternity benefit program run by the
government of India. It was introduced in 2010 and is
implemented by the Ministry of Women and Child
Development(WCD).
 It is a conditional cash transfer scheme for pregnant
and lactating women of 19 years of age or above for
first two live births. It provides a partial wage
compensation to women for wage-loss during
childbirth and childcare and to provide conditions for
safe delivery and good nutrition and feeding practices.
In 2013, the scheme was brought under the National
Food Security Act, 2013.

27. Objectives
 Promoting appropriate practice, care and
institutional service utilization during pregnancy,
delivery and lactation
 Encouraging the women to follow (optimal)
nutrition and feeding practices, including early and
Exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months;
and
 Providing cash incentives for improved health and
nutrition to pregnant and lactating mothers.

28. Target Group :
 Pregnant Women of 19 years of age and above for
first two live births (benefit for still births would be as
per the guidelines of scheme)
 All Government/PSUs (Central & State) employees
would be excluded from the scheme as they are
entitled for paid maternity leave.

29. Coverage
i. Geographical Coverage : Presently, the scheme is
implemented on a pilot basis in 53 selected districts
and proposals are under consideration to scale it up
to 200 additional 'high burden districts' in 2015-16. (
in J&K there are two districts i.e Kathua and
Anantnag)
 The districts have been selected from across the
country based on six indicators which are available
from DLHS 3.

30. The indicators are :-
 i) Percent literate Female Population (Age 7+),
 ii) Mothers registered in the first trimester when they
were pregnant with last live birth/still birth (%),
 iii) Mothers who had at least 3 Ante-Natal care visits
during the last pregnancy (%),
 iv) Institutional births (%),
 v) Children (12-23 months) fully immunized (BCG, 3
doses each of DPT, and Polio and Measles) (%) and
 vi) Children breastfed within one hour of birth (%).

31. ii. The beneficiaries:
 Pregnant and lactating women
 In order to estimate the number of pregnant and
lactating women that would be covered under the
IGMSY, the surveyed population of P & L Women
under ICDS(225 lakh) has been taken into
consideration.
 75 % percent of women in the 52 selected districts
have been estimated to avail benefits initially under
IGMSY, since it is a self selecting scheme. Based on
these calculations, the scheme covers around 13.8
lakh pregnant and lactating women from these 52

32. Programmes and Services
Using the framework of existing ICDS programme, It
is implemented through the existing District ICDS
Cell.
 Cash transfer would be provided to all pregnant and
lactating women in selected districts to contribute
towards supporting their health and nutritional
needs.
 Each pregnant and lactating mother would receive a
total cash incentive of Rs. 4000/- between the
second trimester till the child attains the age of 6
months subject to fulfillment of conditions i.e

34. Flexi fund:
The State would have flexi fund amounting to 2.5
per cent of total annual expenditure under the
scheme that can be utilized for funding need-based
interventions during the course of implementation
of the scheme. i.e
 An additional cash transfer to disabled women to
take care of their child, incentive for first child birth
at age of 21 years and beyond, spacing of three
years between first two births, etc.

35.  Incentives to Anganwadi Workers (AWWs) and
Helpers(AWHs):
 AWW would receive a cash incentive of Rs.200/-
per pregnant and lactating woman after all the due
cash transfers to the beneficiary is complete.
Similarly, a cash incentive of Rs.100/- would be
provided to AWH per beneficiary.

36. Modalities and
Implementation

37. Fund flow:-

38. Monitoring and Evaluation
 i. Monitoring and supervision
 ii. Records to be maintained: Register (to be
opened every year) has to be maintained at the
AWC by AWW under the supervision of
supervisor/CDPO.

39. iii. Evaluation: Baseline and end-line surveys
would be conducted for every selected district to
be able to measure the impact of the scheme.
iv. Social Audit: Appropriate provision of social
audit by external agencies .

