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Activities
of the office of the Sub-Divisional Welfare Officer
At the office of the Sub_Divisional Welfare Officer there are three
Sub_divisional Development
Boards for the Welfare of
scheduled castes/Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes. The S.D.W.O.
is the secretary for the three welfare Boards. The S.D.W.O. takes up action
to follow up the recommendation of the respective development boards by
pursuing with the District / Sub_Divisional authorities of the various
development departments.
The different schemes of the special component plan
for scheduled castes under various departments are given approval by the
Sub-divisional Welfare Boards
for S.C. The S.D.W.O. also monitors the schemes of the developments
departments, such as family oriented Income Generating schemes of
corporation / D.R.D.A. and the item of point
11’A’ of the 20 point programme.
The S.D.W.O. also distributes Pre-Matric Scholarship
to S.T./OBC and S.C. students as well as Grants-in-aid to S.T. and S.C.
people living below the poverty line.
Brief Notes on the Schemes under taken
(1) Grants-in-Aid
to S.C. and S.T. people : Grants-in-aid to S.C. and S.T. people living
below poverty line are provided with Thelas,Handlooms,Sewing
Machine,Sericulture rearing Unit etc under F.O.I.G.S. The beneficiaries are
selected by the respective development Boards.
(2) There
are schemes under S.C./S.T. and O.B.C. where grants-in-aid is provided to
Non-Govt. Educational Institutions, to Non Official Organisations doing
welfare works and to patients suffering from Cancer , T.B. and other
malignant diseases. The beneficiaries are selected by the respective
development Boards from people living below poverty line.
(3) Pre-Matric Scholarship: Pre-Matric scholarship is given to S.T/OBC
and S.C.students who scores 40% marks in the last Annual examination and whose
parents live below the poverty line.
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