GOINON-FCRA PROJECT
NON-FCRA PROJECT: GRANT IN AID FOR WELFARE OF WOMEN LABOUR
The Ministry of is running a Grant-in-aid
Scheme for the welfare of women labour.
This Scheme, which has been continuing since Sixth Five Year Plan
(1981-82), is administered through voluntary organizations by giving
grant-in-aid to them for the following purposes:
* Organizing working women and educating them
about their rights/duties, Legal aid to working women
* Seminars, workshops, etc. aiming at raising
the general consciousness of the society about the problems of women labour
Under this Scheme, Voluntary
Organizations/NGOs are being provided funds by way of grants-in-aid to take up
action-oriented projects for the benefit of women labour. Projects relating to awareness generation
campaigns for women labour are funded under this Scheme. The focus of the
Scheme is awareness generation among women labour, in the area of wages, like
minimum wages, equal remuneration, etc. to disseminate information on various
schemes of Central/State Government Agencies available for the benefit of women
labour.
This Scheme was introduced with the intention
of furthering Government’s policy of helping women workers become aware of the
rights and opportunities available to them under various Schemes of the
Government. Proposals of VOs/NGOs for providing grant-in-aid for undertaking
awareness generation campaigns on women labour will be considered under this
Scheme subject to their suitability.
As per the provisions of the Scheme,
grants-in-aid is being provided as 75% of the total cost of the project.
However, the projects relating to studies entrusted to various institutes are
funded in full, i.e., 100%.
It has been decided in the meeting of GIA
Committee for Women Labour held on 28.07.2011 (Minutes of the meeting may be
seen at Annexure II) that guidelines on the scheme needs to revised. A comparative statement showing the existing
and proposed modification in guidelines is at Annexure IV. The main areas where modification suggested
are:
* Enhancing the assistance from 75% to 90%
for NER
* Eligibility criteria of VOs/NGOs/SHGs of
Centre/State Govt.
* Providing of list of topics from which
minimum number topics to be cover
* Simplification of the procedure for
submission of proposals etc.
To evaluate the proposed recommendations on
GIA Scheme on Women & Child Labour, a 3 members committee compromising Pr.
Secretary of Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Haryana has been set up. A three
member Committee in a meeting held on 24.10.2011 has agreed to the above
recommendations with certain modifications.
The Committee has accepted the above recommendation with following modifications:
Provision for conducting the women labour
camps also with scaled down strength of 50 should also be provided. Accordingly
the funds requirement for one day/two day programmes should be worked out.
