DLSA identifies 1,200 destitute kids to connect them with govt schemes
Ranchi: The district legal services authority (DLSA), Ranchi, has identified around 1,200 destitute children under SAATHI programme for linking them to
Aadhaar
and subsequently to various social welfare schemes of the state administration, an official said on Saturday.
According to the DLSA official, SAATHI — Survey for Aadhar and Access to Tracking and Holistic Inclusion — is being implemented by the Jharkhand State Legal Services Authority in the state under the auspices of the National Legal Services Authority.
The survey covers minors who are living on streets, slums and railway stations, orphans, abandoned children, those rescued from trafficking, begging and child labour, missing children not restored to families and others.
DSLA Ranchi secretary Ravi Kumar Bhaskar said, "The phase for identifying the children from May 26 to June 26 is complete in Ranchi district. We have identified around 1,200 children but if more come up during the process of linking them with Aadhar and covering them under various government schemes, they will also be added."
He also said during the identification exercise, sensitization programmes were held from block to the district levels with villagers, sahiyas, mukhiyas local representatives and block development officers taking part in them.
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In the next phase of the camps between June 27 and August 5 would be held for providing Aadhaar cards and wherever required, birth certificates would be issued to the children so that they could be linked to welfare schemes.
The DLSA would coordinate with women and child development, social welfare and education departments to ensure various govt benefits apart from school admissions and health check-ups.
Notably, the state govt is implementing a sponsorship scheme under which a person or institution takes up responsibility for children and Ashram Yojna for providing food and accommodation to them. It also provides Scholarship Yojna for financial aid to the poor and destitute.
The DLSA would also conduct community dialogue to reduce stigma against orphans and institutionalized children.
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