Reviews working of Social Justice and Empowerment Department
Punjab Newsline, Shimla, December 9-
While presiding over a meeting of the Social Justice and Empowerment Department here today, CM Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu reviewed the various schemes of the department. He directed to develop an online platform to apply for the various welfare schemes adding that the present State Government has prioritized the social security sector and 30 percent of the additional resources generated would be spent in this sector to ensure the welfare of the vulnerable sections of the society. He said that 40,000 new beneficiaries had been included in the social security pension fixed for the current financial year as per the budget announcement.
Sh. Sukhu said that the State Government would take care the of health of the children of widows and would also bear all the expenses of the treatment of cancer patients covered under Indira Gandhi Sukh Shiksha Yojna. He also directed the department to provide protein-rich nutritional supplements through anganwaris to eligible expectant and lactating mothers.