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Steering
Committee for the Eleventh Five Year Plan (2007-2012)
Empowerment of Women and Development of Children
Dated 17th
April 2006 It has been decided to set up a Steering Committee on "Empowerment of Women and Development of Children" for the Eleventh Five Year Plan. The composition of the Steering Committee will be as follows:
| 1. |
Member, In-charge of WCD Planning Commission New Delhi. |
Chairperson |
| 2. |
Secretary, Ministry of Women and Child Development Shastri Bhavan New Delhi. |
Member |
| 3. |
Secretary, Department of Health and Family Welfare Nirman Bhavan New Delhi |
Member |
| 4. |
Secretary, Department of Ayush Nirman Bhavan New Delhi |
Member |
| 5. |
Secretary, Department of Elementary Education and Literacy Shastri Bhavan New Delhi. |
Member |
| 6. |
Secretary, Department of Secondary Education Shastri Bhavan New Delhi. |
Member |
| 7. |
Secretary, Ministry of Labour Shram-Shakti Bhavan New Delhi |
Member |
| 8. |
Secretary, Ministry of Urban Employment and Poverty Alleviation Nirman Bhavan New Delhi |
Member |
| 9. |
Secretary, Ministry of Rural Development Krishi Bhavan New Delhi |
Member |
| 10. |
Secretary, Department of Agriculture and Cooperation Krishi Bhavan New Delhi |
Member |
| 11. |
Secretary, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment Shastri Bhavan New Delhi. |
Member |
| 12. |
Secretary, Department of Science and Technology Technology Bhavan New Mehrauli Road New Delhi |
Member |
| 13. |
Secretary, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting Shastri Bhavan New Delhi. |
Member |
| 14 |
Secretary, Department of Women and Child Development Government of Himachal Pradesh H.P. Secretariat Shimla -171 002 |
Member |
| 15 |
Secretary, Department of Women and Child Development Government of Uttaranchal Dehradun -248 001 |
Member |
| 16 |
Secretary, Department of Women and Child Development Government of Goa Secretariat Annex GMC Complex (Old Campus) Panaji - 402 001 |
Member |
| 17. |
Secretary, Department of Women and Child Development Government of Uttar Pradesh Room No.121, Bapu Bhavan Lucknow - 226 001 |
Member |
| 18. |
Secretary, Department of Women and Child Development Government of Andhra Pradesh Vangalrao Nagar Behind Sarathi Studio Hyderabad - (500 022) |
Member |
| 19. |
Secretary, Department of Women and Child Development Government of Orissa, Bhubaneshwar - 751 001 |
Member |
| 20. |
Secretary, Department of Women and Child Development Government of Tamil Nadu Secretariat Chennai - (600 009) |
Member |
| 21. |
Secretary, Department of Women and Child Development Government of Karnataka Secretariat, Multi-Storey Building, Bangalore - (560 001) |
Member |
| 22. |
Secretary, Department of Women and Child Development Government of Assam Assam Secretariat, Dispur Guwahati - 781 006 |
Member |
| 23. |
Secretary, Department of Women and Child Development Government of Sikkim Gangtok-(737 001) |
Member |
| 24. |
Secretary, Department of Women and Child Development Government of Gujarat, New Sachivalaya Complex, 8th Floor, Gandhi Nagar - (382 010) |
Member |
| 25. |
Secretary, Department of Women and Child Development Government of Rajasthan Secretariat Jaipur - ( 302 001) |
Member |
| 26. |
Secretary, Department of Women and Child Development Government of Maharashtra Konkan Bhavan, Ext. Building, 5th Floor, Navi Mumbai - (400 614) |
Member |
| 27. |
Member-Secretary National Commission for Women ICCW Building 4, Deen Dayal Marg, New Delhi-(110 002) |
Member |
| 28. |
Executive Director Central Social Welfare Board (CSWB) B-12, Tara Crescent, Qutab Institutional Area New Delhi-(110 016) |
Member |
| 29. |
Director National Institute of Public Co-operation and NIPCCD 5, Siri Institutional Area Hauz Khas New Delhi |
Member |
| 30. |
Executive Director Rashtriya Mahila Kosh (RMK), 1, Abul Fazal Road Bengali Market New Delhi -(110 001) |
Member |
| 31. |
Director National Institute of Nutrition Jamia Osmania Hyderabad - (500 007) |
Member |
| 32. |
Dr. Yashodhra Bagchi Chairperson West Bengal State Women Commission 2nd Floor, 10, Rainy Park Kolkata |
Member |
| 41. |
Ms. Mari Marcel Thakekara, Post Box 20, ACCORD, Gudalur, Nilgiris Tamil Nadu-643 212 |
Member |
| 42. |
Dr. Satish Agnihotri Transport Commission-cum Chairman State Transport Authority, 6th Floor, Revenue Bhawan, Cuttack, Orissa |
Member |
| 43. |
Ms. Nina Srivastava Equity Foundation, 123-A, Patliputra Colony Patna- 800 013 |
Member |
| 44. |
Ms. Ruth Manorama President National Alliance of Women C/o 37, Saint Marks Road Bangalore-67 |
Member |
| 45. |
Dr. Savita Inamdar B-Block, Old Secretariat Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh-1 |
Member |
| 46. |
Ms. K. Ajitha President, Anweshi Women's Counselling Centre, K.T. Gopalan Road, Kuthiravattom P.O., Kozhikode Kerala - 673 016 |
Member |
| 47. |
Ms. Enakshi Ganguli Thukral HAQ Centre for Children's Rights, 208, Shahpur Jat, New Delhi-110 049 |
Member |
| 48. |
