Social Welfare | NER Databank

Figure at a Glance, 2022-23:

No. of State Home	2
Total Nos. of Inmates	53
Female	53
No. of Destitute Home	5
Total nos. of Inmates	102
Female	93
No. of Children Home	3
No. of Inmates	267
Female	257
No. of Bal Bhawan	2
No. of Attendant	297
Female	173
No. of Vagrants Home	1
No. of Attendant	46
Female	0
No. of Observation Home	5
No. of Attendant	83
Female	24

Source : Statistical Handbook Assam 2023

Statistics of Women & Child development in Assam, 2022-23:

Item	No. of Attendant
Item	Total	Female
A. State Home
1. State Home for rescued Woman, Jalukbari	9	9
2. State Home for Women, Nagaon	44	44
Total	53	53
B. Destitute Home
1. Destitute Home for Women, Jalukbari	35	35
2. Home for Destitute and Helpless Widows, Boko	20	20
3. Central Destitute Home, Meherpur	40	31
4. 5. Destitute Home for Women, Dighaltari	7	7
5. Permanent Liability Home, Bamunigaon, Boko	0	0
Total	102	93
C. Children Home
1. Home for Orphan & Destitute Children, Nagaon	219	219
2. Home for Destitute & Vagrant Children, Lakhimpur	13	3
3. Jalukbari Children Home	35	35
Total	267	257
D. Vagrants Home
1. Vagrants Home (Beggars) Fatasil, Guwahati	46	0
Total	46	0
E. Observation Home
1. Observation Home, Lichubari, Jorhat	30	0
2. Observation Home, Boko	25	0
3. Observation Home for girls, Nagaon	15	15
4. Observation Home for girls, Jalukbari	9	9
5. Observation Home for boys, Silchar	4	0
Total	83	24
F. Bal Bhawan
1. Guwahati	250	146
2. Dibrugarh	47	27
Total	297	173
G. Others
1. Vocational Training for Rehabilitation Centre, Beltola	17	17
2. Vocational Training for Rehabilitation Centre, Barama (ST)	0	0
3. Vocational Training for Rehabilitation Centre, Kachukata	12	12
4. Vocational Training for Rehabilitation Centre, Morigaon (SC)	18	18
5. Vocational Training-Cum-Rehabilitation Centre (VTRC) for Women, Dima Hasao	40	40
Total	87	87

Source: Statistical Handbook Assam 2023

Statistics of Social Welfare in Assam, 2018-19:

Item	Total of Inmates
Item	Total	Female
A. State Home
1. State Home for rescued women, Jalukbari	95	95
2. State Home for Women, Nagaon	85	85
B. Destitute Home
1. Destitute Home for Women, Jalukbari	72	72
2. Home for Destitute and Helpless Widows, Boko	25	25
3. Central Destitute Home, Meherpur	66	66
4. Destitute Home for Women, Dighaltari	10	10
5. Permanent Liability Home, Bamunigaon, Boko	145	94
C. Children Home
1. Home for Orphan and Destitute Children, Nagaon	315	315
2. Home for Destitute and Vagrant Children, Lakhimpur	68	45
3. Jalukbari Children Home	555	555
D. Vagrants Home
1. Vagrants Home (Beggers) Fatasil, Guwahati	375	0
E. Observation Home
1. Observation Home, Lichubari, Jorhat	281	0
2. Observation Home, Boko	377	0
3. Observation Home for Girls, Nagaon	9	9
4. Observation Home for Girls, Jalukabari	5	5
5. Observation Home for Boys, Silchar	84	0
F. Bal Bhawan
1. Guwahati	326	158
2. Dibrugarh	47	34
G. Others
1. Vocational Training for Rehabilitation Centre, Beltola	17	17
2. Vocational Training for Rehabilitation Centre, Barama (ST)	0	0
3. Vocational Training for Rehabilitation Centre, Kachukata	12	12
4. Vocational Training for Rehabilitation Centre, Morigaon (SC)	15	15
5. Vocational Training-cum-Rehabilitation Centre (VTRC) for Women, Dima Hasao	240	240
5. Training cum Production Centre for Disabled Person, Haflong	19	19
6. Training cum Production Centre for Disabled Person, Maibong	30	30
7. School for Hearing Impaired, Jorhat	62	25
8. Blind School, Jorhat	43	16