40. Rajiv Gandhi Scheme for
Empowerment of
Adolescent Girls (RGSEAG)
Sabla

41. Introductiion
 The Rajiv Gandhi Scheme for
Empowerment of Adolescent Girls
(RGSEAG) Sabla is a centrally sponsored
program of GOI initiated on April 1, 2011 under
Ministry of Women and Child Development.

42. Objectives
 Enable the Adolescent girls for self-development and
empowerment
 Improve their nutrition and health status.
 Promote awareness about health, hygiene, nutrition,
adolescent reproductive and sexual health (ARSH)
and family and child care.
 Upgrade home-based skills, life skills and integrate
with the National Skill Development Program (NSDP)
for vocational skills.
Mainstream out of school adolescent girls into
formal/non formal education.
 Provide information/guidance about existing public
services such as PHC, CHC, Post Office, Bank, Police
Station, etc

43. Eligibility criteria:
 The program would cover adolescent girls (only
covered out of school girls)11–18 years old under
all ICDS projects in the country. The target group
would be subdivided into11-15 and 15–18 years.

44. Contents
 An integrated package of services is to be
provided to adolescent girls as follows:
 Nutrition provision
 Iron and Folic Acid (IFA) supplementation
 Health check-up and Referral services
 Nutrition & Health Education (NHE)
 Counseling/Guidance on family welfare, ARSH,
child care practices and home management
 Life Skill Education and accessing public services
 Vocational training for girls aged 16 and above
under NSDP

45. Rashtriya Mahila Kosh

46. Introduction :
The National Credit Fund for Women known as
Rashtriya Mahila Kosh (RMK) was set up in 1993, as
a national-level organisation under the Ministry of
Women and Child Development, GOI to meet the
credit needs of poor and asset less women in the
informal sector
Objectives:
 RMK extends micro-finance services through a client
friendly and hassle-free(section 25 companies,
NGOs) loaning mechanism for livelihood activities,
housing, micro-enterprises, family needs, etc to bring
about the socio-economic upliftment of poor women.

47. Loan Schemes of RMK
Loan Promotion Scheme
Main Loan Scheme
Revolving Fund Scheme
Refinance Scheme
Repeat Loan
Franchisee Scheme
Gold Credit Pass Book Scheme
Housing Loan Scheme
Family Loan Scheme

48. One-Stop Centres:
 Popularly known by the name of Sakhi, the One-
Stop Centre (OSC) Scheme which is being
implemented across the country since 1st April, 2015
aims to facilitate women affected by violence. These
Centres facilitate access to an integrated range of
services, including medical aid, police assistance,
legal aid/case management, psychosocial
counseling and temporary shelter to women affected
by violence.

49. Mahila e-Haat:
 The Ministry of Women & Child Development
launched ‘Mahila e-Haat”, a unique direct online
digital marketing platform for women
entrepreneurs/SHGs/NGOs in March 2016. This can
become a game changer initiative as it can become
a catalyst in strengthening women entrepreneurship.
 The USP of Mahila e-Haat is facilitating direct
contact between the vendor and buyer. It is easy to
access as the entire business of e-Haat can be
handled through a mobile.

50. Universalisation of Women
Helpline
The Scheme of Universalisation of
Women Helpline is being implemented
since 1st April, 2016, intended to provide
24 hours emergency and non-
emergency response to women affected
by violence through referral (linking with
appropriate authority such as police,
One-Stop Centre, hospital) and
information about women related
government schemes programmes
across the country through a single
uniform number (181).

51. Priyadarshini
The Ministry Women and Child Development has
promoted 4745 Self Help Groups (SHGs) under its
project ‘Priyadarshini’. The pilot project namely
Women Empowerment and Livelihood Programme in
Mid- Gangetic Plains- ‘Priyadarshini’- is being
administered by the Ministry in 13 blocks spread
across 5 districts in Uttar Pradesh and 2 districts in
Bihar. Of the 4745 SHGs formed under the project,
2396 SHGs have been promoted in Bihar and 2349
in UP. Also, 2534 SHGs have been savings linked-
1243 in Bihar and 1291 in Uttar Pradesh. Rs.15
Crore has been sanctioned for the year 2012-13, of
which Rs 2.50 Crore has been expended up to
October 31st, 2012.

