Annual Report 2007-08
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Annual Report 2007-08 Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment Government of India Annual Report 2007-08 Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment Government of India CONTENTS Page Chapter One Introduction 1-4 Chapter Two Highlights 5-6 Chapter Three Development of Scheduled Castes 7-24 Chapter Four Development of Other Backward Classes 25-28 Chapter Five Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities 29-39 Chapter Six Social Defence 40-49 Chapter Seven Social Welfare Research & Evaluation 50-53 Chapter Eight Implementation of Programmes in North Eastern States & Sikkim 54-55 Chapter Nine Gender Budgeting 56 Annexures (I to XXIX) 57-132 CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION ORGANISATION • Educational and social welfare aspects of drug addiction. 1.1 This Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment is under the charge of Honourable Minister Shrimati Meira • Promotion of efforts including voluntary efforts to Kumar since 24th May 2004. Shrimati Subbulakshmi ensure the well being of the older persons. Jagadeesan is Minister of State since 26th May 2004. • Charitable and religious endowments pertaining Dr Veena Chhotray is Secretary since1st September to subjects allocated to this Ministry. 2006. Dr. Sundeep Khanna is Additional Secretary since 19th July 2004. Four Joint Secretaries and one Deputy • Social Welfare: Social Welfare Planning, Project Director-General in the rank of Joint Secretary who head formulation, research evaluation, statistics and the bureaus of Scheduled Castes Development, training. Backward Classes, Social Defence, Disabilities and • Research, evaluation, training, exchange of PREM are assisting them. One post of Economic information and technical guidance on all social Advisor also in the rank of Joint Secretary remained defence matters. vacant during the year. This Ministry is responsible for the implementation 1.1.2 The Organizational Chart of the Ministry of Social of the following Acts:- Justice & Empowerment is at Annexure I. • The Protection of Civil Rights Act, 1955. ALLOCATION OF SUBJECTS • The Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes 1.2 The list of subjects allocated to the Ministry is given (Prevention of Atrocities) Act,1989. below: - • The Rehabilitation Council of India Act, 1992 (34 • Development of Scheduled Castes and Other of 1992). Backward Classes. • National Commission for Backward Classes Act, • Scheduled Castes and Other Backward classes 1993. including Scholarships to students belonging to such castes and classes. • The Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, • Reports of the Commission to investigate into 1995 (01 of 1996). conditions of Backward Classes. • The National Trust for Welfare of Persons with • Education, training, rehabilitation and welfare of Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Mental Retardation and the physically and mentally handicapped. Multiple Disabilities Act, 1999 (44 of 1999). • Convention with other countries in matters relating • The Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and to social defence and references from United Senior Citizens Act,2007. Nations Organisation relating to prevention of crime and treatment of offenders. CONSTITUTIONAL/STATUTORY/APEX BODIES • Social and Moral Hygiene Programme. • National Commission for Scheduled Castes. • Beggary. • National Commission for Safai Karamcharis. • All matters relating to alcoholism and substance • National Commission for Backward Classes. (drug) abuse and rehabilitation and rehabilitation • of addicts/families. Dr.B.R.Ambedkar Foundation. • • All matters relating to prohibition. Rehabilitation Council of India. 1 • Chief Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities. The subjects considered in these meetings were:- • The National Trust for Welfare of Persons with Date Agenda for Discussions Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Mental Retardation and Multiple Disabilities. 17 May 2007 National Scheduled Castes Finance and Development Corporation. NATIONAL LEVEL FINANCE & DEVELOPMENT CORPORATIONS/APEX LEVEL CORPORATIONS/ 25 June 2007 National Scheduled Castes Finance PSUs and Development Corporation. 17 July 2007 The National Handicapped Finance • National Scheduled Castes Finance and and Development Corporation. Development Corporation. 3 September National Institute of Social Defence. • National Safai Karamcharis Finance and 2007 Development Corporation. 21 November National Backward Classes Finance 2007 and Development Corporation. • National Backward Classes Finance and Development Corporation. MEETINGS OF THE PARLIAMENTARY STANDING • National Handicapped Finance and Development COMMITTEE ON SOCIAL JUSTICE Corporation. 