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Working Groups for the Eleventh Five Year Plan (2007-2012)
Empowerment of Women
Dated 17th April 2006
It has been decided to set up a Working Group on 'Empowerment of Women' for the Eleventh Five Year Plan. The composition of the Working Group will be as follows:
| 1. |
Secretary, Ministry of Women and Child Development, Shastri Bhavan, New Delhi |
Chairperson |
| 2. |
Secretary, Department of Health and Family Welfare, Nirman Bhavan, New Delhi |
Member |
| 3. |
Secretary, Department of Ayush Nirman Bhavan New Delhi |
Member |
| 4. |
Secretary, Department of Elementary Education and Literacy, Shastri Bhavan, New Delhi. |
Member |
| 5. |
Secretary, Department of Secondary Education, Shastri Bhavan, New Delhi. |
Member |
| 6. |
Secretary, Ministry of Labour Shram-Shakti Bhavan New Delhi |
Member |
| 7. |
Secretary, Ministry of Urban Employment and Poverty Alleviation, Nirman Bhavan, New Delhi |
Member |
| 8. |
Secretary, Ministry of Rural Development Krishi Bhavan New Delhi |
Member |
| 9. |
Secretary, Department of Agriculture and Cooperation Krishi Bhavan New Delhi |
Member |
| 10. |
Secretary, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment Shastri Bhavan New Delhi. |
Member |
| 11. |
Secretary, Department of Science and Technology Technology Bhavan New Mehrauli Road New Delhi |
Member |
| 12. |
Secretary, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting Shastri Bhavan New Delhi. |
Member |
| 13. |
Secretary, Ministry of Tribal Affairs Shastri Bhavan New Delhi. |
Member |
| 14. |
Secretary, / Department of Women and Child Development Government of Gujarat New Sachivalaya Complex, 8th Floor, Gandhi Nagar-(382 010) |
Member |
| 15. |
Secretary, Department of Women and Child Development Government of Jammu and Kashmir Jammu /Tawi- (190 001) |
Member |
| 16. |
Secretary, Department of Women and Child Development Government of Madhya Pradesh Block No.2, 4th Floor, Paryavas Bhavan Bhopal - 462 001 |
Member |
| 17. |
Secretary, Department of Women and Child Development Government of Tamil Nadu Secretariat Chennai - (600 009) |
Member |
| 18. |
Secretary, Department of Women and Child Development Government of Chhattisgarh B.K.S. Bhavan Raipur-496115 |
Member |
| 19. |
Secretary, Department of Women and Child Development Government of Rajasthan Secretariat Jaipur - (302 001) |
Member |
| 20. |
Secretary, Department of Women and Child Development Government of Jharkhand Ranchi - 834 001 |
Member |
| 21. |
Secretary, Department of Women and Child Development Government of Orissa Bhubanewshwar - (751 001) |
Member |
| 22. |
Secretary, Department of Women and Child Development Government of Punjab SCO No. 128-29, Sector - 34A Chandigarh -160 017 |
Member |
| 23. |
Secretary, Department of Women and Child Development Government of Nagaland Kohima - 797 001 |
Member |
| 24. |
Secretary, Department of Women and Child Development Government of Tripura Agartala - (799 001) |
Member |
| 25. |
Secretary, Department of Women and Child Development Government of National Capital Old ITI Building, Canning Lane, New Delhi |
Member |
| 26. |
Member-Secretary National Commission for Women, 4, Deen Dayal Marg, New Delhi-110 002 |
Member |
| 27. |
Executive Director Central Social Welfare Board (CSWB) B-12, Tara Crescent, Qutab Institutional Area New Delhi. |
Member |
| 28. |
Executive Director Rashtriya Mahila Kosh (RMK), 1, Abul Fazal Road Bengali Market New Delhi-110 001 |
Member |
| 29. |
Director National Crime Records Bureau Ministry of Home Affairs East Block-7, R.K. Puram New Delhi-110 066 |
Member |
| 30. |
President All India Women's Conference 6 Bhagwan Das Road, New Delhi-110 001 |
Member |
| 31. |
Ms. Geeta Ramakrishnan Women's Struggle Committee No.l - 3rd Cross Street United India, Nagaon, Azavariam Chennai - 600023 Tamil Nadu |
Member |
| 32. |
Ms. Monalisa Chankeija Nagaland Page Post Box - 200 Dimapur-797 112 Nagaland |
Member |
| 33. |
Ms. Indira Jai Singh 63, Masjid Road, Jungpura Extn., New Delhi-110 014 |
Member |
| 34. |
Ms. Malini Ghosh National Commission for Women B-64, Sarvodaya Enclave, IInd Floor, New Delhi-110 017 |
Member |
| 35. |
Ms. Mamta Jaitley 40/26, Swarn Path Mansarovar Jaipur |
Member |
| 36. |
Ms. Yashodhara Das Gupta SAHYOG, A-240 Indira Nagar Lucknow - 226 016 U.P. |
Member |
| 37. |
Ms. Kalyani Menon Sen Coordinator, Jagori, C-54 (Top Floor), South Extension Part-II, New Delhi - 49 |
Member |
| 38. |
Mr. Mahender Singh Voluntary Health Association of Punjab Sector-9A, Chandigarh |
Member |
| 39. |
Ms. Kalpana Shastri Samuday Aashiyana Rusera Distt.-Samastipur Bihar - 848210 |
Member |
| 40. |
Ms. Kanchan Mathur Institute of Development Studies 8-B, Jhalana Institutional Area Jaipur - 302 004 Raj as than |
Member |
| 41. |
Joint Secretary Ministry of Women and Child Development Shastri Bhavan New Delhi |
Convener |
2. Terms of Reference of the Working Group:
- To review the existing approach, strategies, priorities, on-going policies and programmes and their implementation for the welfare, development and empowerment of women, both within the women-specific and women-related Sectors and suggest rationalization/ minimization of the on-going programmes and effective inter-sectoral convergence;
- To review the progress of NCMP related schemes for empowerment of women and suggest measures for their improvement;
- To review the recent initiative of gender budgeting and outcome budget for the empowerment of women and suggest measures if any for their further improvement;
- To identify neglected areas and groups; gaps, weaknesses and bottlenecks in the implementation; and take note of the emerging problems/situations related to welfare, protection, development and empowerment of women in the changing scenario and suggest necessary interventions;
- To review the progress of the implementation of Women's Component Plan and Gender Budgeting to ensure flow of benefits/funds from other developmental sectors to women and suggest necessary measures to improve its effectiveness;
- To review the implementation of the existing women-specific and women-related legislations and mechanisms for their enforcement and suggest corrective measures;
- To review the functioning of the existing institutional arrangements, both at the Central and State levels for implementation of policies and programmes for empowering women and suggest measures to make them more effective;
- To review and assess the involvement of Panchayati Raj Institutions/Local Self Government Bodies and NGOs in the implementation of programmes for empowering women, and suggest measures for their effective involvement in the planning process, and
- To review the physical and financial achievements in relation to the targets fixed under various programmes for women during the Tenth Plan and project programme-wise requirements, both physical and financial for empowering women during the Eleventh Five Year Plan:
3. The Chairman of the Working Group may constitute Sub-Groups and or co-opt additional members as may be considered necessary.
4. The expenses towards TA/DA of official members in connection with the meetings of the Working Group will be borne by the respective Offices. Non-official members will be entitled to TA/DA as admissible to Grade I Officers of the Government of India and this expenditure will be borne by the Ministry of Women and Child Development.
5. The Working Group shall submit its report positively by August, 2006.
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