52. BEETI BACHAO BETI
PADHAO

53.  The Census (2011) data showed a significant
declining trend in the Child Sex
 This programme was launched in 100 critical
districts with the lowest child sex ratio on 22nd
January, 2015 at Panipat by the Prime Minister.

54. OBJECTIVES
:
 i)To prevent gender biased sex selective
elimination
 ii)To ensure survival and protection of the girl
child
 iii)To ensure education and participation of the
girl child

55. TARGET GROUPS

56. COMPONENTS
1. Mass Communication Campaign on Beti Bachao-
Beti Padhao: The campaign aims at ensuring that
girls are born, nurtured and educated without
discrimination to become empowered citizens of this
country with equal rights. A 360° approach is being
adopted to create awareness and disseminating
information about the issue across the nation.
2. Multi-Sectoral intervention in 100 Gender Critical
Districts worse on CSR: MWCD initiated a Multi-
Sectoral Action in selected 100 districts covering all
States/UTs for schematic intervention. Sectoral
actions drawn in consultation with M/o H&FW & M/o
HRD. ( In J&K Anantnag, Budgam, pulwama, jammu)

57. MONITORABLE TARGETS
 i) Improve the Sex Ratio at Birth (SRB) in 100 gender
critical districts by 10 points in a year.
 ii) Reduce Gender differentials in Under Five Child
Mortality Rate from 8 points in 2011 to 4 points by
2017.
 iii) Improve the Nutrition status of girls - by reducing
number of underweight and anaemic girls under 5
years of age (from NFHS 3 levels).
 iv) Ensure universalization of ICDS, girls’ attendance
and equal care monitored, using joint ICDS NRHM
Mother Child Protection Cards.

58.  v) Increase the girl’s enrolment in secondary
education from 76% in 2013-14 to 79% by 2017.
 vi) Provide girl’s toilet in every school in 100 CSR
districts by 2017.
 vii) Promote a protective environment for Girl Children
through implementation of Protection of Children from
Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act 2012.
 viii) Train Elected Representatives/ Grassroot
functionaries as Community Champions to mobilize
communities to improve CSR and promote Girl’s
education.

59. ADMINISTRATION OF
SCHEME

63. EVALUATION
i) The Scheme would be evaluated at the end of the
12th Five Year Plan to assess its impact and take
corrective measures. Mapping of Ultra-sonography
machines, baseline survey of concurrent
assessment of % age of births of male and female
child, reporting of complaints under PC& PNDT act
will also help in assessing the impact or outcome.
ii) The formats and methodology for the
surveys/concurrent evaluation mechanism would be
devised by the GOI to maintain uniformity

64. Rajiv Gandhi Scheme for Empowerment
of Adolescent Girls (SABLA)

65.  Introduction:
is a centrally sponsored program of Government of
India initiated on April 1, 2011 under Ministry of
Women and Child Development.

66. Objectives:
 An integrated package of services is to be
provided to adolescent girls as follows:
 Nutrition provision
 Iron and Folic Acid (IFA) supplementation
 Health check-up and Referral services
 Nutrition & Health Education (NHE)
 Counseling/Guidance on family welfare, ARSH,
child care practices and home management
 Life Skill Education and accessing public services
 Vocational training for girls aged 16 and above
under NSDP

67.  Eligibility criteria
 Adolescent girls 11–18 years old under all ICDS
projects.
 The target group would be subdivided into 11-15
and 15–18 year

68. UJJAWALA

69. Introduction
A Comprehensive Scheme for Prevention of
Trafficking and Rescue, Rehabilitation and Re-
Integration of Victims of Trafficking for Commercial
Sexual Exploitation .
The new scheme has been conceived primarily for
the purpose of preventing trafficking on the one hand
and rescue and rehabilitation of victims on the other.

