In order to review the progress, implementation and extension of benefits of various Government schemes under Social Welfare and Labour Departments, the Deputy Commissioner (DC), Srinagar, Mohammad Aijaz Asad Saturday chaired a meeting of Officers of all line Departments at Conference Hall of the DC Office Complex, here.
The DC held a threadbare deliberation on implementation of beneficiary oriented schemes and took a comprehensive review of schemes including providing of Scholarships, National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP), Integrated Social Security Scheme (ISSS) and State Marriage Assistance Scheme (SMAS), providing Nutrition among Anganwari beneficiaries and progress of survey for identification of eligible beneficiaries under ISSS/NSAP/NFBS/RMV, Bal Ashram and Nari Niketan, besides disbursement of pension through different Social Welfare schemes also came into discussion.
At the outset, the District Social Welfare Officer gave a detailed Powerpoint presentation and apprised the DC about the functioning of the Department and targets achieved so far. He informed that the amount to the tune of over Rs 60 crore is being disbursed among 60360 pension cases (beneficiaries) in Srinagar District under Integrated Social Assistance Scheme(ISSS) through which a monthly pension of Rs. 1000 is given to old age BPL persons, having age of 60 years for men and 55 years for women, persons having disability 40 percent or more and widows, divorcees and destitute having meagre source of income beneficiaries categories.
He also informed that 5745 cases registered in the District are being providing scholarships under different categories including Post Matric Scholarship to minority students, Merit cum Means Scholarship to minority students and Pre Matric Scholarship to minority students.
Similarly, under the State Marriage Assistance scheme, 77 cases were sanctioned and payments were disbursed among the beneficiaries. Under the scheme every household girl of marriageable age belonging to PHH/AAY category is eligible to receive marriage assistance of RS 50000 after fulfilling eligibility conditions.
Likewise, under Rehabilitation of militant victims (RMV) scheme, 306 beneficiaries are registered with the department who are availing the monthly benefits.
Under National Foundation for Communal Harmony (NFCH), 65 destitute/ orphan child (students), whose parents or main bread earner is killed or permanently incapacitated in communal, caste, ethnic and violence are registered with the Department and are entitled for Assistance in shape of scholarships.
With regard to providing prosthetic Aids to the physically disabled persons, it was given out that 77 Motorized Tricycles, 20 Hearing aids, 5 Hearing aid appliances and 3 Tricycles have been distributed among the beneficiaries of the District.
During the meeting, the functioning of Mahila Shakti Kendra (MSK) and One Stop Centre also came under discussion. The DC asked the concerned Officers to ensure these centres are functioning properly to provide timely assistance to the needy women.