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| Name of the Scheme |
DEVELOPMENT OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN (DWCUA) IN THE
URBAN AREAS UNDER SWARNA JAYANTI SHAHARI ROZGAR YOJANA (SJSRY) |
| Sponsoring Agency |
Urban Poverty Alleviation Division
Department of Urban Employment and Poverty Alleviation
Ministry of Urban Affairs and Employment,
Government of India,
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| Implementing Agency |
Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), Town Hall
Chandni Chowk, Delhi |
| Year of Introduction |
1997 |
Objectives
1. To empower poor urban women who decide to set up employment ventures in groups and not
individually.
2. To enable them to be self-reliant through income-generating activities and experience
of working in a group.
3. To provide loans/subsidies to set up tiny enterprises like business, manufacturing
unit, service center or any other income generating activities suited to women's skill/
training, aptitude and local demand.
4. To upgrade the skill of women
5. To give incentives to start thrift and credit societies (T& CSs).
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Eligibility |
Women who
decide to set up income generating. project in groups and not individually. |
| Funding |
Government of India (from the SJSRY Funds) and Delhi Government on 75 : 25 basis |
Facilities
Women who decide to set up income generating project in group and not individually.
1.Women with common interest from urban poor clusters to form into groups of at least10.
2.The group selects its own activities depending on its members' capabilities. The
activities can be selected out of the micro-enterprises identified for the area and
maintained by Town Urban Poverty Eradication Cell. (Vikas Bhawan, behind TTO, New Delhi.)
3.Allotment of Seva Kendras for use as work place or marketing centers for members of the
DWCUA groups. Allotment is done by the Community Development Society (CDS) of the area.
4.Community Development Societies are set up under Swarna Jayanti Shahari Rozgar Yojana in
different areas where clusters of urban poor live. They represent the needs of all the
communities of their area, particularly of women and children. They are also a link-up
with various development agencies, and promote community action to fulfil the objectives
of the programmes including that of DWCUA.
[Swarna Jayanti Shahari Rozgar Yojana of which Development of Women and Children (DWCUA)
is a part, aims at providing employment opportunities and wage employment to poor in urban
areas. To achieve the objective SJSRY relies on community based organisations. Community
Development Societies (CDS) are formed by associating leaders/ members from Neighbourhood
Groups (A group of 10-40 women from poor or slum families with common interest) and
Neighbourhood Committees with similar goals (formed with representatives of a number of
NHGS, located closeby, preferably within the same electoral ward)].
CDS registered under Indian Societies Registration Act 1860 to be eligible for the
Grants-in-aid under various government Sponsored schemes meant for community development.
In rural areas of Delhi the programme is looked after by one Deputy Commissioner assisted
by Assistant Commissioner for districts. Five clusters of women's groups are selected in
each district as beneficiaries. |
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