Short note on women and child welfare... in India..??
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Women constitute 48 per cent of the total population of the country. They suffer many disadvantages as compared to men in literary rates, labour participation rates and earnings. The development of women has been receiving attention of the Government of India from the First Plan. But it was treated as a subject of ‘welfare’ and clubbed together with the welfare of the disadvantaged groups like destitute, disabled, aged, etc. In 1953, the Central Social Welfare Board was set up which acts as an Apex Body at the Centre to promote voluntary action at various levels, especially at the grassroots, to take up welfare-related activities for women and children.
The Second to Fifth Plans continued this strategy, besides giving priority to women’s education, and launching measures to improve material and child health services, supplementary feeding for children and expectant and nursing mothers.