SOCIAL WELFARE SCHEMES
1.
State Old Age Pension Scheme:
This
Scheme is being implemented in 8 blocks and 2 NACs
of Nayagarh District
Eligibility :-
1.The age of the beneficiaries should be more than 60 years.
2.He must be a permanent inhabitant
of Orissa.
3.He should not be involved in criminal activities.
4.His annual income should not be more than
Rs.3200/-.
Old Aged persons, Small Farmer, Marginal Farmer, Land Less
Agricultural Laborers, Widow &
Leprosy
patients are eligible to get the
benefit under this scheme. Pension are being sanctioned
to the
Widows
and Leprosy patients irrespective of age if they satisfy other eligible
criteria.
How To apply
To get such pension the beneficiaries has to apply in the
prescribed form to the concerned B.D.Os. The
Sub-Collector sanctions pension in favour of the beneficiaries on
the recommendation of the B.D.Os..
Amount
of Pension
Rs.
200/- is being paid to the beneficiaries per month
under this scheme. The State Govt. bears all the expenditure under
this scheme.
Place
of Disbursement
The pension is being disbursed to the beneficiaries at G.P head
quarters in a fixed date
i.e 15th of each in all the blocks, and in NAC office for all NACs.
15th is observed as JANASEVA DIWAS.
For regular and timely payment of pension to the beneficiaries the B.D.Os /E.Os have been instructed to make payment out of the available fund without waiting for the Govt. allotment and recoup the same after receipt of allotment from Govt.
2.
NATIONAL SOCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMME:
This programme is being implemented in Nayagarh District since
15.08.95. This Scheme provides benefit to
the poor household in the case of old age, death of bread winner. National
Social Assistance Programme includes the following components viz,
i)National
Old Age Pension Scheme (NOAP).
ii)National
Family Benefit Scheme (NFBS)
i)National
Old Age Pension Scheme (NOAP) :
Elligibilty
To get such benefit under NOAP Scheme
the beneficiaries should fulfill the following criteria.
1.The age of the applicant (male or female) shall be 65 years or
above.
2.The applicant must be a destitute in the sense of having little
or no regular means of subsistence from his /her own source of income or
through financial support from family members or other sources.( must be
below poverty line).
How to Apply
To get such benefit the beneficiaries have to apply in the
prescribed form to the Block
Development Officers. The Sub-Collectors sanction pension in favour
of the
beneficiaries on the recommendation of the B.D.O concerned.
Amount fixed for NOAP
Rs. 200/- is being paid as pension to the beneficiaries per month.
Date
& Location pf Disbursement
Pension
is being paid to the beneficiaries on the fixed date on which O.A.P is
being disbursed to the beneficiaries.
(ii)National
Family Benefit Scheme:
The NFBS scheme is implemented in Nayagarh District w.e.f 15.08.95.
This
is a fully Central sponsored scheme. Under this scheme Central assistance
of Rs.10,000/- will be provided to household below the poverty line on the
death of the primary bread
winner of the bereaved family. For the purpose of determining Central
assistance the following criteria should be taken in to account.
i)The bread winner will be the member of the household whose
earning contribute to the total household income.
ii)The death of such a bread winner
should have occurred while he or she is in the age group of 18
years to 64 years, i.e more
than 18 years and less than 65 years.
iii)
The bereaved household must be below poverty line.
The Sub-Collectors are the Sanctioning authority
and sanction benefit on the recommendation of the B.D.Os/E.Os.
The
family benefit will be paid to such a surviving member of the household of
the deceased who after due local enquiry is determined as the head of the
household.
3.Balika
Samridhi Yojana:
This Scheme is being implemented in Nayagarh since
.Post delivery grant of Rs.500/- is being paid to the mother of the
girl child of the houshold
below poverty line. The benefit is restricted
for two girl child in
each household born on or
after 15.8.1997 irrespective of
the total children in the family.
Objective
of the programme
a)To change negative family and community attitudes towards the
girl child at birth and towards her mother.
b)To improve enrollement and retention of girl children in
schools.
c) To raise the age at marriage of girls.
d) To assist the girl to undertake income generating
activities.
The
girl children eligible undr BSY is entitled to the following benefits.
A
post birth grant amount of Rs.500/-
When
the girl child covered under BSY starts attending the school she will
become entitled to annual scholarship as under for each successfully
completed year of schooling.
Class
Amount of Scholarship.-
1
to 3
Rs.300/- per annum for each class
Rs.500/- per annum.
Rs.600/- per annum
6
to 7
Rs.700/-per annum for each class
Rs.800/- per annum
9
&10
Rs.1000/- per annum
The
post birth grant amount of Rs. 500/- is being paid to the beneficiaries by
opening of a joint account in a Nationalised Bank or Post Office in the
name of the girl child and the C.D.P.O/S.E.O concerned
on the recommendation of the Gram Panchayat.At the initial stage
one policy named Bhagya Shree Bima Kalyan Yojana is being opend in the
name of the girl child.If the beneficiairy under BSY get married before
attaining the age of 18 years she would forgo the benefit
of the amount of annual
scholarship under BSY.
