1. CENTRAL & STATE
SOCIAL WELFARE
BOARD
(Structure & Programs)
Praisy A B

2. CENTRAL SOCIAL
WELFARE BOARD

3. CENTRAL SOCIAL WELFARE BOARD
CSWB is an autonomous body, under the control of Ministry of Education.
Set up by the Government of India, on 13th Aug, 1953.
It is an initiative of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru.
The objective of setting up Central Social Welfare Board was to work as a link
between the government and the people.
The Central Social Welfare Board obtained its legal status in 1969.
It was registered under section 25 of the Indian Companies Act, 1956.

5. DR. DURGABAI DESHMUKH WAS THE FOUNDING CHAIRPERSON.
[EMINENT SOCIAL WORKER]
EARLIER SHE WAS IN CHARGE OF "SOCIAL SERVICES" IN THE
PLANNING COMMISSION.
UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF DR. DURGABAI DESHMUKH, VARIOUS
WELFARE SCHEMES WERE INTRODUCED BY THE CENTRAL SOCIAL
WELFARE BOARD.

6. MISSION OF CSWB
As a National Organization, strive to be recognized as the most progressive
entity for providing services of unequivocal excellence to women and children
for their protection, capacity building and total empowerment.
To raise awareness about the legal and human rights of women and girl child
and to run campaigns against social evils affecting them.

7. VISION OF CSWB
The Board must
• Act as a change maker with a humanitarian approach by reinforcing the spirit of
voluntarism.
• Create an enabling mechanism to facilitate networking of committed social workers for
the empowerment of women and children.
• Develop a group of sensitive professionals with a gender centric vision committed to
equity, justice and social change.
• Strengthen voluntary organizations
• Initiate and strengthen its monitoring role to act as social audit and guide for the
voluntary sector so as to access Government funds as resource.
• Generate awareness about the challenges of a society in transition where negative use
of technologies and practices are impacting on the wellbeing of women and children.

9. ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE
The Board is headed by Chairperson
The board has a 56 member General body and 16 member Executive committee.
The composition of the General body and Executive committee are as follows;
1] General body:
 The General Body is headed by the Chairperson of the Central Social Welfare Board
 It consists of all Chairpersons of the State Social Welfare Boards
 Five(5) professionals, one each from Law, Medicine, Nutrition, Social Work, Education and
Social Development
 Three(3) eminent social workers

10. CONT.
• Representatives of Govt. of India from Ministry of Women & Child Development, Rural
Development, Health & Family Welfare, Finance, NITI Aayog etc. and two (2) members from
Lok Sabha and one(1) from Rajya Sabha and Executive Director of Central Social Welfare Board.
2] Executive committee
The Executive Committee is headed by the Chairperson of the Central Social Welfare Board.
Chairpersons of five(5) State Social Welfare Boards including one (1) from the Union Territory,
State Board; Maharashtra, Karnataka, Assam, Rajasthan and A&N Island
One representative each from Ministry of Women & Child Development, Rural Development,
Finance, Health & Family Welfare, Education
Two(2) Professionals from the General Body.

12. FUNCTIONS OF CSWB
1) To survey the need and requirements of social welfare organizations.
2) To promote the setting up of social welfare institutions in remote areas.
3) To promote programs of training and organize pilot projects in social work.
4) To subsidies hostels for working women and the blind.
5) To give grants-in-aid to voluntary institutions and NGOs providing welfare
service to vulnerable sections of society.
6) To coordinate the assistance extended to welfare agencies by Union & State
Government.

13. STATE SOCIAL
WELFARE BOARD

14. STATE SOCIAL WELFARE BOARD
The State Social Welfare Boards were set up in 1954 in all States and Union
Territories.
The objective for setting up of the State Social Welfare Boards was to
coordinate welfare and developmental activities undertaken by the various
Departments of the State Govts. to promote voluntary social welfare
agencies for the extension of welfare services across the country, specifically
in uncovered areas.

15. KERALA STATE SOCIAL WELFARE ADVISORY BOARD
Kerala State Social Welfare Advisory Board is an autonomous body has been
functioning under the aegis of Central Social Welfare Board since 1954.
It is a one of the pioneer organization functioning for the holistic
development of women and children in our state through NGOs, Mahila
Samajams and grass root level organizations.
Smt. Qamarunnisa Anwar – Present President

16. MISSION OF KSSWB
As a State Organization, strive to be recognized as the most progressive entity
for providing services of unequivocal excellence to women and children for
their protection, capacity building and total empowerment.
To raise awareness about the legal and human rights of women and girl child
and to run campaigns against social evils affecting them.

17. VISION OF KSSWB
 The Board must
• Act as a change maker with a humanitarian approach by reinforcing the spirit of
voluntarism.
• Create an enabling mechanism to facilitate networking of committed social workers for
the empowerment of women and children.
• Develop a cadre of sensitive professionals with a gender centric vision committed to
equity, justice and social change.
• Strengthen voluntary organizations • Initiate
and strengthen its monitoring role to act as social audit and guide for the voluntary sector
so as to access Government funds as resource.
• Generate awareness about the challenges of a society in transition where negative use
of technologies and practices are impacting on the wellbeing of women and children.

19. FUNCTIONS OF SSWB
To act as medium for exchange of information between the field and the
centre.
To assist the CSWB in providing field counselling services for aided agencies.
To assist the CSWB and the state govt. in further devt of welfare services.
To invite, receive, examine and recommend to the CSWB applications for
Grant-in-aid from voluntary organizations and other institutions under
different programmes.
To supervise and report on the working of the voluntary organizations

20. PROGRAMS OF CSWB & SSWB
Grant in Aid
Welfare Extension Projects
Mahila Mandals
Socio Economic Programme
Dairy Scheme
Condensed Course of Education
Programme for adolescent girls and
women
Vocational Training Programme
Awareness Generation Programme
 Rajiv Gandhi National Creche Scheme
Short Stay Home Programme
Integrated Scheme for Women's
Empowerment for North Eastern States
 Innovative Projects and Family Counselling
Centre Programme.
The scheme of Family Counselling Centre
was introduced by the CSWB in 1983. The
scheme provides counselling, referral and
rehabilitative services to women and
children

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