Advisor Farooq Khan convenes meeting with Social Welfare, ICDS officers; Reviews vital projects

20/04/2021
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SRINAGAR, Apr 19: Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Farooq Khan, today convened a marathon meeting with the officers of Social Welfare and ICDS Departments to review the functioning of these vital entities of the UT government.
Director, Social Welf-are Department, Bashir Ahmad Dar, Executive Director Rehabilitation Centre, Ishfaq Ahmad, OSD to Advisor, Moha-mmad Ashraf Hakak, Deputy Director ICDS, Bilquis, District Program Officer, Srinagar and all the District Social Welfare Officers attended the meeting while Director ICDS Shabnum Kamili, Director Planning Umera Shafat and Director Finance, Anil participated virtually.
While reviewing implementation and execution of various schemes by the Social Welfare Depart-ment, Advisor Khan directed the officers that Old Age Pension applicants should not be asked to collect the requisite certificates on their own rather the district offices should adopt a proper procedure for the same. He asked the officers to ensure time bound disposal of all cases to avoid unnecessary piling of files besides clearance of all new cases within a month's time.
Advisor, while reviewing status of Scholarship and Marriage Assistance Schemes by SWD, was informed that the Minority Scholarship has been enhanced by more than three hundred percent and the amount is being transferred to the beneficiary on time. He was informed that the cases regarding Marriage Assistance are being disposed of on time besides elaborating on the issue of sanctioning in the supplementary list due to variation in surveys.
Advisor also took stock of orphanages being established by SWD besides assessing enrollment of boys and girls in these institutions. He was informed that the department has established a Girls Orph-anage at Anantnag where all the modern facilities are being provided to inmates.
Advisor appreciated the infrastructure and facilities available at Girls Orph-anage Centre Anantnag and stressed on officers to raise same centres in their respective districts.
Advisor Khan also reviewed the infrastructure and other facilities being provided to handicapped people by SWD. He gave directions for keeping provision of various facilities to visually impaired and Mentally unsound people. He said each category of specially abled people need different infrastructure setup with segregation of male and female groups.

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