Women empowerment and child safety

Women empowerment and child safety

Women empowerment and child safety are important areas of concern in India. Women and child welfare programs aim to provide women with opportunities to improve their quality of life, and to ensure that children grow up in a safe environment.
To ensure safety, security and mobility, all women including working women, girl students pursuing higher education and Transgender are allowed to travel in town buses run by State Transport Corporation at free of cost.
Recognizing the low enrolment ratio of girl students from Government schools in higher education, the Moovalur Ramamirtham Ammaiyar Memorial Marriage Assistance Scheme is being transformed as Moovalur Ramamirtham Ammaiyar Higher Education Assurance Scheme. All girl students who studied from Classes 6 to 12th in Government schools are paid Rs.1,000/- per month directly into their bank account till the uninterrupted completion of their undergraduate degree, diploma and ITI courses.
All girl students who studied from Classes 6 to 12th in Government schools are paid Rs.1,000/- per month directly into their bank account till the uninterrupted completion of their undergraduate degree, diploma and ITI courses.
Under Puratchi Thalaivar MGR Nutritious Meal programme, 48.51 lakh school children from standard 1 to 10 are being given hot, nutritious variety and tasty food. In Integrated Child Development Services, the children from birth to 6 years, the pregnant and lactating mothers are also provided nutritious food and health education.
The department also implements various welfare measures for the children who has lost single or both the parents due to COVID-19. A sum of Rs.5.00 lakh (Rupees Five lakh only) is deposited in the name of the child who had lost one of the parents earlier and other parent due to COVID-19 from the Chief Minister’s Public Relief Fund and deposited in the Tami Nadu Power Finance Corporation in the name of the child. The Deposited amount shall be paid to the child with accrued interest when he/she completes 18 years of age.
A sum of Rs.3.00 lakh is given to the surviving father or mother of the child who had lost either father or mother due to COVID-19 from the Chief Minister’s Public Relief Fund in the name of the child as immediate relief.

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