Family and Child Welfare

Family and Child Welfare 3 (3+0)

Lesson 23 : Welfare programmes for Women

Governmental Administration of Welfare Programmes

Welfare, which is a non-productive item, gets a low priority in financial allocations in comparison to other sectors. A major part of the allocations made for these programmes is spent on maintenance and establishment charges, leaving little for actual services. The administration and handling of welfare programmes has become increasingly technical. The administrative tradition in India, which emphasized maintenance of law and order and economic development, has been slow in accepting the need for technical competence and difference m orientation necessary for social welfare administra¬tion. Limited resources and lack of emphasis on technical competence have had an adverse impact on the quality of the programmes.