4.HANDICAPPED
WELFARE:
i)Orissa
Disability Pension Scheme:
This
Scheme is being implemented in Nayagarh District since
.A person is eligible to get Disability Pension if he/she satisfy
the following criteria.
Eligibility
-
He is incapable to do any normal work due to his blindness /handicap.
-
He must be above 5 years of age
-
He should not be involved in any criminal activities.
-
He should be a permanent inhabitant of Orissa.
-
His family income should be less than Rs.11,000/-.
How
to apply
For getting such pension the beneficiaries
shall have to apply in the prescribed form to the concerned B.D.Os/E.Os.
For selection of such beneficiaries to get pension a committee has been
formed consisting of B.D.O, Tahasildar and
Medical Officer.The Sub-Collector sanction pension to the candidate
selected by the selection committee on the recommendation of the concerned
B.D.Os/E.Os.
Pension
Amount
Rs.200/-
is being paid as pension to the beneficiaries per
month.State Govt. bears all the expenditure
under this scheme.
Location
and Date of Disbursement
Pension
is being paid to the beneficiaries at the G.P head quarters and inNAC
officess on the fixed date fixed for other pension scheme.
For
timely and regular payment the B.D.Os and E.Os have been instructed to
spent from the available fund and recoup the same from allotment is
received form Govt.
Special
School for the Disabled:
The
aim of the Scheme is to provide education to the blind , deaf and mentally
retarded children through special schools. At present there are
2 nos of
special schools functioning in the district. The name of the institutions
are given below.
1.Special School for the blind
Name of the NGO
Place
of School
BhimaBhoi Gramya Unnayan Sansad,Bandhasahi
Bandhasahi,Goudaput
2 Special
School for the Mentally
Retarded Children,
.
Name of the NGO
Place of School
SEVA,Nayagarh
Nayagarh
Govt in W& C.D Deptt sanction funds @Rs.300/- per inmates for
maintenance of the students and also sanction funds for payment of staff
salary in case of Sl 1 .The
Sl No 2 is being managed with the financial support of Govt of India,
Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment.
Scholarship
to the Handicapped Students.
Under
this scheme Scholarship is being paid to the disabled students
studying from Primary to Post Graduation level. For getting such
scholarship applicant apply
through the head of the institution before 30.9.2002. Disabled students
whose family income is less than Rs.1500/- and
whose disability is more than 40%
are eligible to get such scholarship. The scholarship
amount class wise are as follows.
Primary :
Rs.20 P.M
M.E & High School :
Rs.40/- P.M
College:
Rs.60/- P.M.
Supply
of Special Aids.
Special
aid are being provided to the disabled persons free of cost on the
recommendation of the C.D.M.O .
Disabled persons whose family income is less than Rs.5000/-Per Month are
eligible to get the special aids. The aids are being issued from the
office of the D.S.W.Os. The following aids are being provided to
different categories of disabled.
Orthopaedically
Handicapped
: Tri-Cycle /Wheel chair/. Crutches.
Blind
: Blind stick
Deaf
: Hearing aids.
CHILD WELFARE:
- Orphanage:
The
aim of the scheme is to provide care, protection , education and
vocational training to the orphan children and to bring them to the level
of normal citizen of the country. At present there are
nos of Orphanages functioning in
District. The name of the orphanages are given below.
1.Anath Parityakta Balashram, Tikiripada ,
At
– Laxminarayan pur Po- Ramachandrapur,
Dist- Nayagarh
Govt in W & C.D Deptt sanction
funds @Rs.300/- per month per inmate
for maintenance of the inmates. Govt also sanction funds for the
House Mother and Cook of the orphanage.
Integrated
Child Development Services(I.C.D.S):
The
programme has been launched since 1975 for the welfare of mother and
children.
The
aim and objectives of I.C.D.S Programme are as follows.
1.To develop the health and nutrition of children in the
age group of 0-6 years.
2. To lay the foundation for
physical ,,mental and social development in children.
3. To check up Mortality, Morbidity, Malnutrition and
School drop outs.
4. To educate the mothers
to take care of the health and nutrition of the children through
health and nutrition
education .
The
above goals are achieved through the following package of services in
different I.C.D.S Projects.
Pre-School
Education.
SNP
Feeding
Immunization
Nutrition
& Health Education
Referral
Services
Growth
monitoring.
In
Nayagarh District this programme is being implemented in 8 blocks
namely Nayagarh,Ranpur,Daspalla,Khandapara,Gania,Bhapur,Odagaon,Nuagaon.
The
name of the I.C.D.S Projects and corresponding Anganwadi Centres are given
below.
Name
of the Project
No of A.W.C
Nayagarh
138
Ranpur
145
Khandapara
91
Gania
51
Bhapur
97
Nuagaon
88
Odagaon
159
Daspalla
107
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Total
876
This programme is being implemented by the Anganwadi Worker and
Helper at the grass root level and supervised by the Supervisors and C.
D.P.Os.
PRE-SCHOOL Education
The
scheme is meant for
Non-formal Education for the age 3-6 years of children provided at each
AWC level.
