MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT (SHRIMATI RENUKA CHOWDHURY)
(a),(b)&(c) A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.
STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a),(b)&(c) OF LOK
SABHA STARRED QUSTION NO. 297 FOR 12.12.2006 BY SHRI RANEN
BARMAN REGARDING CARE TO ORPHANS
(a),(b)&(c) The Ministry of Women and Child Development has
made no such assessment. However, in order to ensure that
such children are not deprived of the basic necessities such
as education, shelter and health, this Ministry supports the
State Governments/Union Territory Administrations and Non-
Governmental organisations with financial assistance under
the following schemes:
(i) A Programme for Juvenile Justice: to meet 50 per cent
of the expenditure requirements of State Governments/Union
Territory Administrations for establishing and maintaining
homes under the Juvenile Justice [Care and Protection of
Children] Act, 2000 as well as for up keep of children in
them.
(ii) Scheme of Assistance to Homes [Shishu Greh] for
children to promote in-country adoption for providing
institutional care and protection to children up to 6 years
of age who are either abandoned or orphaned/destitute and
their rehabilitation through in-country adoption.
(iii) An Integrated Programme for Street Children: for
children without home and family ties. Assistance is
provided to Non-Governmental organisations for implementing
projects, which render facilities like shelter, nutrition,
education, health, safe drinking water and recreation to
these children.
(iv) Scheme for the Welfare of Working Children in Need of
Care and Protection: under which assistance is provided to
Non-Governmental organisations for implementing projects,
which render facilities like non-formal education,
vocational training etc., to working children to facilitate
their entry/re-entry into mainstream education in cases
where they have either not attended any learning system or
where for some reasons their education has been discontinued
with a view to preventing their exploitation.