Source: Statistical Hand Book Assam 2019

Details of Integrated Child Development Service (ICDS)/ District Social Welfare Office under Women and Child Development in Assam, 2021-22 and 2022-23:

District	No. of ICDS Centre		No. of Beneficiary		Govt. Building		Rental House
District	2021-22	2022-23	2021-22	2022-23	2021-22	2022-23	2021-22	2022-23
Kokrajhar	1687	1687	93261	89851	514	514	298	298
Dhubri	2409	2409	263183	246595	1975	1975	13	13
South Salmara	550	550	94209	93602	783	783	0	0
Goalpara	2487	2487	132857	149051	2431	2431	11	11
Barpeta*	2914	2914	216609	220703	2610	2610	106	106
Morigaon	2132	2132	146437	151225	1872	1872	102	102
Nagaon	3993	3993	258802	247533	3979	3979	165	165
Hojai	1923	1923	129288	130724	1165	1165	52	52
Sonitpur	1987	1987	128919	121705	1504	1504	526	526
Biswanath	1839	1839	96702	94100	1056	1056	351	351
Lakhimpur	3066	3066	154067	155201	923	923	1472	1472
Dhemaji	1557	1557	73715	70894	1030	1030	197	197
Tinsukia	2021	2021	128815	142570	1824	1824	45	45
Dibrugarh	2156	2156	127153	124858	2079	2079	21	21
Sivasagar	1229	1229	55260	53691	1095	1095	40	40
Charaideo	668	668	38531	36469	587	587	22	22
Jorhat	1638	1638	71681	65880	1244	1244	74	74
Majuli	598	598	21654	21483	454	454	20	20
Golaghat	2222	2222	113282	103961	1825	1825	156	156
Karbi Anglong	2218	2218	96235	94437	874	874	460	460
West Karbi Anglong	852	852	48611	48611	319	319	205	205
Dima Hasao	613	613	27598	20736	190	190	4	4
Cachar	3941	3941	241434	231477	1806	1806	1403	1403
Karimganj	1569	1569	173205	181968	1267	1267	125	125
Hailakandi	1374	1374	102658	99570	707	707	402	402
Bongaigaon	1116	1116	88744	87344	949	949	134	134
Chirang	920	920	43269	42390	158	158	95	95
Kamrup	3246	3246	179781	172582	2645	2645	287	287
Kamrup Metro	1019	1019	60122	58681	656	656	292	292
Nalbari	1532	1532	76524	75558	967	967	323	323
Baksa*	2636	2636	118276	115012	595	595	527	527
Darrang	2163	2163	145280	131363	1452	1452	394	394
Udalguri	1440	1440	70605	64056	538	538	544	544
Assam	61715	61715	3816767	3743881	42073	42073	8866	8866

