- The Ministry of Women and Child Development (MWCD) has recently released data for Swadhar Greh Scheme (SGS). As per Government’s data there are 559 Swadhar Greh presently functional in the country with 17231 beneficiaries.
- The Swadhar scheme was launched by the Union Ministry of Women and Child Development (MWCD) in 2002 for rehabilitation of women in difficult circumstances who are in need of institutional support for rehabilitation so that they could lead their life with dignity.
- The scheme provides shelter, food, clothing and care to the marginalized women/girls who are in need.
- The beneficiaries include widows deserted by their families and relatives, women prisoners released from jail and without family support, women survivors of natural disasters, women victims of terrorist/extremist violence etc.
- As per guidelines of the Swadhar Greh Scheme, to seek financial assistance the agency should meet following requirements:
- The agency should be either recognized by State/UT under existing law or should be well known with the experience or working in the field for at least 3 years and its work should be reported satisfactory by the State Govt./UT Administration concerned.
- It should ordinarily have been engaged in the field of women’s welfare/social welfare for a minimum period of two years
- Its financial position should be sound
- It should have facilities, resources, experience and personnel to undertake the management of such project
- It should run Swadhar Greh on a no-profit basis and
- It should have facilities like computers, internet connection etc at Swadhar Greh.
Source: PIB