Women Development Programmes in India

1. Developmental
Programs &
Schemes
for
Women
Presented By:
-Shalini Pandey

2. FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS FOR WOMEN
Article 14
It says that the state shall not deny any person equality before
law and equal protection of law in the territory of India
• Article 15
article 15(1) prohibits the state from discriminating on the
basis of religion, race, case, sex, or place of birth.
article 15(3) allows the state to make special provisions for
women and children.
• Article 16
Art 16 (1) ensures equality in employment in govt. services
art 16(2) explicitly prohibits any discrimination on the ground
of sex
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• Article 21
The right to life and personal liberty, this article has come to the
rescue of women who have been wronged.
• Article 23
Prohibits traffic in human beings and forced labor.
• Article 39 a
Urges the state to provides equal right to adequate means of
livelihood to men and women.
• Article 39 d
Equal pay for equal work for both men and women.
• Article 39 e
State should ensure that men, women, and children are not
forced into work that is unsuitable to their age or strength due
to economic necessity.

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• Article 40/Article 243 D
provides that 1/3 seats in panchayats shall be reserved for
women.
• Article 42
the state shall make provisions for securing just and humane
working conditions and maternity relief.
• Fundamental Duties 51 A (e)
says that it is the duty of the citizens to renounce practices that
are derogatory to the dignity of women.

5. Acts for the benefit of women
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4.
Dowry Prohibition Act 1961
Contract Labor Act 1970 as well as Factories Act 1948
Equal Remuneration Act 1976
The Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) Act
1986
5. The Commission of Sati (Prevention) Act 1987
6. Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act 2005
7. Maternity Benefits Act 1961
8. Child Marriage Prohibition Act 1929
9. Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956
10. National Commission for Women Act, 1990
11. Protection of Woman Against Sexual Harassment Bill,
2007

6. 1.DOWRY PROHIBITION ACT 1961

If any person, after the commencement of this
Act, gives or takes or abets the giving or taking of
dowry, he shall be punishable 7[with
imprisonment for a term which shall not be less
than 8[five years, and with fine which shall not
be less than fifteen thousand rupees or the
amount of the value of such dowry, whichever is
more]

7. 2.CONTRACT LABOR ACT 1970
This Act seeks to regulate the employment of
contract labour in certain establishments and to
provide for its abolition under certain
circumstances.
 The Act applies to every establishment in which
20 or more workmen are employed or were
employed on any day on the preceding 12 months
as contract labour and to every contractor who
employs or who employed on any day of the
preceding 12 months 20 or more workmen. It
does not apply to establishments where the work
performed is of intermittent or casual nature.


8. 3.EQUAL REMUNERATION ACT 1976
Law have been passed prohibiting discrimination
between men and women in matters relating to
payment of wages for similar work.
 The International Women’s Year, President of
India promulgated the Equal Remuneration
Ordinance, 1975 on 26th September, 1975 to
provide for the payment of equal remuneration
to men and women workers .


9. 4.THE INDECENT REPRESENTATION OF WOMEN
(PROHIBITION) ACT 1986
An Act to prohibit indecent representation of
women through advertisements or in publications,
writings, paintings, figures or in any other
manner and for matters connected therewith or
incidental thereto.
 .Prohibition of advertisements containing
indecent representation of Women.
 Prohibition of publication or sending by
post of books, pamphlets, etc; containing
indecent representation of women.


10. 5.THE COMMISSION OF SATI (PREVENTION) ACT,
1987
Sati is the cultural practice of burning or burying
alive a woman, along with the body of her
deceased husband.
 Punishment for offences relating to Sati
 Attempt to commit sati
 . Abetment of sati.
 Punishment for glorification of sati.


11. 6.PROTECTION OF WOMEN FROM DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE ACT 2005
Aimed at providing protection to wife or female
live-in partner from violence at the hands of the
husband or male live-in partner or his relatives.
 The Law extends protection to women who are
sisters including adopted sisters and mothers.
 Domestic violence under the Act includes actual
abuse or threat of abuse, whether physical,
sexual, verbal, emotional, or economic.
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12. 7.MATERNITY BENEFITS ACT 1961
It aims to regulate the employment of women in
certain periods before and after childbirth.
 To provide for maternity benefits including maternity
leave ,wages , bonus , nursing breaks etc.
 To protect the dignity of motherhood and the dignity of
a new person by providing for full and healthy
maintenance of the women and her child at this
important time when she is not working.


