Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY) is a maternity benefit scheme providing Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT), or the direct transfer of financial subsidies, to pregnant lactating women to tackle the problem of under nourishment in women. PMMVY plays a vital role in alleviating this severe issue by providing timely and adequate support for their first living child to pregnant women and mothers who are lactating.
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Grant-in-Aid for Research, Publication and Monitoring
The projects sponsored by the Department of Women & Child Development will be in the fields of welfare and development of women and children including Food and Nutrition aspects.
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Website of SHe-Box Online Complaint Management System
The Protection of Women from Sexual Harassment at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act (the SH Act), 2013 with the objective to create a safe and secure workplace for women free from sexual harassment. This Act caters to women working both in organised and unorganised sector and establishes a redressal mechanism for the disposal of their complaints.
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Website of National Repository of Information for Women (NARI)
National Mission for Empowerment of Women (NMEW) aims to achieve the holistic empowerment of women through convergence of schemes/programmes of different Ministries/Department of Government of India as well as State Governments.Under the National Mission for Empowerment of Women scheme, technical support is being provided by domain experts to the Ministry of Women and Child Development.
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Demand for Grants for Ministry of Women & Child Development
Get details of Demand for Grants for Ministry of Women & Child Development. Users can get details about the grant amount and related spending details. Users can view and download the files.
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National Nutrition Mission
Poshan Abhiyaan, also known as the National Nutrition Mission (NNM), was launched in 2018 (although the programme was being implemented in 2017) by the Government of India with the aim of tackling the malnutrition problem prevalent in India.
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National Policy for Children
Get detailed information on the National Policy for Children, 2013 provided by the Ministry of Women and Child Development, Government of India. You can find all the provisions for the protection of child rights in this policy.
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Prime Minister's Citizen Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situation (PM CARES)
Keeping in mind the need to provide relief to the affected in emergent situations of Coronavirus COVID-19, a public charitable trust under the name of PM CARES Fund has been set up. The PM CARES is a dedicated national fund created to combat the dreadful contingencies like COVID-19 pandemic in India. The primary objective of this fund is to deal with forthcoming emergencies or distress situations.
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Child development initiatives by Ministry of Women and Child Development
Get detailed about child development initiatives by Ministry of Women and Child Development. Users can get details about various welfare schemes like Integrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS), Universalisation of ICDS and mother and child protection card under ICDS, etc. Information about various programmes like Kishori Shakti Yojana (KSY), Nutrition Programme for Adolescent Girls (NPAG), Wheat Based Nutrition Programme (WBNP), etc. is also...
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Scheme for Adolescent Girls (SAG)
The Scheme for Adolescent Girls (SAG) was devised in 2010 as a special intervention for adolescent girls of the age group 11 – 14 years to break the intergenerational life-cycle of nutritional and gender disadvantage and offer a supportive environment for the self-development of adolescent girls in the country.