According to the census of 2011, India with a population of 121 crores has 5.6 crores widows. Vrindavan- the “city of widows”, alone has an estimated 20,000 widows who are mostly children. Consequently, the government has been running the Widow Pension Scheme since long. Widowhood comes with a pandora’s box ...
Read More »Financial Assistance for Vocational Training of Widows of Ex-Servicemen
Department of Ex-Servicemen Welfare, Govt of India has come up with a new scheme to provide money to widows of Ex-Servicemen for vocational training. In order to help the widows of ESM to become self reliant and be able to meet their financial needs, they need to acquire some vocational ...
Read More »State Homes : A Ray of Hope For Women: HP
The Government of Himachal Pradesh has a noble scheme for widows, destitute women/ women in moral danger by providing them shelter in State Homes. Objectives To provide shelter, food clothing, education, training etc. to young widows and destitute women in moral danger and their children upto the age of 6 ...
Read More »Financial Assistance to Widows of Ex-Servicemen for Marriage of their Daughters: Haryana
The widows of ex-servicemen who served the nation do not have a sound source of income usually. This scheme is for the benefit of daughters of such widows. Financial assistance is granted for the marriage of daughters of Widows of Ex-Servicemen. The scheme is implemented by the Zila Sainik Boards ...
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