Lok Sabha Question No. 608 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-02-06
Subject: Grant-in-aid to NGOs for Social Welfare
Ministry: SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
Asked by: T. R. Paarivendhar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.608 TO BE ANSWERED ON 06.02.2024

## GRANT-IN-AID TO NGOs FOR SOCIAL WELFARE

## 608. DR TR PAARIVENDHAR:

## Will the Minister of SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Ministry has implemented any scheme and sanctioned grant-in-aid to NGOs working for social welfare in the country;
- (b) the total funds sanctioned to such NGOs during the last five years including Tamil Nadu;
- (c) whether the Ministry has any data about the number of persons who benefitted through these NGOs the said period; and got during
- (d) if so, the details thereof and if not; the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT (SHRI A. NARAYANASWAMY)

The mandate of the Department of Social Justice and Empowerment (DoSJE) is to take care of the welfare of the poorest households of the socially, educationally and economically marginalized sections of the society including Scheduled Castes (SCs); Other   Backward Classes, Senior Citizens, Victims of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse, Sanitation Workers, Transgender  Persons,  Beggars, De-notified and Nomadic   Tribes   (DNTs), Economically Backward Classes (EBCs), Economically Weaker Section (EWS)

Demand Reduction (NAPDDR), Scheme for Residential  Education for Students in High Schools in Targeted Areas (SHRESHTA) and Integrated Programme for Senior Citizens (IPSrC), a component of the scheme of Atal Abhyuday Yojana (A VYA Y); under which financial assistance is provided to NGOs for Social Welfare. The details oftotal funds released and number of persons benefited from such NGOs all across India including Tamilnadu during last five years are given in Annexure Drug Vayo

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Annexure Annexure referred in reply to part (a to d) of Lok Sabha Admitted Question No 608 for answer on 06.02.2024

Details of the funds released and number of persons benefited from financial year 2018-19 to financial year 2022-23 under various

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| No. | Name of Scheme                                                                         | Funds rreleased Crore) | [Number of [Persons Benefitted | Funds released KRs. In Crore) | Number of PPersons Benefitted | Funds released I(Rs. In Crore) | Number of {Funds Persons Benefitted | rreleased Crore) | Number of [Persons Benefitted | Funds released Crore) | Number of PPersons Benefitted |
|     | National Action /79.99 Demand RReduction Drug                                          |                        | 77479                          | 108.93                        | 193364                        | 145.63                         | 1208415                             | 190.93           | p86402                        | 197.51                | 339588                        |
|     | Integrated [Programme for Senior Citizens (IPSrC)                                      | 665.07                 | 34920                          | 106.20                        | 109085                        | 122.58                         | 136440                              | 93.19            | 139385                        | 72.31                 | 87745                         |
|     | (Scheme for IResidential EEducation lfor Students in HHigh Schools in Areas kSHRESHTA) | 18.57                  | 10370                          |                               | 124380                        | 44.31                          | p0175                               | 128.48           | 19350                         | p3.16                 | 14074                         |

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