The Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment is entrusted with the welfare, social Justice and empowerment of disadvantaged and marginalized section of the society viz. Scheduled Caste, Backward Classes, Persons with Disabilities, Senior Citizens, and Victims of Drug Abuse etc.
Basic objective of the policies, programmes, law and institution of the Indian welfare system is to bring the target groups into the mainstream of development by making them self-reliant.
The Ministry is headed by Shri Thaawar Chand Gehlot, Cabinet Minister and ably assisted by three Ministers-of-State namely Shri Vijay Sampla , Shri Krishan Pal Gurjar and Shri Ramdas Athawale .
There are two departments viz. Department of Social Justice and Empowerment and Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities under the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment. Smt. G. Latha Krishna Rao(IAS, KN:1982) is the Secretary of Department of Social Justice & Empowerment. Shri N.S. Kang(IAS, PB:1983), is the Secretary of Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities.
The Bureau Head wise Allocation of work in Department of Social Justice and Empowerment is as follows:-
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S.No.
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Name (Shri/Ms)
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Designation
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Work allocated
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1.
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Shri. B.L. Meena
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Joint Secretary (SCD-A & BC)
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i. Backward Class Division
ii. Member Secretary, Dr. Ambedkar Foundation
iii. Scheduled Castes Development Division (A) - SCD-II,, SCD-IV, SCD-VI, SCD-III
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2.
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Ms. Aindri Anurag
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Joint Secretary (SCD-B) & CVO
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All matters pertaining to SCD-B:
i.Corporate Cell
ii.Direct Benefit Transfer Scheme
iii.RL Cell
iv.PCR & PoA
v. The Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act, 2013
vi. Survey of Manual Scavengers in statuatory towns (SRMS)
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3.
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Ms. Ghazala Meenai
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Joint Secretary (SD, RR, Media)
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i. Social Defence
ii. Media
iii. Work relating to R&R of Narmada Project
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4.
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Ms. Manisha Sensarma
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Economic Adviser
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Plan Division
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5.
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Ms. TCA Kalyani
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Joint Secretary &
Financial Advisor
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Integrated Finance Division & Budget
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6.
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Sh. U. Venkateswarlu
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Joint Secretary(Admn. Cdn. and O.L)
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i. Coordination
ii. Administration
iii.General
iv.Vigilance
v.Parliament
vi.Official Language
vii.CR & FC/RTI
viii.Babu Jagjivan Ram National Foundation.
ix.All matters Relating to Manual Scavenging,MS Act,Self Employment Scheme For Rehabilitation of Manual Scavanger(SRMS).
x.All Work Related with Statistics.
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| 7. |
Sh. Sudesh Kumar |
DDG |
All Work Related with Statistics. |
Link arrangements among the above officers shall be as under:-
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S.No.
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Officer
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Link Officer
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1.
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JS(BC & SCD-A)
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JS(SD, Media, RR)
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2.
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JS(SD, Media, RR)
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JS(BC & SCD-A)
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3.
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JS(SCD-B & Vigilance)
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Economic Adviser(with additional charge of DDG & SCD-III)
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4.
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Economic Adviser(with additional charge of DDG & SCD-III)
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JS(SCD-B & Vigilance)
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5.
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Director(Admn./Cdn./Parl.) & HoD
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Shri Arvind Kumar, Director(SCD-B)
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