Organizational structure

A. CENTRAL SOCIAL WELFARE BOARD.

The central Social Welfare Board is presently, headed by

Smt. Prema Cariappa as Chairperson. The Board is divided into two
bodies at present, it has a 55 member General Body and a 15 member
Executive Committee. The composition of the General Body and Executive
Committee are as follows:-

The general body:

Drawn from various fields of professions and walk of life such as the
state social welfare boards, the Parliament, medical, education, law and
social work professions and from the central government ministries, the
general body of the central Social welfare board has 55 members. They
are as follows:

• All Chairpersons of State Social Welfare Boards, (33)

• Representatives from the Parliament; two from Lok Sabha and One
from Rajya Sabha.
• Five Professionals (one each from Law, Medicine, Social Work,
Education and Social Development)
• Three eminent persons with extensive experience of social work.
• Representatives from Ministries/Departments of Government of
India-Ministry of Women & Child Development, Ministry of Finance,
Department of Rural Development, Department of Education,
Planning Commission, Ministry of Labour, Ministry of Social Justice
and Empowerment, Department of Health & Family Welfare.
• Executive Director, Central Social Welfare Board.

THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE:

Similar in structure to the general body to a great extend, the

executive body of the central social welfare board has
members drawn from the various Ministries of the government,
representatives from the general body, and chairman from five
state social welfare boards in turn. The structure and
composition of the executive committee are,
 • Chairperson of State Social Welfare Advisory Boards; 5 States at a
time out of the 33 Indian states by rotation.
• Representatives from Ministries/Departments of the Government of
India, Ministry of Women & Child Development, Ministry of Finance,
Department of Health & Family Welfare, Department of Rural
Development & Poverty Alleviation, Department of Education and
Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment.
• Two Professionals from General Body of the central Social Welfare
board .
• Executive Director, Central Social Welfare Board.

Figure 1;

Central Social Welfare Board.

1 Chairperson

General body
Executive body

(55 members)
(15 members)

B.STATE SOCIAL WELFARE BOARD:

The state welfare board is headed by a Secretary and such

other staff the number and responsibilities of whom may be as
sanctioned by the central social welfare board from time to
time. The state social welfare board also has a special branch
called the Bankers with a Chair person, a Treasurer and a
secretary.
Figure 2;

STATE SOCIAL WELFARE BOARD.

1 Secretary.

(Staff as determined by the central social welfare board from

time to time)

(BANKERS)
 Chair person
 Treasurer
 Secretary

1. FUNCTIONS OF THE STATE WELFARE BOARD;

The state social welfare board has the following functions

to be performed:
a. It has to act as the medium for exchange of
information between the centre and the field and
vice versa.
The board facilitates itself as the bridge between the people
and the centre, it collects facts and files from the field and
report it to the centre, as well brings schemes and information
from the centre to the people. It plays the role of a mediator
between the two ends. It also receives, invite examine and
recommend to the central social welfare board applications for
Grant – In – Aid from Voluntary Organizations and other
Institutions under different programmes.

b. Supervision and Reporting:

The work of the state social welfare board is also to
supervise and co ordinate the working of the various welfare
organizations and the institutions on the projects and report the
same to the central social welfare board.

c. Adviser and coordinator:

The state social welfare board advises and assist the
Central social welfare board in sponsoring new welfare
programmes and activities where ever they are needed within
the state, and also co ordinate the welfare and developmental
activities undertaken by the welfare agencies and institutions
for a better result and sustainability.

d. To promote and assist voluntary organizations:

It also has to promote the growth of voluntary social
welfare agencies and assist them with special reference to
development of the welfare services in the areas uncovered at
present.

e. Assist the central social welfare board:

The state social welfare board has to assist the central
social welfare board in administering and monitoring various
activities such as providing field counselling services for aided
agencies, administer the social welfare and development
programmes sponsored by the central social welfare board or
jointly initiated with the cooperation of the state governments.

f. Implementation of emergency relief:

The state social welfare board has to organise through its
machinery emergency relief in case of calamity-national/natural
or otherwise, wherever deemed fit or necessary.

g. To undertake entrusted welfare activities or

programmes:
The state social welfare board has to undertake with the
concurrence of the central social welfare board such social
welfare activities or programmes that are entrusted to the state
social welfare board by any Department of centre/state/union
territory and to assist the central social welfare board and the
state Govt. in further development of welfare services.

PROGRAMMES OF THE CENTRAL AND STATE SOCIAL

WELFARE BOARD:

Developing a healthy partnership with Voluntary

Organisations for the welfare, development and empowerment
of the people in our society has been one of the primary
objectives of the Central Social Welfare Board since its
inception in 1953. The schemes of the Board are for the most
part implemented by Voluntary organizations. The Board has
developed networking with more than 20,000 VO's across.
Activities of the Board also involve networking with various
state level organizations through the State Social Welfare
Board located in 33 States and U.Ts. in the country.