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District	No. of Staff		No. of Worker		Amount Sanctioned		Amount Released
	2021-22	2022-23	2021-22	2022-23	2021-22	2022-23	2021-22	2022-23
Kokrajhar	113	122	1671	1659	22623.48 (As State incentive for Anganwadi Worker/ Helper)	19065.58 (As State incentive for Anganwadi Worker/ Helper)	19767.38 (As State incentive for Anganwadi Worker/ Helper)	19065.58 (As State incentive for Anganwadi Worker/ Helper)
Dhubri	145	116	2396	2358
South Salmara	145	25	550	549
Goalpara	147	123	2472	2447
Barpeta*	148	90	2870	2852
Morigaon	113	128	2112	2062
Nagaon	345	235	3968	3936
Hojai	345	105	1907	1907
Sonitpur	223	113	1897	1866
Biswanath	223	90	1799	1799
Lakhimpur	160	138	3058	3031
Dhemaji	79	116	1545	1531
Tinsukia	92	84	2000	2006
Dibrugarh	105	95	2064	2007
Sivasagar	115	77	1209	1144
Charaideo	115	40	665	664
Jorhat	120	108	1616	1617
Majuli	120	26	592	590
Golaghat	102	104	2182	2124
Karbi Anglong	170	124	2218	2218
West Karbi Anglong	170	52	852	852
Dima Hasao	72	40	613	613
Cachar	254	161	3900	3919
Karimganj	92	80	1469	1433
Hailakandi	73	71	1353	1337
Bongaigaon	58	69	1082	1047
Chirang	54	54	915	932
Kamrup	226	124	3191	3124
Kamrup Metro	59	96	987	926
Nalbari	121	109	1506	1442
Baksa*	164	126	2609	2611
Darrang	132	118	2155	2142
Udalguri	72	59	1423	1427
Assam	3554	3218	60846	60172

* Undivided

N.B.: Figures of newly created districts are included with their parent district

Source : Statistical Handbook Assam 2023

District-wise ICDS Centre Implemented under Social Welfare in Assam, 2018-19:

District	No. of ICDS Centre	No. of Beneficiary	Govt. Building	Rental House	No. of Staff	No. of Worker
Kokrajhar	1687	94995	446	320	113	1685
Dhubri	2959	362185	2682	13	145	2921
Goalpara	2491	140494	2293	135	147	2483
Barpeta	2970	194180	2519	436	148	2848
Morigaon	2178	130221	1458	410	113	2128
Nagaon	6119	338535	4723	776	345	5904
Sonitpur	3860	227735	2585	967	223	3753
Lakhimpur	3066	141627	761	1628	160	3058
Dhemaji	1557	72205	535	397	79	1553
Tinsukia	2025	136703	1825	74	92	2017
Dibrugarh	2178	119552	1781	238	105	2116
Sivasagar	1897	88073	1687	102	115	1880
Jorhat	2246	86680	1627	182	120	2236
Golaghat	2248	113583	1539	109	102	2227
Karbi Anglong	3070	132854	946	859	170	3070
Dima Hasao	613	27685	165	4	72	613
Cachar	3941	222643	1809	1694	254	3941
Karimganj	1574	152253	1330	142	92	1506
Hailakandi	1374	83743	707	402	73	1372
Bongaigaon	1118	85914	959	134	58	1095
Chirang	920	44691	209	95	54	920
Kamrup	3253	171913	2598	383	226	3190
Kamrup Metro	1033	54538	557	249	59	1025
Nalbari	1532	70949	971	326	121	1501
Baksa	2638	121556	618	527	164	2638
Darrang	2163	136180	1458	483	132	2147
Udalguri	1443	73286	531	544	72	1396
Assam	62153	3624973	39319	11629	3554	61223

ICDS= Integrated Child Development Services

Source: Statistical Hand Book Assam 2019

Statistics of Institution for Deaf and Dumb, Blind and Juvenile Reforms, 2022-23:

Name of Institution	Number of Institution	Intake Capacity	Enrolment		No. of Teacher
Name of Institution	Number of Institution	Intake Capacity	Male	Female	Male	Female
Jorhat Blind Institution	1	75	14	16	11	5
BDS Govt. School for Hearing, Impaired	1	557	353	204	9	3
School for hearing Impaired	1	37	24	13	0	1

Source: Statistical Handbook Assam 2023

Scheme Implemented under Women & Child development in Assam, 2021-22 and 2022-23: (Rs. in Lakh)

