Writeup AP 2011-12 - Punjab State Planning Board

fortunate to be among those states where sex ratio has shown improvement. The child sex
ratio has increased from 798 in 2001 to 846 during the last 10 years.
11.12.5 As children are the greatest assets of the nation because they shape its future
progress, the core of our strategy should be for creating a better world for them. The
objective of the child development schemes is to enhance the nutrition level of the children
and reducing Infant Child Mortality Rate (IMR), Child Mortality Rate (CMR) and Mother
Mortality Rate (MMR). The state government has taken up various schemes and
programmes to guarantee their basic human rights including survival, development and full
participation in social, cultural, educational and other endeavours necessary for their
individual growth and well being.
11.12.6 A dedicated Social Security Fund amounting to Rs. 550.00 crore funded by
5% cess on electricity duty and 3% additional stamp duty on urban transactions has been
created to meet the State’s commitment regarding various pensions. The state government is
actively pursuing a programme to disburse these pensions at the homes of the beneficiaries,
through the Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) scheme, in collaboration with banks. The list
of schemes to be funded out of Social Security Fund is as under:-
SN Name of the
Scheme
11 th Five
year Plan
Outlay
Annual Plan
2007-08
Expenditure
486
Annual Plan
2008-09
Expenditure
Annual Plan
2009-10
Expenditure
Annual
Plan
2010-11
Expenditure
(Rs. lac)
Annual
Plan
2011-12
Approved
Outlay
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
SW(S)2 Financial
assistance to
dependent
children
16500.00 2260.09 2384.90 2428.86 3256.63 3450.00
SW(S)3 Financial
assistance to
widows and
destitute
women
37500.00 5733.39 6063.21 5882.74 7933.42 7950.00
Total: 54000.00 7993.48 8448.11 8311.60 11190.05 11400.00
11.12.7 The detail of various schemes for the welfare of women and children are
given below:-