CMYK Annual ReportAnnual 2002 - 2003 Annual Report 2002-2003 Department of Women and Child Development Women Department of Ministry Development of HumanResource Government ofIndia Government Department of Women and Child Development Ministry of Human Resource Development Government of India CMYK CMYK To call woman the weaker sex is a libel; it is mans injustice to woman. If by strength is meant brute strength, then, indeed, is woman less brute than man. If by strength is meant moral power, then woman is immeasurably mans superior. Has she not greater intuition, is she not more self-sacrificing, has she not greater powers of endurance, has she not greater courage? Without her man could not be. If nonviolence is the law of our being, the future is with woman. Who can make a more effective appeal to the heart than woman? Mahatma Gandhi Designed and produced by: Fountainhead Solutions (Pvt.) Ltd email:
[email protected] CMYK Annual Report 2002-03 Department of Women and Child Development Ministry of Human Resource Development Government of India Contents Chapter 1 Introduction 1 Chapter 2 An Overview 7 Chapter 3 Organization 17 Chapter 4 Policy and Planning 25 Chapter 5 The Girl Child in India 43 Chapter 6 Programmes for Women 73 Chapter 7 Programmes for Children 91 Chapter 8 Food and Nutrition Board 111 Chapter 9 Other Programmes 117 Chapter 10 Gender Budget Initiative 127 Chapter 11 Child Budget 143 Chapter 12 National Institute of Public Cooperation and Child Development 153 Chapter 13 Central Social Welfare Board 163 Chapter 14 National Commission for Women 173 Chapter 15 Rashtriya Mahila Kosh 183 Annexures 189 Introduction O Lord, why have you not given woman the right to conquer her destiny? Why does she have to wait head bowed By the roadside, waiting with tired patience Hoping for a miracle in the morrow Rabindranath Tagore Introduction The Department of Women and Child Development was set up in 1985 as a part of the Ministry of Human Resource Development to give the much-needed impetus to the holistic development of women and children.