13. 8.CHILD MARRIAGE PROHIBITION
ACT 1929
The Child Marriage Restraint Act (CMRA) 1929,
popularly known as the Sharda Act, prohibited
child marriages of girls below the age of 15 years
& boys below the 18.
 In 1978, the law was amended & age limit
increased from 15 to 18 years in case of girls and
from 18 to 21 years in case of boys.
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14. 9.IMMORAL TRAFFIC (PREVENTION) ACT, 1956

An Act to provide in pursuance of the International
Convention signed at New York on the 9th day of
May,1950, for the prevention of immoral traffic.
10.Protection of Woman Against Sexual Harassment
Bill, 2007
 to provide for prevention and redressal of sexual
harassment of women at workplace and for matters
connected therewith or incidental thereto.

15. 11.NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR WOMEN ACT,
1990

In January 1992, the Government set-up this
statutory body with a specific mandate to study
and monitor all matters relating to the
constitutional and legal safeguards provided for
women, review the existing legislation to suggest
amendments wherever necessary, etc.

16. Government Schemes For Women Welfare
• Swayamsidha Scheme
• Swahdhar Scheme
• Kishori Shakti Yojana
• Mahila Samriddhi Yojana
• Maternity Benefits Scheme
• Rashtriya Mahila Kosh
• Scheme for working women's hostels
• Development of women and children
in rural areas
• Margin Money Loan scheme
• Ladali Lakshmi Yojana
• Indira Awas Yojana

17. Swayamsidha Scheme
• It is an integrated project for the development and empowerment of women.
Objective
• Empowering women socially and economically through the establishment of
Women Self Help Group, Integration and Convergence of other related schemes
available with the different Departments.
• Creating a sense of confidence among women regarding status, health, nutrition
by providing loan.
• The formulation, implementation and monitoring of block specific composite
projects for 4 to 5 years incorporating the following four elements Group formation
or mobilization activities, Community oriented innovative interventions, Other
schemes of W and CD Department..
Eligibility criteria
• Mostly women are eligible for the scheme.

18. Swahdhar Scheme
• Central sector scheme
• Implemented through voluntary organisations including Department
of Women and Child Development and Social Welfare, Boards, State
Women's Development Corporation, urban bodies
Objective
Providing holistic and integrated services to women in difficult
circumstances such as
• destitute widows,
• women prisoners released from jail and without family support,
• women survivors of natural disasters;
• trafficked women/girls rescued from prostitute or other places or
victims of sexual crime,
• mentally challenged women who are without any support etc.
Services
Include provision for food, clothing, shelter, health care, counselling
and legal support, social and economic rehabilitation through
education, awareness generation , skill up gradation.

19. Kishori Shakti Yojana
• Sponsored by Both Central & State Government
• Implemented through Anganwadi Centers.
Objective
• Improving the nutritional and health status of adolescent girls
between 11-18 years of age,
• To train and equip them to improve home-based and vocational
skills,
• To promote awareness of health hygiene, nutrition, home
management, child care.
• Take all measures as to facilitate their marriage after attaining the
age of 18 years and even later.
• The girls are also provided supplementary nutrition at Rs. 2.50 per
girl, per day.
Eligibility criteria
• Adolescent girls between 11-18 years of age

20. Maternity Benefits Scheme
• Sponsored by Central Government
• Implemented through Panchayat
Objective
• To provide monetary benefits to the
pregnant ladies of poor families.
• To reduce maternal deaths.
• A sum of Rs. 500 is given to the mother of the child.
Eligibility criteria
• The pregnant lady should be more than 19 years old and should be
from a BPL family.
• The benefit could be availed only till the birth of two surviving
children and the gap between the two children should be a minimum
of 3 yrs. and the women should be immunized for T.T

21. Rashtriya Mahila Kosh
• Set up on 30th March, 1993.
Objectives
• To provide or promote the provision of
micro-credit to poor women for income
generation activities or for asset creation.
• To adopt a valid-informal delivery system,
which is client friendly, uses simple and
minimal procedures, disburses quickly and repeatedly,
• has flexibility of approach, links thrift and savings with credit and has low transaction costs
both for the borrower and for the lender.
• To demonstrate and replicate participatory approaches in the organization of women’s
groups for savings and effective utilization of credit.
• To cooperate with and secure the cooperation of the Government of India, State
Governments, Union Territory administrations, credit institutions, industrial and
commercial organizations, NGOs and others in promoting the objectives of the Kosh.

