Women and Child Welfare Department

The Head of Women and Child Welfare Department is a Class 1 officer of the State Government with the designation of Deputy Chief Executive Officer (Child Welfare). Deputy Chief Executive Officer (Child Welfare) is the Secretary of Women and Child Welfare Committee of Zilla Parishad. A class 2 officer works to control a total of 9 projects at Panchayat Samiti level and is designated as Child Development Project Officer.
There are 1072 sanctioned Anganwadi’s in the district. The aim of this department is to eliminate malnutrition in rural areas, provide non-formal education, provide training to teenage girls on pregnancy care after marriage, and guide pregnant mothers on diet and health.
Also, through this department, various schemes are implemented from central, state government and district fund of district council. It includes the following schemes. These schemes are for families below poverty line.