Dr. Amrik Singh Cheema Foundation Trust 64, Sector 9-A, Chandigarh. |
Member |
| 49. |
Dr. Prakash Louis Bihar Social Institute Digha Ghat, Patna-800 011 |
Member |
| 50. |
Ms. Sheba George, NGO - "SAHR-WARU", Women's Action and Research Unit C-201, IInd Floor, Dev Preet Apartments, Near DLA School, NSD Circle, Bodak Dev, Ahmedabad-380 054 Gujarat |
Member |
| 51. |
Ms. Manju Agarwal Mahila Samakhya Path C-1485, Indira Nagar Lucknow - 226 016, U.P. |
Member |
| 52. |
Ms. Tanvir Jahan Vice Chairperson Lake and Waterways Development Authority Wali House, Brein, Nishat, Srinagar (Kash) - 19, Jammu and Kashmir |
Member |
| 53. |
Ms. Farah Naqvi 310, Kutab View Apartment Jain Mandir, Dadabari Road Mehrauli New DeIhi-30 |
Member |
| 54. |
Ms. Nimisha Desai Olakh, 24, Jala Ram Park Opposite Lai Bahadur Shastri School Lane Harni Road Vadodara-390 006, Gujarat |
Member |
| 55. |
Dr. Manoj Kumar Dash Executive Assistant to President SOS Children Villages of India National Co-ordination Office, A- 7, Nizamuddin West, New Delhi- 110013 |
Member |
| 56. |
Adviser WCD Division Planning Commission New Delhi |
Member -Secretary |
| 57. |
Mr. Sabu George, Centre for Women's Development Studies (CWDS), 25, Bhai Vir Singh Marg, Gole Market, New Delhi-110001 |
Member |
| 58. |
Dr. Bharati Ray, 6-B, Sonali Apartment, 8/2A, Alipore Park Road, Kolkata - 700027. |
Member |
2. The Terms of Reference of the Steering Committee:
- To review the existing approach, strategies and priorities, on-going policies and programmes of empowering women and development of children in the Tenth Five Year Plan; and suggest, if necessary, alternative strategies, priorities, policies and programmes to accelerate the empowerment and development process;
- To assess the effectiveness of the implementation of "Women's Component Plan' and gender budgeting and suggest specific measures and mechanisms to ensure that the funds/benefits flow to women from the respective development sectors;
- To review the implementation of NCMP related schemes for women and children, especially ICDS and scheme for expansion of micro-credit facilities and suggest measures for the improvement in their implementation.
- To review the recent initiative of outcome budgeting relating to Women and Child Development Sector and suggest further improvements to strengthen the initiative;
- To examine the possibility of child budgeting in the line of gender budgeting;
- To review the existing strategy, policy programmes for child protection and suggest if necessary viable alternatives/strategies for child protection including children in difficult circumstances, marginalized children, children in conflict with law, children affected by abuse/exploitation or violence/crime/offence, children with disabilities etc.;
- To assess the impact of economic reforms and progressive globalization/ liberalization of economy on the conditions of women and children and suggest effective strategies to cope up with the situation;
- To review the effectiveness of the existing women and child-specific and women and child-related legislations and their enforcement and suggest corrective measures;
- To review the effectiveness of the existing Institutional Arrangements for implementation of policies and programmes relating to women and children, both at Central and State levels and suggest improvements, if necessary;
- To assess the role of NGOs and the status of devolution of Powers and resources to Panchayati Raj Institutions and Local Self Government Bodies, as per the 73rd and 74th Constitutional Amendments and suggest specific measures for their involvement in the planning and implementation of the programmes/schemes relating to women and children;
- To suggest an approach and viable strategies, priorities, policies and programmes along with physical and financial targets, in pursuing the commitment of Empowering Women and Development of Children during the Eleventh Five Year Plan (2007-08 to 2011-12).
3. The Chairman may co-opt other Experts and constitute sub-groups for specific tasks. The Steering Committee will suggest a portfolio of schemes, corresponding measurable objectives and financial requirements. The Committee may consider any other issue, which it may consider relevant.
4. The Steering Committee would be serviced by WCD Division of the Planning Commission.
5. The expenditure on TA/DA of official members of the Steering Committee will be borne by their respective Ministry/Department as per the rules of entitlement applicable to them. TA/DA for non-official members will be borne by the Planning Commission as per SR 190(a).
6. The Steering Committee will submit its report to the Planning Commission by the 30th September, 2006.
7. Shri Srikara Naik, Director (WCD), Planning Commission (Tel. No.23096735), Room No.229-A, Yojana Bhawan, New Delhi, will be the nodal officer in the Planning Commission for this Steering Committee and any further correspondence in this regard may be made with him.
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