Women & Child Welfare Programmes and Schemes in India

The welfare system is a network of programs created to assist a country’s citizens at various stages of their lives. The system usually arises from the efforts of a government or organizations to provide social welfare. It’s an ongoing process meant to care for the specific needs of society. Through social welfare programs, the citizens are shielded from the financial insecurities of life.

Women and Child welfare, term used to refer to a broad range of social programmes that contribute to the well-being of children and women.  A variety of women and child welfare programs and schemes are initiated under public and private aspects.

The various schemes and programmes being run by Government for the development and empowerment of women and for the development of children across the country, including remote rural and hilly areas.

The goals of welfare services thus include fostering education & health, developing human resources, reducing the inequalities, providing a higher standard of living, etc

Women and child health is an essential issue that needs to be addressed in India. Poor maternal and child health, inadequate nutrition, and a lack of access to healthcare services have been the major health challenges in the country.

India can ensure that all women and children have access to the care and support they need to lead healthy, fulfilling lives. We have gone into particular detail for those programmes and policies with its objects and requirements not well covered elsewhere. This book offers the chapters on Concepts of Welfare programmes and schemes for the children, adolescents, Women in their all stages of lives.

This book aims to highlight women and child welfare programmes and schemes in India. These programs enhanced the social, economic condition of children and women. We built this book around the sources given by National Health Mission, Ministry of Women and Child Development, Central and State level Government in the field of Women and Child Welfare in India.

Welfare is not a matter of charity but of right and it is a responsibility of the state to its citizens. Non-utilization or underutilization of the schemes is either due to lack of awareness or poor accessibility. Our aim in writing this text book is to describe in outline, and to set into context, all the important programmes and schemes regarding the women and child welfare in India to promote the knowledge of health professionals and to create the awareness, accessibility and utilization among the public through health education.