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TB and other serious ailments, bonded labourers, Community participation and Strong social
families affected due to natural or man-made disaster etc. cohesion: Socially just and socially secured villages
Transgender, Dwarfs who fulfill the eligibility criteria have strong social cohesion. The members of the
must also be included. community work together to build a strong, supportive
community that benefits everyone.
Transparent and people friendly process: This would
include providing support to the eligible people in Performance based incentives: Performance-based
obtaining their documents to establish their eligibility. incentives can help to motivate program staff and
States may device methods for certification by local service providers to ensure effective program
governments, if documents are not available with the implementation. This can involve providing incentives
eligible persons. A robust Social Audit, grievance for achieving program targets or for extending high-
monitoring and Annual Verification system, at village quality services to beneficiaries.
level.
Connect to GPDP
Monitoring regular monthly disbursement of
The formulation of Gram Panchayat Development Plan (GPDP)
pensions
is a crucial step in promoting social security and social justice at
Electronic Transfer: The mode of disbursement may the village level in India. Here are some steps that can be
be decided on the basis of choice and convenience of the followed to formulate GPDP for social security and social
beneficiaries. However, to ensure efficiency and regular justice:
transfer, payment into the bank account/ post office
To deal with prevention of crimes against children, the GP may
account or through electronic money order is preferred.
plan to Strengthen the functioning of the VLCPC, access the
A system of SMS alert and door step payment through or
department officials for organizing necessary training and
any other mode should be ensured. Sanction,
awareness programs, identify the vulnerable children, arrange
disbursement and monitoring will be through IT based
specific support as needed, ensure safety for children, increase
MIS. Local youth can be a support group.
awareness of Child helpline, and provide counselling.
Automatic Convergence: Automatic convergence
To ensure zero hunger, the GP may set up its own Bhandar /
with other schemes is necessary to provide maximum
Free feeding for those who are having no one supporting them;
benefit as the beneficiaries under the NSAP are from BPL
To cover the migrant population in the village, GP may ensure
families which are the target group in most other Schemes.
migrants in their village are also having access to basic facilities
GP must ensure that every eligible beneficiary should be and the children are getting education and participating in the
enrolled under Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY).
events organised for children in the village.
Special Initiatives Connect to NPA
Gram Panchayat needs to take special initiatives to ensure that
This has 9 indicators. All 9 indicators are included in this theme
every person in the village is cared for and all eligible are to be
under National Panchayat Awards i.e. (1) percentage of
covered by social security systems:
Differently abled persons/Women/Elderly persons/SC/STs
Assistance and Grievance redressal mechanisms: provided with Assistive devices, (2) percentage of Differently
This can involve setting up of hotlines, complaint abled persons/Women/Elderly persons/SC/STs provided ID
boxes, or other channels for beneficiaries to report cards, (3) total budget earmarked under GPDP for welfare of
grievances or seek assistance. SCs & STs in GP. Although indicator related to (4) percentage
of eligible receiving social security scheme-Elderly pensions,
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Theme 7: Socially Just and Socially Secured Village
