History of social welfare administration in india
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The Central Social Welfare Board came into being in an era when welfare services for the disadvantagedsections of society were not systematised and the welfare infrastructure was not yet a formalconstruct. In the newly independent nation, visionaries such as Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru, Pt. GovindVallabh Pant and Sh. C.D. Deshmukh were preparing the blue print for the holistic development of allsections of the community against the background of recent Partition and communal disharmony.
Dr.Durgabai Deshmukh,
veteran social worker, parliamentarian and member of the Planning Commissionwas entrusted the responsibility of standing at the helm of the nascent Board that was perceived as aninterface between the resources of the Government and the energy and outreach of the voluntarysector.Voluntary effort in the field of welfare in India during the early fifties was largely an amorphous andindividualistic attempt to provide
‘fire fighting’ measures in areas where extreme marginalisation was
taking place. In such a perspective the first aim of the Board was to promote voluntarism and thesetting up of voluntary organizations. This could not be carried out without any preliminary baselinedata that would provide a direction and purpose to the implementation of welfare programmes.In other words, the early days of the Board in an uncharted territory were a time of determining the feltneeds of society and formulating programmes to address those needs, while simultaneously creating anenvironment of voluntarism at every level so that voluntary organizations that could implement theseprogrammes could be established. This seemingly impossible, Herculean task was given to the founderChairperson of the Board, Dr. Durgabai Deshmukh.In response to the surveys and information collected, a multiplicity of programmes weredesigned. Most of these addressed simple needs such as, balwadis for the children of women workers,Hostels for Working Women and aid to various organizations that are working for the aged,handicapped and other such groups. Welfare Extension Projects and Border Area Projects were startedin areas where there were no organizations to implement the programmes of the Board. The Board
gave assistance for family welfare, aid to ‘cases of undeserved want’ –
old age, sickness, disablementand unemployment. It also organized emergency relief in natural disasters. Apart from this, the Boardorganized programmes of training in social work and carried out pilot projects.Over the years, the Board has been steadily evolving into a mature instrument of social change that hasits anchor in the changing realities of our society. In order to maintain the topicality of its schemes andprogrammes and to remain responsive to the needs of society, the Board has been revamping andredesigning or formulating programmes that best fulfill emerging requirements.
Dr.Durgabai Deshmukh,
veteran social worker, parliamentarian and member of the Planning Commissionwas entrusted the responsibility of standing at the helm of the nascent Board that was perceived as aninterface between the resources of the Government and the energy and outreach of the voluntarysector.Voluntary effort in the field of welfare in India during the early fifties was largely an amorphous andindividualistic attempt to provide
‘fire fighting’ measures in areas where extreme marginalisation was
taking place. In such a perspective the first aim of the Board was to promote voluntarism and thesetting up of voluntary organizations. This could not be carried out without any preliminary baselinedata that would provide a direction and purpose to the implementation of welfare programmes.In other words, the early days of the Board in an uncharted territory were a time of determining the feltneeds of society and formulating programmes to address those needs, while simultaneously creating anenvironment of voluntarism at every level so that voluntary organizations that could implement theseprogrammes could be established. This seemingly impossible, Herculean task was given to the founderChairperson of the Board, Dr. Durgabai Deshmukh.In response to the surveys and information collected, a multiplicity of programmes weredesigned. Most of these addressed simple needs such as, balwadis for the children of women workers,Hostels for Working Women and aid to various organizations that are working for the aged,handicapped and other such groups. Welfare Extension Projects and Border Area Projects were startedin areas where there were no organizations to implement the programmes of the Board. The Board
gave assistance for family welfare, aid to ‘cases of undeserved want’ –
old age, sickness, disablementand unemployment. It also organized emergency relief in natural disasters. Apart from this, the Boardorganized programmes of training in social work and carried out pilot projects.Over the years, the Board has been steadily evolving into a mature instrument of social change that hasits anchor in the changing realities of our society. In order to maintain the topicality of its schemes andprogrammes and to remain responsive to the needs of society, the Board has been revamping andredesigning or formulating programmes that best fulfill emerging requirements.
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