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Department of Women and Child Development and Social Welfare

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The Department of Women and Child Development and Social Welfare is a West Bengal government department. It is an interior ministry mainly responsible for the administration of the development of women and child and social welfare.[1]

Department of Women and Child Development and Social Welfare
File:Emblem of West Bengal.svg
Seal of West Bengal
Department overview
JurisdictionGovernment of West Bengal
HeadquartersBikash Bhavan, 10th floor, Salt Lake, Kolkata-700091
Minister responsible
Department executives
  • Smt Sanghamitra Ghosh, I.A.S, Secretary, Principal Secretary
  • Sri Avijit Kumar Mitra, Joint Secretary, Nodal Officer
Child Department
WebsiteOfficial Website

List of Ministers

Introduction

The Department of Women and Child Development and Social Welfare, Government of West Bengal, is responsible for the development of women and child and social welfare in the state of West Bengal. The Department of Women Development and Social Welfare works towards the protection, equity and inclusion of populations that have been historically oppressed, neglected or excluded from development because of their gender, age, disability or situation. This includes women, senior citizens and other marginalized populations such as persons with disabilities, transgender persons, homeless persons and persons with drug / alcohol addiction.

Controller Boards

Directorate and Wings

  • Directorate of Social Welfare
  • Directorate of Child Rights and Trafficking
  • Directorate of Integrated Child Development Services
  • State Commission for Persons with Disabilities
  • State Commission for Protection of Child Rights
  • State Commission for Women
  • Office of the Controller for Vagrancy
  • West Bengal Social Welfare Board
  • West Bengal Transgender Development Board
  • West Bengal Women Development Undertaking
  • State Resource Center for Women
  • State Child Protection Society
  • West Bengal Task Force and RRRI of Women and Children
  • Kanyashree Prakalpa

References

  1. ^ "Egiye Bangal Department of Women and Child Development and Social Welfare". www.wb.gov.in. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
 

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