The Central Social Welfare Board provides support to

Voluntary organizations under a variety of programmes in order
to facilitate and strengthen their role in empowering women
through education and training, through collective mobilisation
and awareness creation, through income generating facilities
and by the provision of support services. The various
programmes which are at present being administered by the
central social welfare board in collaboration with the state
social welfare boards as well are:

a. Short stay homes:

Under the scheme, grants are given to Voluntary
Organisations, to set up Short Stay Homes for women and girls,
with a view to protect and rehabilitate those women and girls
who are facing social, economic and emotional problems due to
family problems, mental stress, social ostracism, exploitation or
other causes or are being forced into prostitution and are in
moral danger. The scheme provides following services /
facilities.
(1) Temporary shelter to the needy women and girls
from six months to three years.
(2) Case work and counselling services,
(3) Medical care and psychiatric treatment,
(4) Occupational therapy, skill development training and
rehabilitation services and
(5) Educational, vocational and recreational activities.
(6) Follow up by counsellors for those women who have
left the Homes, needs to be done to ensure their
well-being and safety.

Children accompanying their mother or born in the

Home, may be permitted to stay in the Home up to the age of
seven years. However after which, they may be transferred to
children’s institutions or provided foster care services.

b. Condensed Courses of Education for Women

 The Scheme of Condensed Courses of Education was
initiated by CSWB in 1958 to address the needs of adult women
who did not have the opportunity for education or were school
dropouts. The scheme aims to provide educational
opportunities to girls above the age of 15 years along with
additional vocational training. The main focus of the scheme is
to ensure that contents of the course are need-based and
modified according to prevailing requirement, simultaneously
targeting various stages of educational levels of primary /
middle / high school and matric/ secondary level courses. The
programme also aims at instilling confidence among adult
women through education making them able citizens. The
Scheme is being implemented through Voluntary Organisations
and educational institutions, having requisite infrastructure and
experience in the field of women / social development and
education across the country.

c. Vocational Training Programme for Women

The objective of the scheme of Vocational Training

Programme is to provide quality training in traditional and non
traditional trades to women and equip them with marketable
skills enabling them to compete more efficiently in the job
market. The thrust of the scheme is to promote self-
employment activities as well as prepare women to take up
wage employment. The training courses may vary from area to
area according to local requirements. Keeping in view the
changing work environment, a number of new trades like House
Keeping, Catering (Hospitality Sector), Nursing Assistance, Care
for Elderly Persons (Geriatric Care), Beauty Care, Computer
Training, Driving Courses, etc. have been identified to cater to
emerging market trends. NGOs are expected to apply for a
particular trade in collaboration with recognized / registered
state training institutes affiliated to / accredited with NCVT,
NIOS, Shramik Vidyapeeth and State Government Vocational
Training Departments.

d. Awareness Generation Projects for Rural and Poor

Women
 Central Social Welfare Board is implementing
Awareness Generation Project programme with the aim of
creating awareness in the community on issues relating to the
status, rights and problems of women. Its main objectives are
to identify the needs of rural and poor women, to increase their
active participation in decision making both in the family and
community on development issues including atrocities on
women and children.
The objective of the scheme is to increase awareness amongst
women on a set of selected topics so as to both inform and
educate them. Topics that can form part of the camp are status
of women, women and law, women and health, community
health and hygiene, women and technology and environment,
women and the State Government, religion, culture and
women, women and economy, women and social action,
Panchayats and Gram Sabhas, national integration and
communal harmony and legal literacy.

e. Working Women’s Hostels

The Central Social Welfare Board provides assistance
to organisations to enable them to provide safe and secure
hostel facilities for working women. No grant will be given to
institutions that have a building constructed with only
government grant. After five years, no grant shall be given to
any aided institution.

f. Rajiv Gandhi National Creche Scheme

The Rajiv Gandhi National Creche Scheme was
revamped in 2006. The present scheme will provide assistance
to NGOs for running crèches for infants (0-6 years) and would
provide assistance to ensure sleeping facilities, healthcare,
supplementary nutrition, immunisation, etc. for running a
creche for 25 infants for eight hours i.e. from 9:00 a m to 5:00
p m.

g. Innovative Schemes
Although the Central Social Welfare Board has many
structured programmes and schemes for the development of
women and children, there are several issues relating to
women and children that are not covered by the existing
schemes and programmes of the Board. Voluntary
organisations working in the field come across problems, which
require special interventions. The Central Social Welfare Board
initiated the Innovative Programme for providing coverage to
such groups of women and children whose needs could not be
addressed by existing schemes.
Areas of Intervention of this scheme are:

• Counselling services

• Skill development through vocational training

• Awareness / empowerment camps on various issues for

women and adolescent girls

• Health services

• Legal aid services

• Educational courses for drop-out girls / women

• Relief activities for victims of natural and man-made

calamities