22. Scheme for working women's hostels
• promote availability of safe and conveniently located accommodation for
working women,
• day care facility for their children,
• construction of new hostel buildings,
• expansion of existing hostel buildings
BENEFICIARIES:• Working women, who may be single, widowed, divorced, separated, married
but whose husband or immediate family does not reside in the same city/area
• Women who are under training for job provided the total training period does
not exceed one year.
• Girls up to the age of 18 years and boys up to the age of 5 years,
accompanying working mothers will be provided accommodation, with their
mothers.
Income Limit, Rent and Period of Stay
• Working Women gross income does not exceed Rs.30,000/-per month in
metropolitan cities, or Rs.25,000/- per month, in any other place.
• Rent will not exceed 15% of their total emoluments/gross salary in the case of
single bed rooms, 10% for double bed rooms and 7½% in the case of the
dormitories

23. Development of women and children in rural
areas
• The Scheme had been merged into Swarnajayanti Gram Swarojgar Yojana (SGSY) with IRDP,
TRYSEM etc. from April, 1999
• DWCRA was aimed to improve the socio-economic status of the poor women in
the rural areas through creation of groups of women for income-generating activities on
self- sustaining basis.
• to facilitate access for poor women to employment, skill up gradation, training credit and
other support services.
Beneficiaries of the scheme had given the following broad observations :
(i) Full stipend amount was not paid and the
remaining amount was appropriated by the authorities.
(ii) The amount for purchase of raw materials for
beneficiaries was fully appropriated by the authorities.
(iii) Even no certificate was issued to the beneficiaries.
(iv) No follow-up action was taken to include the
beneficiary to continue in the training areas.

24. Margin Money Loan scheme
• Margin Money assistance is provided to beneficiaries availing Bank Finance.
• Banks finance for 60% of the project cost and seek 40% margin from the beneficiaries.
STEPS IN IMPLEMENTATION OF MARGIN MONEY LOAN SCHEME
1. The State Channelizing Agency (SCA) shall finance for margin money, the projects of those
beneficiaries who have been sanctioned loan by a Bank for financing their project. The
loaning should be done by the SCA after independent verification of the antecedents of
the applicant, to its satisfaction. The applicant must confirm to the minimum eligibility
criteria required for NMDFC loaning i.e. (i) must belong to the minority community, (ii)
annual income should be below double the poverty line.
2. SCA shall advise the bank for immediately financing the project and follow up the same.
3. Monitoring & follow up with the beneficiaries to assist them in early implementation of
project will be regularly done by the State Channelizing Agency.
4. It is advised that the banking channel may be used for recovery of loan from the
beneficiaries. The banks may affect recovery on entire amount of loan given to
beneficiaries and pay to SCA its share on pro-rata basis.

25. Ladali Lakshmi Yojana
• Sponsored by State Government
Objective
• to improve health and educational facilities for Girl children there by providing a bright
future for them.
• To stop female feticide killing to prevent female births.
• The financial aspect involves a girl registered under the scheme at birth would receive Rs1.18
lakh at the time of marriage.
Eligibility criteria
• Girls whose birth is on or after 1 January 2006, Registered in Anganvadi Kendra in the
state,
• whose parents are Domicile of Madhya
Pradesh,
• parents are not income tax payers and
having two or less child,
• before applying parents shouldhave
done family planning
• girl lived in Orphanage.

26. Indira Awas Yojana
• Central And State Government Scheme
• Funded in the ratio of 75:25 by the central and state government.
Objective
To reduce rural shelter less-ness by providing grants for the construction of housing
Eligibility Criteria
• Below Poverty Line (BPL) rural households, prioritizing those who belong to the
Scheduled
• Castes (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST), or who are disabled, freed bonded
laborers, minorities, or families of military personnel killed in action (irrespective
of their income category).
Services
Families are given `45,000 per unit for construction of new house in plain areas,
`48,500 for hilly/difficult areas, and `25,000 is given for upgrading an unserviceable
kutcha house to a Pucca one.

27. Indira Gandhi National Widow Pension Scheme
(IGNWPS)
Sponsored by : Both: Central & State Government
Funding Pattern : Fund is financed as 50:50 between Central and State governments.
Implemented through Gram Panchayat.
Eligibility
• The pension is given to the widows aged between 45 and 64 years of age.
• The applicant should be a household below the Poverty Line as per criteria prescribed by the
Government of India.
• The pension amount is Rs. 400 per month per beneficiary and the concerned state
government is also urged to provide the equal amount to the person.
• The pension is to be credited into a post office or public sector bank account of the
beneficiary.
• The pension will be discontinued if there is the case of remarriage or once the widow moves
above the poverty line.

28. National Old Age Pension Scheme
Sponsored by Central Government
Description
• Under this scheme Destitute Old Age persons of 65 years and above
having a little source or no source of income are given Old Age
Pension of Rs. 400/- per month
Benefit Type
• Pension
Eligibility criteria
• Under this scheme Destitute Old Age persons of 65 years and above
having a little source or no source of income.

29. THANKS!