Chandigarh, February 7, 2024

Social Security, Women and Child Development and Social Justice, Empowerment and Minority Minister Dr. Baljit Kaur held a meeting with the officials of the department at her office in Civil Secretariat to formulate policies for the welfare of transgender persons.

During this meeting, Special Chief Secretary Social Security, Women and Child Development Mrs. Raji P. Srivastava, Additional Chief Secretary Social Justice, Empowerment and Minorities Mr. D.K Tiwari, Director of Social Security, Women and Child Development Dr. Shena Aggarwal, Special Secretary Mrs. Vimmi Bhullar, Director-cum-Joint Secretary, Department of Social Justice, Empowerment and Minorities Mr. Raj Bahadur Singh and Deputy Director of Social Security, Women and Child Development Amarjit Singh Bhullar engaged in a detailed discussion regarding the formulation of policies for the welfare of transgender persons.

The Cabinet Minister said that the aim of these policies is to create an environment of respect, dignity and support for transgender persons. She said that policies will be formulated by the Punjab Government  to prevent discrimination against these individuals and to establish an equitable and supportive environment for the transgender community. She mentioned that efforts are being made by the Punjab Government, led by Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann, to improve the lives of transgender people.

Dr. Baljit Kaur directed the officials to conduct inter-deparmental meetings with the Health Department, Home Department, Finance Department and NGOs to formulate policies for the welfare of transgender persons.

The Punjab government has released an amount of Rs. 46.89 crore for the payment of honorarium to Anganwadi workers and helpers.Divulging in this regard,  Social Security, Women and Child Development Minister Dr. Baljit Kaur said that the state government will continue its efforts for the welfare of needy women and children of Punjab.

The Cabinet Minister stated that an amount of Rs 46.89 crores has been released for the payment of honorarium to Anganwadi workers and helpers from November 2023 to January 2024 under the ICDS scheme. She said that under this scheme, services like supplementary nutrition, immunization, health check-up, referral services, nutrition and health education and pre-school are being provided to children aged 6 months to 6 years, pregnant women and lactating mothers.

The Social Security Minister said that  Rs. 1.83 crore to Pathankot, Rs. 1.94 crore to Tarn Taran,  Rs. 1.61 croreto Sri Muktsar Sahib,  Rs. 1.54 crore to SBS Nagar,  Rs. 1.62 crore to Moga,  Rs. 1.64 crore to Mansa,  Rs. 3.70 crore to Patiala,  Rs. 36.96 lakh to Sangrur,  Rs. 1.63 crore to Kapurthala, Rs. 3.08 crore to Jalandhar, Rs. 4.01 crore to Hoshiarpur, Rs. 2.18 crore to Ferozepur, Rs. 1.71 crore to Fazilka, Rs. 1.32 crore to Fatehgarh Sahib, Rs. 97.32 lakh to Faridkot, Rs. 1.73 crore to Bathinda, Rs. 1.33 crore to Barnala, Rs. 3.31 crore to Amritsar,  Rs. 4.71 crore to Ludhiana,  Rs. 1.76 crore to Rupnagar, Rs. 1.22 crore to SAS Nagar and Rs. 3.58 crore to Gurdaspur have been allocated.

Dr. Baljit Kaur further added that while the Punjab government, led by Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann, is committed to the welfare of women and children of the state, it is also taking care of the demands and issues of Anganwadi workers and helpers.

Chandigarh, January 25, 2024

The Punjab government has released an amount of Rs. 33.65 crores for nutritious food supplied through Anganwadi Centres.

Providing information in this regard, Social Security, Women and Child Development Minister Dr. Baljit Kaur said that the supply of nutritional items to the beneficiaries in Anganwadi centres of the state is being done through Markfed. Under the Supplementary Nutrition Program Scheme, the supply made by Markfed during the current financial year has been paid. She has instructed the concerned district program officers to use the funds as per the Government rules.