HEALTH & NUTRITION EDUCATION
The
scheme is to adopt proper care during pregnancy period children below six
year.
SNP
FEEDING PROGRAMME.
Under
ICDS Scheme nutrition
programme is going on through supplementary nutrition . The 0.6 age group
of children as well as pregnant and nursing mothers of the Anganwadi
centre are covered under this scheme. At Nayagarh District 56548 Nos of
beneficiaries in Ranpur , Daspalla ,Khandapada ,Gania, Nuagaon, Nayagarh,
Odagaon , Bhapur are covered through ICDS project . Rice and Dalama is
being given under this programme as per Govt. Guide Line. Rice ,Dal and
Oil are provided centrally where as funds
are being given for condiments vegetables, fuel and salt etc to the
Anganwadi workers to implement the programme smoothly stocks up to March
06 has been provided to the A.W.W.S. to
1.Rice 80 gm per beneficiary per day.
2.Gram Dal 15 gm per beneficiary per day.
3.P.Oil 01 gm per beneficiary per day.
Immunisation
The scheme is being implemented at each AWC level with close and ICDS cooperation of help staff to protect six killer diseases,the child below one year and safe delivery purpose the children/PW are being fascinated irregular manner as per routine fixed.
Referral
Service
The scheme is to provide health care to malnourished children
specially for Gr-111 and Gr-iv. During the year 2001-02 each AWCs were
issued Rs1000/- each to incurred to wash, medicine and cost of the
transportation for grade-III and GR-IV child. As no funds under this
service is released by government the free service to those children could
not be possible to provide.
Growth
monitoring.
The
scheme is to take up regular weight of children below 6 years and pregnant
mothers of each A.W.C. Level. It is observed the incidence of malnourished
child Nayagarh, Bhapur, Daspalla, Odagaon is comparatively more serious
than other projects. The percentage of weight as against total child of
the District is 89 % & 88% in respect of 0 to 3 years and 3 to 6
years.
WOMEN
WELFARE
MISSION
SHAKTI:
Mission
Shakti, a mission for empowerment of women through self help groups
has been launched by Honble Chief Minister on 8th March,2001.This
Mission will work towards strengthening of existing Self Help Groups and
towards formation of new groups. The goals of the mission are as follows.
1.To
facilitate creation of conducive environment through Self Help Act.
2.To expand the Self Help Movement in Orissa.
3.To develop quality SHG in the State.
4. To strengthen the quality of the existing SHGs in Orissa.
5.
To build cluster association at block level, federation of clusters at the
District level., and net work
of federation at the state level.
6.To provide institutional capacity building support
to strengthen the SHG
movement in the state.
7.Capacity building at every level in the state.
8.Developing a built-in monitoring system right from the SHG
level
9.Establishing and setting of a supportive MIS at every level.
10.Identifying agencies in each area /region as nodal agency
responsible for over all
SHG strengthening process and accountable for the desirable result to the
SELF HELP MISSION
The
major activities undertaken by different WSHGs are Pisciculture,
Horticulture, Dairy, Goatery, Ground nut processing, Rice processing
Teracotta, Mushroom cultivation, Dhokra Casting, Tailoring, Candle &
Agarbatimaking, Soft toy Spices grinding, Palm Leaf work,Hand loom
weaving,Khali stiching etc.
Short
Stay Home for Women:
The
aim of the scheme is to provide shelter and take suitable rehabilitation
measures for the distressed women and girls who are in moral danger. At
present there are Short Stay
Homes functioning in Nayagarh District. The Short Stay Homes are
being managed by different voluntary organisations. The name of the N.G.Os
and place of Short Stay Home are given below.
Name
o the N.G.O
Place Short Stay Home
SEVA,
Nayagarh
Nayagarh
CENTRE,
Odagaon
Sikharpur
Drug
Abuse Scheme:
The
main aim of the scheme is awareness , health check up and counseling
of the drug addicts. At present there is only one Drug De-addiction Centre
functioning in Nayagarh District.
Old
Age Homes and Day Care Centers:
.
The main aim of the programme is to provide accommodation , recreation and
refreshment facilities to the old aged people who are 60 years above and
there is no body to look after them. The Old Age Homes and Day Care
Centers are being managed by different voluntary organizations with the
financial support of Govt. of India , Ministry of Social Justice and
Empowerment. The name of the voluntary organizations who are running the
Old Age Homes and Day Care Centers and place of the Old Age Home & Day
Care Centers are given below.
At
present there are
Nos
of Old Age Homes 2 Nos.
Name o the N.G.O
Place Old Age Home
1.Anatha Parityakta Balashrama, Laxminarayanpur
Ramachandrapur
2.NITWASHA, Pubu sahi
Ratakhandi
and
nos of Day Care Centers for the aged
3 (Three)
Name
o the N.G.O
Place of Day Care Centre
JANABIKASHA,
Bhubaneswar
1.Kunjabiharipur
NITWASHA,
Barasahi, Po- Pubu sahi, Dist- Khurda
2.Bhodangapalli
3.Serajanga, Under Khandapada Block
are
functioning in this District