Name of the Scheme	2021-22		2022-23
Name of the Scheme	Total Budget Provision	Expenditure	Total Budget Provision	Expenditure
1. Integrated Child Development Service (ICDS) Scheme	113939.98	92433.19	170086.93	125142.85
2. Integrated Child Protection Scheme (ICPS)	4152.65	2083.99	4277.13	3757.69
3. Beti Bachao Beti Padhao	0.01	0	890.02	890.00
4. Working Women Hostel	58.54	0	912.03	242.95
5. National Crèche Scheme	195.80	0	200.02	0.02
6. Pradhan Mantrir Matri Vandana Yajana (PMVY).	2519.61	1194.52	1303.46	591.23
7. Scheme for Adolescent Girls.	1842.30	1822.30	1666.67	123.04
8. One Stop Crisis Centre.	0.02	0	190.00	76.24
9. Swadhar Greh Scheme	178.00	0	43.16	43.13
10. Ujjawala Scheme	225.60	225.60	181.84	154.00
11. Special Nutrition Programme (PMGY)	62529.23	58001.93	115606.89	88807.23
12. National Nutrition Mission (POSHAN Abhiyan).	4005.00	1022.54	3205.25	0.02
13. Children in Conflict with law	80.00	0	76.00	76.00
14. Child Marriage.	0.08	0.08	4.75	4.75
15. Child Care Institution.	120.00	0	114.00	114.00
16. Child Labour.	17.00	0	4.75	4.75
17. Child Trafficking.	60.00	0	95.00	0.00
18. State Commission for Child Rights	270.00	117.98	241.98	207.87
19. State Commission for Women.	75.96	48.16	207.26	93.07
20. Financial Assistance & Support Services to Victims of Rape.	40.00	40.00	104.50	95.00
21. Training of personal	8.00	0	7.20	0.00
22. Mahila Samridhi Yojana.	1058.66	0	183.35	171.74
23. Scheme for Protection of Women from Domestic Violence.	8.00	0	45.00	0.00

Source: Statistical Handbook Assam 2023

Scheme Implemented Under Social Welfare in Assam, 2013-14 and 2014-15: (Rs. in Lakh)