Dr. Baljit Kaur said that Rs. 4.17 crores to Amritsar district, Rs. 65.94 lakhs to Barnala, Rs. 2.28 crores to Bathinda, Rs. 40.22 lakhs to Faridkot, Rs. 4.35 crores and Rs. 5.99 lakhs (Cooking Coast) to Fazilka , Rs. 4 crores and Rs. 4.69 lakhs (Cooking Coast) to Ferozepur, Rs. 1.56 crore to Gurdaspur, Rs. 5 crores to Hoshiarpur, Rs. 2.51 crores to Jalandhar, Rs. 97.48 lakhs to Ludhiana, Rs. 97.33 lakhs to Mansa, Rs. 50 lakhs to Moga, Rs. 92 lakhs to Ropar, Rs. 3.07 crores to Sangrur and Rs. 2.14 crores to Kapurthala have been allocated .

Dr. Baljit Kaur mentioned that the government, led by Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann, is consistently striving for the welfare of the people of the state and special attention is being paid to children, pregnant women and lactating mothers is committed to their welfare.

Instructions given to officials to expedite promotion cases of CDPOs from supervisors

Chandigarh, January 11, 2024

The Punjab government, under the leadership of Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann, is working for the interests of all sections and is committed to the welfare of the employees.

Taking a step forward in this direction, Social Security, Women, and Child Development Minister Dr. Baljit Kaur, in a meeting with the All Punjab Supervisors Association at her office in the Punjab Civil Secretariat, Chandigarh today, instructed officials that promotion cases of CDPOs from supervisors should be cleared as soon as possible.

This meeting was held in a very comfortable environment. Dr. Baljit Kaur mentioned that various demands of the All Supervisors Association were discussed in detail.

The Minister carefully listened to the demands of the representatives of the Supervisors Association including filling up vacant supervisor posts, reducing the probationary period of supervisors from 3 years to one year and promoting CDPOs from supervisors.

After carefully considering the demands of the association, Dr. Baljit Kaur assured the association that their legitimate demands would be accepted soon.

Deputy Director of Social Security, Women and Child Development Department Sukhdeep Singh Jhajj was especially present on this occasion.

The Punjab government has declared holidays for children aged 3-6 years till January 14, 2024 in view of the winter weather across all the Anganwadi centres of state.

Social Security, Women and Child Development Minister Dr. Baljit Kaur said that it is very difficult for small children to come to Anganwadi centres due to the extreme cold season. She directed that children aged 3-6 years should be given ration that could be taken to their homes from Anganwadi workers during holidays.

The Cabinet Minister directed Child Development Project Officers to report daily on the nutrition tracker and ensure that the benefits of other schemes apart from pre-school education are given to the beneficiaries as before.

          Punjab government led by Chief Minister  Bhagwant Mann is committed to the welfare of the employees of the state.  Accordingly, 18 supervisors of the Social Security, Women and Child Development Department have been promoted as Child Development Project Officers.

          This was stated by, Minister for Social Security, Women and Child Development Dr.  Baljit Kaur here today. She  said that Punjab Government led by Chief Minister  Bhagwant Mann has fulfilled the long-pending demands for the promotions of the employees.

          On this occasion, Social Security, Women and Child Development Minister Dr. Baljit Kaur conveyed the best wishes to all CDPO to full fill the job responsibility with dedication and honesty.

           Dr.  Baljit Kaur said that Punjab Government has been formed on the basis of  honesty, so all officer and employees should also adopt the path of honesty.

Dr. Baljit Kaur said that 18 CDPOs have been promoted including two SC Category.

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Chandigarh, November 11 :-  

In line with the commitment of Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann led Punjab Government, effective implementation of various schemes related to economic empowerment of women is being ensured.

          The Social Security, Women and Child Development Minister Dr. Baljit Kaur while sharing this information, said that the Punjab Government is working sincerely to economically strengthen the women of the state and would take all possible steps for the economic empowerment of women.

          The Cabinet Minister also said that under the same objective, a workshop on ‘Economic Empowerment of Women’ was organized today at Mahatma Gandhi State Institute of Public Administration (Magsipa).

