Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment of the Republic of India
Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment of the Republic of India
02/06/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 02/06/2024 03:18
Grant-in-Aid to NGOs for Social Welfare
Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment
Grant-in-Aid to NGOs for Social Welfare
Posted On: 06 FEB 2024 2:36PM by PIB Delhi
The mandate of the Department of Social Justice and Empowerment (DoSJE) is to take care of the welfare of the poorest households of the socially, educationally and economically marginalized sections of the society including Scheduled Castes (SCs), Other Backward Classes, Senior Citizens, Victims of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse, Sanitation Workers, Transgender Persons, Beggars, De-notified and Nomadic Tribes (DNTs), Economically Backward Classes (EBCs), Economically Weaker Section (EWS).
The DoSJE is implementing three schemes namely National Action Plan for Drug Demand Reduction (NAPDDR), Scheme for Residential Education for Students in High Schools in Targeted Areas (SHRESHTA) and Integrated Programme for Senior Citizens (IPSrC), a component of the scheme of Atal Vayo Abhyuday Yojana (AVYAY), under which financial assistance is provided to NGOs for Social Welfare. The details of total funds released and number of persons benefited from such NGOs all across India during last five years are given below-
Details of the funds released and number of persons benefited from financial year 2018-19 to financial year 2022-23 under various schemes of DoSJE.
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2018-19 |
2019-20 |
2020-21 |
2021-22 |
2022-23 |
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Sr. No. |
Name of Scheme |
Funds released (Rs. In Crore) |
Number of Persons Benefitted |
Funds released (Rs. In Crore) |
Number of Persons Benefitted |
Funds released (Rs. In Crore) |
Number of Persons Benefitted |
Funds released (Rs. In Crore) |
Number of Persons Benefitted |
Funds released (Rs. In Crore) |
Number of Persons Benefitted |
|
1. |
National Action Plan for Drug Demand Reduction |
79.99 |
77479 |
108.93 |
93364 |
145.63 |
208415 |
90.93 |
286402 |
97.51 |
339588 |
|
2. |
Integrated Programme for Senior Citizens (IPSrC) |
65.07 |
34920 |
106.20 |
109085 |
122.58 |
136440 |
93.19 |
139385 |
72.31 |
87745 |
|
3. |
Scheme for Residential Education for Students in High Schools in Targeted Areas (SHRESHTA) |
18.57 |
10370 |
46.97 |
24380 |
44.31 |
20175 |
28.48 |
19350 |
23.16 |
14074 |
This information was given by the Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment Shri A. Narayanaswamyin a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today.
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