70. Objective of the Scheme:-
 To prevent trafficking of women and children for
commercial sexual exploitation through social
mobilization and involvement of local communities,
awareness generation programmes, generate public
discourse through workshops/seminars and such
events and any other innovative activity.
 To facilitate rescue of victims from the place of their
exploitation and place them in safe custody.

71.  To provide rehabilitation services both immediate
and long-term to the victims by providing basic
amenities/needs such as shelter, food, clothing,
medical treatment including counseling, legal aid
and guidance and vocational training.
 To facilitate reintegration of the victims into the
family and society at large
 To facilitate repatriation of cross-border victims to
their country of origin.

72. TARGET
GROUP/BENEFICIARIES
1. Women and children who are vulnerable
to trafficking for commercial sexual
exploitation.
2. Women and children who are victims of
trafficking for commercial sexual
exploitation.

73. IMPLEMENTING AGENCIES
 The implementing agencies can be the Social
Welfare/Women and Child Welfare Department of
State Government, Women’s Development
Corporations, Women’s Development Centres,
Urban Local Bodies, reputed Public/Private Trust
or Voluntary Organizations. The organization must
have adequate experience in the field of
trafficking, social defence, dealing with women
and children in need of care and protection,
children in conflict with law, etc .

74. ELIGIBILITY CONDITIONS
 1. The agency should be registered under law and must have a
properly constituted Managing Body with its powers, duties and
responsibilities clearly defined and laid down in its Constitution;
 2. The organization must not work for the profit of any individual or
body of individuals;
 3. It should ordinarily have three years experience after its
registration;
 4. Its financial position should be sound;
 5. It should have facilities, resources, experience and personnel to
initiate the scheme for which assistance is sought;
 6. Voluntary organisations should be registered with the NGO PS
portal of NITI Aayog.

75. THE COMPONENTS OF SCHEME
AND PATTERN OF ASSISTANCE
1. PREVENTION
2. RESCUE
3. REHABILITATION
4. RE-INTEGRATION
5. REPATRIATION

76. Prevention
1 Formation and functioning of Community
Vigilance Groups
2 Sensitization Workshops/Seminars.
3 Awareness generation through mass media
including kala jathas, street plays, puppettery
or through any other art forms, preferably
traditional
4 Development and printing of awareness
generation material such as pamphlets,
leaflets and posters (in local language)

77. RESCUE :
Information gathering: Through formation of
network of Police, NGOs, Women‟s Groups,
Youth Groups, Panchayat, Hotels and tour
operators etc., to gather information on
traffickers, suspicious people and vulnerable
families
Rescue operations:
Immediate Relief on Rescue:

78. REHABILITATION
1. Setting up of Protective and Rehabilitative
(P&R) Homes
2. Basic amenities
3. Medical Care
4. Legal Aid
5. Administrative Costs
6. Education

79. RE-INTEGRATION :
 Setting of Half-Way Home - Half-Way Home is a
Home within the community, where a group of
victims, ready for reintegration, live and work out
of this place.
 Restoration to Families - The scheme would
cover travel of the victim and an escort from
destination area to her hometown/village,
expenses incurred towards her food during her
travel and incidental expenses.

80. REPATRIATION (CROSS-BORDER)
Facilitate repatriation procedures - The scheme
would provide for expenses incurred in
fulfilling various formalities for obtaining
repatriation order for the victim.
Repatriation to country of origin - The scheme
would cover travel of the cross-border victim
and an escort from destination area to her
country of origin or border, expenses incurred
towards her food during her travel and
incidental expenses.