1.8 The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Social • Artificial Limbs Manufacturing Corporation of India Justice and Empowerment selected the following Ltd. subjects for discussion: - NATIONAL LEVEL AUTONOMOUS INSTITUTES/ Date Agenda for Discussions BODIES 9.4.2007 Demands for grants 2007-08. • National Institute for the Visually Handicapped, 18.10.2007 Implementation of programmes in the Dehradun. North-Eastern States and Sikkim. • National Institute for the Orthopaedically 18.01.2007 Implementation of schemes/programmes Handicapped, Kolkata. for Scheduled Castes, Other Backward Classes, Persons with Disabilities, Vic- • National Institute of Rehabilitation, Training and tims of Alcohol and Drug Abuse and Research, Cuttack. Aged Persons. • National Institute for the Mentally Handicapped, Secunderabad. 1.8.2 Besides the above, the Action Taken Report (ATR) on the recommendations/observations contained in the • Ali Yavar Jung National Institute for the Hearing following Report was submitted to the Committee:- Handicapped, Mumbai. Report No. Subject • National Institute for Empowerment of Persons with Multiple Handicapped, Chennai. Twenty fourth Demands for Grants 2007-08 Report • Institute for the Physically Handicapped, New Delhi. RESERVATION FOR SCHEDULED CASTES & • National Institute of Social Defence, New Delhi. SCHEDULED TRIBES 1.9 This Ministry continued implementing the reservation MEETINGS OF THE CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE policy of the Government of India as prescribed in the 1.7 The Consultative Committee held three meetings standing instructions of the Department of Personnel during cureent financial year under the Chairpersonship and Training. As on 31.12.2007, of the 330 officers/ of the Hon’ble Minister of Social Justice & Empowerment. officials working in this Ministry in Groups ‘A’ ‘B’ ‘C’ & 2 ‘D’ 77 belonged to the Scheduled Castes, 18 to the 6. A Hindi Brochure was published on the UN Scheduled Tribes and 17 to the OBC communities. Convention on the rights of persons with disabilities and empowerment of physically USE OF HINDI IN OFFICIAL WORK handicapped in India. 1.10 With a view to achieve the targets fixed in the annual 7. ‘Hindi Pakhwada’ was observed in the Ministry. programme issued by the Department of Official As a special achievement, the subordinate and Language; constant efforts have been made during the attached offices located at Delhi also year under review. One meeting of the Hindi Salahakar participated in the various Hindi competitions Samiti was held under the Chairmanship of the Hon’ble organized by the Ministry on this occasion. Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment. Quarterly The Hon’ble Minister gave away the prize to meetings of the Departmental Official Language the winners of these competitions. Implementation Committee of the Ministry were also 8. Two Hindi workshops were conducted with a held. In these meetings, progressive use of Hindi in the view to help the staff in implementation of the Ministry as well as in the Offices under its control was Official Language policy. discussed and effective measures were taken to .VIGILANCE UNIT overcome the shortcomings. The achievements towards the implementation of Official Language Policy in the 1.11 During the period 1.4.2007 to 31.12.2007, 37 Ministry are as follow: cases/complaints were processed in accordance with prescribed procedure and 36 vigilance cases/ 1. The Ministry participated in three conferences complaints have been closed. of Hindi held at Diu, Goa and Kovalam and 1.11.2 Vigilance clearance was issued to 171 officers/ received the first prize ‘Rajbhasha Navratna officials. Vigilance Awareness Week was also observed Shield’ from Bharatiya Bhasha and Sanskriti in the Ministry from 6th November 2007 to 10th November Sansthan, New Delhi which was highly 2007 as per the instructions of the Central Vigilance appreciated by the members of the Salahakar Commission. Samiti. IT INITIATIVES 2. To review the progress of the implementation of 1.12 Website of the Ministry has been redesigned and the official language policy, officials of the Hindi developed. Database for PAO maintained to have unit of the Ministry inspected 10 sections in information regarding UC’s. Section-wise/Year-wise the Ministry and 9 offices under it’s control. detailed grantees list of outstanding UC’s and scheme- Thus, target fixed by DOL was achieved. wise, month-wise expenditure for the current financial 3. The Parliamentary Committe on Official year have been published. Language inspected two offices viz. Regional 1.12.2 Software packages for Document Management Office of Rashtriya Anusuchit Jati Aayog, Information, PAO-2000, RTI Annual Return Information, Ahmedabad and Rashtriya Safai Karmachari ACC Vacancies Monitoring, Inventory Management, Vitt Evam Vikas Nigam, Greater Kailash, New Pensioners Grievance Redress Monitoring and Public Delhi and the performance of the Offices was Grievances Information System