Scheme	2013-2014		2014-2015
Scheme	Sanctioned	Released	Sanctioned	Released
1. Govt. B.D.S. Deaf & Dumb School, Guwahati	72.16	72.16	72.30	72.30
2. Jorhat Blind School	7.80	7.80	10.50	10.50
3. Sheltered Workshop for Blind, Nagaon	2.80	2.80	3.30	3.30
4. Scholarship to Physically Handicapped Students (Gen)	30.00	30.00	30.00	30.00
5. National Programme for Rehabilitation of Persons with Disability (NPRPD)	16.02	16.02	20.00	16.75
6. Real Home for Persons with Special Need (CMDS Special Package)	0	0	15.00	15.00
7. Srimanta Sankar Mission, Nagaon	3.30	3.30	3.30	3.30
8. Grant in Aid to Assam Andha Sishu Vidyalaya, Bihpuria	3.30	3.30	3.30	3.30
9. Society for Welfare of Blind, Guwahati	7.00	7.00	7.00	7.00
10. Janamangal Adarsha Andha Sishu Vidyalaya, Moranhat	3.30	3.30	3.30	3.30
11. Mental Welfare Society, Guwahati	4.30	4.30	4.30	4.30
12. Vocational Training	5.00	0	2.44	2.44
13. Braille Press, Guwahati	213.79	210.79	22.00	22.00
14. Survey of Disabled Persons	5.00	5.00	0	0
15. Un-employment Allowances to the disabled persons and Allowances to family with disabled children	396.00	396.00	396.00	396.00
16. Vocational Training cum rehabilitation centre for Visually Challenge to be to be adjoined with JBI, Jorhat	10.00	10.00	1.00	1.00
17. Engagement of Care givers in each of the GPS through NGO, with the required experience etc.	50.54	50.54	0	0
18. Assistance to Voluntary Organisation namely Sishu Sarathi/Perona/Ashadeep & Student Welfare Mission at Pathsala NERMP School and NEVARD at B.Chjariali etc.	48.00	48.00	48.00	48.00
19. School for Hearing Impaired, Jorhat	50.00	43.75	30.00	30.00
20. implementation of P.D. Act	10.00	10.00	30.00	19.34
21. Estt. of Spl. school for Hearing & Visually Impaired.	50.00	50.00	30.00	0
22. Bal Bhawan, Ghy & Dibrugarh	0	0	5.00	3.00
23. Home for Destitute of Vagrants Children, N. Lakhimpur	0	0	0	0
24. State Commission for Protection of Child Right	60.00	60.00	60.00	30.00
25. Setting up of Child	0	0	0	0
26. Development Council Integrated Child Development Service Schemes (ICDS)	4185.00	4160.00	5388.14	4735.66
27. Implementation of JJ Act under ICPS	480.00	480.00	302.20	276.71
28. Financial Incentive to Girls of BPL Family	56.00	56.00	56.00	56.00
29. Joyful Education for Pre-School kids (Assam Vikash Yojana)	2300.00	2300.00	1900.00	1900.00
30. Rehabilitation Grant to Grow-up inmates of Children Home/ Women Home	10.00	10.00	5.00	0
31. Purna Shakti Yojana (Women Emp. Mission)	0.50	0.50	0	0
32. Rehabilitation Grant to Destitute Women/ Women in Distressed	10.00	10.00	5.00	5.00
33. Financial Assistance to unemployed unmarried Women & Widow	100.00	99.08	100.00	100.00
34. Women Development Council	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00
35. State Home for Women, Nagaon	15.00	12.82	65.00	64.60
36. State Home, Jalukbari (Training-cum-Production Centre)	25.50	10.50	12.00	12.00
37. VTRC for Women, Guwahati	16.04	3.72	16.04	9.25
38. Assam State Commission for Women, Guwahati	40.00	40.00	40.00	40.00
39. Implementation of Rajiv Gandhi Scheme for Empowerment of Adolescent Girls SABLA State Share of CSS	1940.50	1940.50	265.00	265.00
40. Women and Child Commission to improve basic Health Parameters including MMR, IMR & Mal Nutrition etc. (CMs special package)	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
41. New Social Security Scheme for Widows and the Aged	500.00	0	500.00	500.00
42. Women Club Covering one in each Block of Assam	25.00	25.00	9.00	0
43. Welfare of Old Citizens (Health Care for the Aged)	400.00	400.00	400.00	188.27
44. Maintenance and Welfare of Parent and Senior Citizen Act	40.00	30.00	30.00	30.00
45. Infrastructure Development of Old Age Home (State Specific Scheme), Bharasha Briddhabash	5.00	0	5.00	5.00
46. Setting up of Old age Home for Women	200.00	0	190.00	0
47. Ambikagiri Memorial Trust (Aamar Ghar)	10.00	10.00	10.00	10.00
48. Assistance to Voluntary Organisation	122.00	0	349.49	349.49
49. Pension to Social Worker	1.50	0	1.50	1.44
50. Sitting of District Medical Board	3.24	3.24	0	0
51. Rehabilitation Grant to Disabled Children	20.00	20.00	20.00	20.00
52. Refresher Training Course for Teaching and Managerial Staff of Special Institution for Hearing and Visually Impaired	5.50	2.22	2.00	0
53. Community Education (Observation of Children day/Women Day etc.)	30.00	30.00	10.00	10.00
54. 116 Scholarship to Physically Handicapped Students	12.50	12.50	25.00	25.00
55. 843 VTRC for Physically Handicapped Persons (Boko)(TSP)	5.00	0	1.00	1.00
56. 0957- VTRC, for Women Morigaon (SCCP)	22.20	11.50	21.20	6.56
57. 818 Rehabilitation Grant to Physically Handicapped Persons (SCCP)	18.00	18.00	30.00	0
58. New Subscription based Insurance Policy giving Medical & Death Coverage to Anganbadi Workers (AKBY)	1.00	1.00	1.00	0
59. Repair of AWC	50.00	0	50.00	0
60. Socio-Economic and Cultural Upliftment of Harijan Community	11.00	11.00	11.00	5.00
61. Free Umbrella to AWW/AWH (State Specific Scheme)	200.00	200.00	100.00	100.00
62. Mukhya Mantrir Jivan Jyoti Bima Achoni	750.00	750.00	550.00	550.00
63. Mukhya Mantrir Mahila Samridhi Achoni	1685.00	1685.00	1600.00	1599.50
64. Scheme for Protection of Women from Domestic Violence	55.00	55.00	5.00	2.00
65. State Incentive to AWW & Helper	3100.00	3100.00	10537.00	10291.78
66. Construction of Night Homes for Night Homes for Shelter less including other exp.	150.00	145.78	150.00	150.00
67. Kasturba Gandhi National Memorial Trust	11.00	11.00	11.00	11.00
68. Supplementary Nutrition Programme (SNP)	5050.00	5048.65	3400.00	2642.07

