GOVERNMENT POLICIES AND

PROGRAMMES FOR WOMEN

AGENDA FOR THE SESSION



Different programmes adopted by the
government for the welfare of women
And set of policies created by the
government
Recent schemes implemented by the
tamilnadu government for women

INTRODUCTION
To accelerate over all growth and
prosperity of the nation, the government
has been emphasizing the need for
development of rural women and
promotion of their participation in
developmental programmes.
GOVERNMENT PROGRAMMES
All the programmes have been concentrating
on 3 areas,
A. Health and nutrition
B. Income generation
C. Education,literacy and other social
programmes
HEALTH AND NUTRITION
INTEGRATED CHILD DEVELOPMENT
SCHEME:[ICDS]
To improve nutrition&health status of women
particularly pregnant,lactating mothers and
adolescent girls
To spread awareness to take care of their
personal&household health and nutrition
issues
To make Tamilnadu malnutrition free
KISHORI SHAKTI-YOJANA
Orientation training camp programme for
adolescent girls
Awereness campaign on nutrition&health
Legal rights,home management and child care
Vocational training to adolescent girls
It will be ensured that not less than 30%of
overall participants belongs to sc/st categories

INCOME GENERATION
SWA-SHAKTI PROJECT
A project for womens development with
assistance from international funds for
agricultural development IFAD
To create empowerment of women through
setting up of self-reliant womens SHGs
To develop linkage between SHGs&lending
institution to ensure continued access to credit
facilities for income generation activity
JAWAHAR ROZGAR YOJAN -JRY
This programme was started in the year 1989
by rajivgandhi for generating employment for
unemployed men and women in rural areas
but 30%of opportunities for women
To create employment by strengthening the
rural infrastructure
To create community and social assets
Overall improvement in the quality of life in
rural areas
INDIRA MAHILA YOJANA -IMY
It empower women by generating awareness
and helping them to achieve economic
strength through income generation activities
It also facilitates service like literacy , health ,
non-formal education ,rural development
,water supply ,entrepreneurship .
The main aim to organize women at grass root
level to facilitate their participation in decision-
making and their empowerment
EDUCATION AND LITERACY
CRADLE BABY SCHEME
To counter the menace of female infanticide in
certain parts of tamilnadu, this scheme was
launched by chief minister of tamilnadu in 1992
Under this scheme cradles were placed in
important places such as hospitals , primary
health centers orphanages and children homes in
order to enable the rescue of female children
abandoned by their parents to various social
circumstances
GIRL CHILD PROTECTION SHEME
To ensure that girl children are provided equal
footing in the society on par with male
counterparts
This scheme is implemented to promoted family
planning to eradicate female infanticide and to
discourage preference for male child
For families with 1girl child and if the parents has
undergone sterilization,an initial deposit of
Rs22,200 will be made in the tamilnadu power
finance corp, by government in the name of the
child
SUPPORT TO TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT
PROGRAMME
To upgrade the skills of poor and assetless
women mobilize, concentise and provide
employment to them on sustainable basis
Training is given in agriculture , dairy farming
handicrafts,handlooms,animalhusbandry,seric
ulture and fisheries
About 6.1lakh women have been covered
under 133 projects launched in 19 states
INDIAS POLICY FOR DEVELOPMENT OF
WOMEN
NATIONAL POLICY FOR EMPOWERMENT OF
WOMEN (2001)
NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR WOMEN (1992)
NATIONAL NUTRITIONAL POLICY (1993)
RECENT SCHEMES IMPLEMENTED BY
TAMILNADU GOVERNMENT
Mahalir thittam by the tamilnadu corporation for
development of women ltd.
Credit rating and linkage
Revolving funds to urban SHGs
Panchayat level federation
Free LPG gas for newly married couple
Identity cards to SHGs
community resource centers
Women recreation centres






Skill training program
Vocational training centers
MASS SPREAD OF SHWS IN TAMILNADU
MARRIAGE AND OTHER ASSISTANCE SCHEMES
CONCLUSION
Government is going to help women in every
sphere of life in the society. At this stage, it
becomes necessary that government agencies
should also check that the benefits from these
programmes reach only the deserving
beneficiaries. The need of the hour is
administrative reforms and bureaucratic
reforms and total integration of women in the
developmental plans and programmes.
BIBILOGRAPHY
www.tngovt.policynotes/2006-2007
www.ask.com
Perspectives of indian women independence by
R.S tripathi R.P tiwari
Multiprogramme approach to women
independence by p. anandhakumar

Thank you
MAHESHWARAN