81. MONITORING OF THE SCHEME
The continuation of grant to the agency would be
based on the satisfactory performance reported by
the State Government/UT Administration. In addition,
it is proposed that periodic inspection will be
undertaken. Separately periodic evaluations of the
project will also be undertaken by reputed
institutions, Panchayati Raj Institutions, Block Level
Institutions, and District Level Institutions.

82.  RAJIV GANDHI NATIONAL CRECHE SCHEME FOR
THE CHILDREN OF WORKING MOTHERS (RGNCS)
provides day care facilities to the children in the age group
0-6 years from families with monthly income of less than
12000/-.In addition to being a safe space for the children,
the crèches provide services such as supplementary
nutrition, pre-school education and emergency health care,
etc.
 CENTRAL SOCIAL WELFARE BOARD: The main women
welfare related schemes and programmes being
implemented by CSWB are family counselling centres,
awareness generation programme and condensed
courses of education for women.

83.  NATIONAL MISSION FOR EMPOWERMENT OF
WOMEN (NMEW) is an initiative of the
Government of India for empowering women
holistically. It is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme
sanctioned in April 2011 and acts as an umbrella
Mission with a mandate to strengthen inter-
sectoral convergence.
 WORKING WOMEN’S HOSTEL (WWH) Scheme
envisages provision of safe and affordable hostel
accommodation to working women, single working
women, women working at places away from their
home-towns and for women being trained for
employment.

84.  SUPPORT TO TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT
PROGRAMME (STEP) for Women was launched as a
Central Sector Scheme during 1986-87. It aims at making a
significant impact on women by upgrading skills for self and
wage employment. The target group includes the
marginalized assetless rural women and urban poor.
 SWADHAR SCHEME: The Ministry of Women and Child
Development had been administering Swadhar scheme since
2001 for Women in difficult circumstances. Under the
Scheme, temporary accommodation, maintenance and
rehabilitative services are provided to women and girls
rendered homeless due to family discord, crime, violence,
mental stress, social ostracism. Another scheme with similar
objectives/target groups namely Short Stay Home (SSH) is
being implemented by Central Social Welfare Board.

85. Latest update:
1. Regulation of Matrimonial websites: In view of
the increasing number of crimes committed against
women on account of information shared on the
matrimonial websites; it was decided in consultation
with Department of Electronics and Information
Technology (DeITY), Ministry of Home Affairs
(MHA) and service providers to look into the issue
and to put in place a regulatory framework in order
to check this misuse.

86.  Extending Maternity Leave duration:
 The WCD Ministry has been working to extend the
maternity leave period for working women to seven
months to enable them to provide exclusive
breastfeeding to children for six months after child
birth and complementary foods thereafter to help
reduce incidence of malnutrition. The Ministry of
Labour & Employment has considered and carried
out suitable amendments in the Act, which are as
follows:

87. 1. Enhancement of maternity leave under Maternity
Benefit Act, 1961, from existing 12 weeks to 26
weeks.
2. Extension of maternity benefit to adopting
mothers and commissioning mothers.
3. Establishment of crèche facility within the
office/factory premises.
 In the last session of the parliament, the Bill in this
regard was passed by Rajya Sabha only

88.  Mandatory Mention of Widows Name on Death
Certificates: To ensure that a widow is facilitated to
get all her entitlements after the death of her
husband, WCD Ministry is working with the office of
the Registrar General of India as well as the State
Governments to ensure that the name of the widow
is compulsorily mentioned in the death certificate of
her husband.

89.  National Policy for Women, 2016:The draft
National Policy for Women, 2016, has been released
by the Minister, WCD which is under finalization. The
policy has been revised after 15 years and is
expected to guide Government action on women’s
issues over the next 15-20 years. The policy looks
into the entire life-cycle continuum of women’s
issues and encompasses a wide spectrum ranging
from discrimination against women to the
expectations of new emerging inspirational woman.
The policy aims to create sustainable socio-
economic, political empowerment for women to claim
their rights and entitlements, control over resources
and formulation of strategic choices in realization of
the principles of gender equality and justice.