Source: Statistical Hand Book Assam 2015

Institution Run by NGOs Receiving Recurring Grant-in-Aid from Social Welfare Department, Assam, 2013-14 and 2014-15:

Name of N.G.O.	Grant-in Aid (Rs. in Lakh)
Name of N.G.O.	2013-2014	2014-2015
1. Assam Andha Sishu Bidyalaya, Bihpuria	3.30	3.30
2. Shrimanta sankar Mission Blind School, Nagaon	3.30	3.30
3. Janamangal Adarsha Andha Vidyalaya, Moranhat	3.30	3.30
4. Mental Welfare Society, Guwahati	4.30	4.30
5. Blind School, Basistha, Guwahati	7.80	10.30
6. Destination, Bhagaduttapur, Kahilipara	17.20	17.46
7. Ashadeep, Lachitnagar, Guwahati	12.10	16.10
8. Prataya, Lakhimpur	-	-
9. Dhula Regional Physically Handicapped Development Association, Dhula, Darrang	2.20	2.46
10. SCORPION, Panbazar, Guwahati	-	-
11. Navajiban Welfare Society, Bamunimaidam	2.00	-
12. Digbijay Production, Rajgarh Link Road, Guwahati	-	-
13. Sadaou Asom Maina Parijat, Silpukhuri, Guwahati	-	-
14. Adarsha, Beltola, Guwahati	-	5.00
15. Sishukalyan Sadan, Jalukbari, Guwahati	-	-
16. Gandhi Smarak Nidhi, Guwahati
17. Assam Association for Deaf, Birubari, Guwahati	7.40	8.00
18. Prerona Pratibandhi Sishu Unnayan Kendra, Jorhat	7.40	2.46
19. Women Welfare Society, Beltola, Guwahati	-	-

Source: Statistical Hand Book Assam 2015

Statistics of Social Justice and Empowerment in Assam, 2022-23:

Item	No. of Attendant
Item	Total	Female
1. School for hearing Impaired, Jorhat	0	0
2. Blind School, Jorhat	2	2

Source: Statistical Handbook Assam 2023

Financial Achievement of Social Justice and Empowerment in Assam, 2021-22 and 2022-23: (Rs. in Lakh)

Name of the Scheme	2021-22		2022-23
Name of the Scheme	Total Budget Provision	Expenditure	Total Budget Provision	Expenditure
1. Scheme for Persons with Disabilities Act, (SIPDA)	545.40	493.41	2.85	0
2. Scholarship to Physically Handicapped Students	34.02	34.01	34.02	24.31
3. Rehabitation Grant to differently abled	103.28	103.20	380.00	0
4. Deen Dayal Davyangjan pension	20237.56	16137.04	13726.00	13720.20
5. Scholarship to differently babled students pursuing Medical, Technical Education etc.	19.00	18.72	19.85	18.72
6. National Programme Rehabitation of Persons with disabilities (NPRPD)	61.16	61.16	84.85	66.33
7. Janamangai Adarsha Andha Vidyalay, Maranhat.	0	0	0	0

Source: Statistical Handbook Assam 2023