Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, May 13: In order to strengthen the steps being taken by the Government in empowering the women in the State and also improving the socio-economic conditions of women folk, the Minister for Social Welfare Department Sakina Itoo today chaired first high level meeting of the members of the Governing Body of Jammu and Kashmir Women Empowerment Society.
The meeting discussed threadbare various agenda points, including setting up of the State Resource Centre for Women, engagement of staff for State Resource Centre, budget for State Resource Centre for Women.
The meeting also discussed agenda about identification of districts for implementation of pilot convergence model “Poorna Shakti Kendras (PSK)” in the State, setting up of two One Stop Crises Centres for Women (OSCC), organizing of seminars/awareness programmes and workshops, project proposal for conducting survey about the cause of declining sex ratio in the State and appointment of bankers for the Society.
Earlier, the Mission Director, Hafeeza Muzaffer J&K Women Empowerment Society highlighted the role of J&K Women Empowerment Society in bringing a sea change in the transformation of the society and making women economically and socially strong. She said the State Mission Authority for Women will achieve objectives of the NHEW through the State Resource Centre for Women and the Government of India will provide funding for establishment and running of SRCW.
Meanwhile, the meeting was also told that Union Ministry of Women and Child Development, released an amount of Rs.16.38 lakh in 2011-12 for setting up of the State Resource Centre for Women in the State, while the proposed budget estimates of SRCW for the current financial year is Rs. 33.45 lakh. It was also told in the meeting that the total budgetary allocation for Pilot project “Poorna Shakti Kendars ” in the State is Rs. 40.11 lakh annually, which will be funded by NMEW.
The meeting was attended by Dr. Asgar Hassan Samoon, Commissioner/Secretary Agriculture Production Deptt., Sheikh Ejaz Iqbal, Commissioner Secretary Forest Deptt, Yedullah, Commissioner Secretary, Labour and Employment, Gazzanfer Hussain, Secretary, Social Welfare Deptt Hirdesh Kumar, Secretary, School Education Deptt Farhat Tasneem, Secretary, Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs. Farooq Ahmad Khan, Director, Social Welfare Department, Kashmir. M.H. Bhatti, Director, Social Welfare Deptt., Jammu, Shabir Ahmad Bhat, Director, Area Planning, representative of Planning and Dev. Deptt., Dr. Mohd Ishaq, Director, Budget, representative of Finance Department. Dr. Nahid Soz, Managing Director, Women’s Dev. Corporation, Dr. G.N. Itoo, OSD with MSW, Rubina Kousar, Secretary, J&K State Commission for Women, G.M. Ganaie, Joint Director(P), representative of Health and Medical Education Deptt. Imam Din, Deputy Secretary(HRM), representative of Rural Dev. Deptt. Shri Suhail-ul-Islam, Under Secretary, Representative of Technical Education Deptt.
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