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Working Groups for the Eleventh Five Year Plan (2007-2012)
Development of Children
Dated 17th April 2006
It has been decided to set up a Working Group on "Development of Children' 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 Kerala Vikas Bhavan Thiruvananthapuram - (695 001) |
Member |
| 15. |
Secretary, Department of Women and Child Development Government of Manipur S Block, Secretariat Imphal - (795 001) |
Member |
| 16. |
Secretary, Department of Women and Child Development Government of Uttar Pradesh Room No. 121, BapuBhavan Lucknow - 226 001 |
Member |
| 17. |
Secretary, Department of Women and Child Development Government of Meghalaya Shillong - 783 001 |
Member |
| 18. |
Secretary, Department of Women and Child Development Government of West Bengal Kolkatta - 700 001 |
Member |
| 19. |
Secretary, Department of Women and Child Development Government of Haryana SCO No.360-361, Sector-34 A Chandigarh - ( 160 017) |
Member |
| 20. |
Secretary, Department of Women and Child Development Government of Bihar Main Secretariat Patna - (800 015) |
Member |
| 21. |
Director, NIPCCD, 5, Siri Institutional Area, Hauz Khas, New Delhi |
Member |
| 22. |
Executive Director, Central Social Welfare Board (CSWB), B-12, Tara Crescent, Qutab Institutional Area New Delhi. |
Member |
| 23. |
Representative Department of Elementary and Pre-school Education, National Council for Educational Research and Training (NCERT) Sri Aurobindo Marg New Delhi |
Member |
| 24. |
Director National Institute of Educational Planning and Administration Sri Aurobindo Marg New Delhi |
Member |
| 25. |
Representative All India Institute of Medical Sciences Ansari Nagar New Delhi-110 029 |
Member |
| 26. |
Director National Institute of Nutrition Jamia Osmania, Hyderabad - 500 007 A.P. |
Member |
| 27. |
Mrs. Andal Damodaran Indian Council for Child Welfare, 4, Deendayal Upadhyaya Marg New Delhi-110 002 |
Member |
| 28. |
Shri Amod Kanth Secretary PRAYAS, Juvenile Aid Centre F-IX, 4X, Jahangirpuri, Delhi-110 023. |
Member |
| 29. |
Smt. Mridula Bajaj Mobile Creches, DIZ Area Raja Bazar, Sector-IV Near Gole Market New Delhi. |
Member |
| 30. |
Ms. Rani Bang SEARCH, Shodha Gram P.O. and District Gatechiroli Maharashtra - 442 605 |
Member |
| 31. |
Dr. A.K. Sinha Ex-Vice Chancellor and Ex-President India Economic Association Gangiya Niwas, Kedarnath Road, Kalyani, Muzaffarpur - 842 001 Bihar |
Member |
| 32. |
Dr. Archina Dhar Asst. Director SOS Children Villages of India A- 7, Nizamuddin West New Delhi-10013 |
Member |
| 33. |
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; the on-going policies and programmes and their implementation for the survival, protection, welfare and development of children, both within the child-specific and child-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 development of children 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 review the recent initiative of outcome budget for the development of children and suggest measures if any for their further improvement;
- To suggest on the possibility of the child budgeting in the line of the gender budgeting;
- To identify the neglected areas and groups; gaps, weaknesses and bottlenecks in the implementation; and take note of the emerging problems/situations related to survival, protection, welfare and development of children in the changing scenario and suggest necessary interventions;
- To review the implementation of the existing child-specific and child-related legislations and mechanism for their enforcement and suggest corrective measures;
- To review the functioning of the existing Institutional arrangements, both in the Central and State levels for implementation of policies and programmes relating to children and suggest measures to make their more effective;
- To review and assess the involvement of Panchayati Raj Institutions/Local Self Government Bodies and NGOs in the implementation of the programmes relating to children 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 children during the Tenth Plan and project programme-wise requirements, both physical and financial for Survival, Protection, Welfare and Development of Children during the Eleventh Five Year Plan (2007-08 to 2011-2012).
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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