          The Cabinet Minister said that in this workshop, the processes and systems related to the smooth implementation of the ongoing schemes for the empowerment of women were discussed in detail.

          About 35 representatives from diverse fields participated in this workshop, including the officers of Social Security Department, Health Department, Rural Development Department, FC Department, Universities apart from the Research Scholars, legal experts, members of self help groups, district and block level officers.

          The Additional Secretary of Social Security Women and Child Development Department Vimmi Bhullar, Additional Director Lilly Chaudhary and senior officials of various departments were also present during this workshop.

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The Punjab government led by Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann is committed to the welfare of the employees of the state. Today,  31 junior assistants of Social Security, Women and Child Development Department have been promoted as senior assistants.

          This was stated by Minister for Social Security, Women and Child Development Dr. Baljit Kaur here today. She said that the Punjab government led by Bhagwant Mann has fulfilled the long pending demands regarding promotion.

          Dr. Baljit Kaur conveyed the best wishes to all senior assistants to fulfill the job responsibility with dedication and honesty.

          Dr. Baljit Kaur said that this government has been formed on the basis of honesty, so all employees should also adopt the path of honesty.

          Today, 31 senior assistants have been promoted including two handicapped and 3 SC category.

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Minister for Social Justice, Empowerment and Minorities, Social Security, Women and Child Development, Dr. Baljit Kaur said that disability should not influence ones mental ability and time and again specially abled people have proven that nothing could hold them back.

Dr Baljit Kaur was chief guest at one-day seminar organized by the Department of Social Sciences of Guru Nanak Dev University on Equal Rights for Specially Abled Women.

Speaking at the occasion she added that disabled women do not need sympathy but empathy and strong helping hand in the need of hour. She said that education is the biggest weapon that can take such people forward.

”Disabled people and their kin are not well aware of their rights and government facilities that they deserve. It is our duty to ensure that they get the best they deserve. We should ensure that such people do not end up getting mentally weak and that they remain strong, ” she said.

Dr. Baljit Kaur said that various initiatives are being taken by the Punjab government in this regard with which they can make their lives easier. She said that disability should not be considered as a hindrance in development of one’s life but should be taken as a challenge and to reach one’s desired goal.

 She gave example of successful women who despite being handicapped have played an important role in development of not only themselves but also of their families, society and country.

 Earlier the Vice Chancellor of Guru Nanak Dev University Prof. Jaspal Singh Sandhu gave a warm welcome. Convenor of the seminar Dr. Rachna Sharma informed about the purpose of conducting seminar on subject of equal rights of disabled women.

Dr. Baljit Kaur visited various departments of the university and got information about the academic infrastructure of the university.

Other illustrious participants of function included Center for Study of Social System of Jawaharlal Nehru University Prof. Neelika Mehrotra, Prof. Sujata Bhan, Mrs. Shampa Sengupta, Mr. Amarjit Singh Anand, Dr. Satnam Singh, Prof. Bhup Singh Gaur, Dr. Sunil Kumar and eminent scholars were present.

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The Punjab government led by Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann is committed to the welfare of employees. Under this series, Social Security, Women and Child Development Minister Dr. Baljit Kaur held a meeting here today with various Anganwadi organizations, said that all genuine demads of employees would be considered for positive outcome.

          Giving more information in this regard, Minister for Social Security, Women and Child Development Department Dr. Baljit Kaur gave a lengthy patient hearing to all the grievances and demands of the Anganwadi Employees Union (Reg:), Anganwadi Employees Union Punjab (CITU), All India Anganwadi Workers/Helpers Union, (ATK) and Punjab National Creche Union (CITU). The Minister assured the employees unions that their legitimate demands would be fulfilled.

          Prominent on the occasion included Sumer Singh Gurzar Secretary Social Security, Women and Child Development Department, Arvind Pal Singh Sandhu Director Social Security Women and Child Development and representatives of employees unions.

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