THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE & EMPOWERMENT (DR. SANJAY PASWAN)
(a) Yes, Sir
(b) The incident-wise details are given below:-
Orphaned Single Parent Children Children
(i) Earthquake 449 1309
(ii) Communal riots 38 172
(c) The requisite information is given in the Statement at Annexure.
(d) Yes, Sir.
(e) Assistance in the form of clothing, tents, communication equipment, medical equipment
etc. was received from individuals, NGOs, foreign governments and international
organizations following the devastating earthquake in Gujarat. While some cash donations
were made through the Prime Minister`s Relief Fund, Gujarat Chief Minister`s Relief
Fund and other similar corpuses, some donations from abroad were sent to Relief
Organizations working in the State directly.
ANNEXURE
STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (C) OF THE LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2234 FOR REPLY ON 6TH MARCH, 2003 BY SHRI
MOINUL HASSAN REGARDING REHABILITATION OF ORPHANED AND
DESTITUTE CHILDREN IN GUJARAT
The Welfare measures taken/being taken by the Government for rehabilitating children
orphaned and rendered destitute by the earthquake and communal riots, inter-alia, are given
below:-
Earthquake Affected
(i) The State Government decided that the compensation to be paid to a child against the
death of parent will be kept in the Joint Account of Collector/D.D.O. and orphaned and
single parent child.
(ii) The Foster Parents Scheme, which was earlier implemented in six cities viz., Ahmedabad,
Baroda, Surat, Jamnagar, Rajkot and Bhavnagar, is now extended to earthquake affected
area and monthly assistance of maintenance revised from Rs.350 per child to Rs.500 per
child.
(iii) Childline service, which is a toll free service that can be accessed by a child in distress or an
adult on his behalf was established at various places of the State affected by the earthquake.
(iv) Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment sanctioned a grant-in-aid of Rs.156.85 lakhs
during 2000-01 to reputed Non Governmental Organizations for setting up of Ashraya
Grehs in earthquake affected areas of the State.
Communal Riots Affected
(i) A rehabilitation project for orphaned and single parent children under the Prime
Minister`s Package was assigned to Self Employed Women`s Association (SEWA).
An amount of Rs.2.02 crore was sanctioned by the Ministry of Social Justice &
Empowerment for the project under its Scheme `General Grant-in-Aid Programme
for Assistance in the field of Social Defence`. An amount of Rs. 60 lakhs has so far
been released to SEWA for this purpose during the current financial year (2002-03).
(ii) Department of Women & Child Development has sanctioned a project for rehabilitating
170 minor children in Gujarat under `Swadhar` Scheme during the current financial
year (2002-03).
