Shillong, Oct 14: There is a deficit of Rs 600 crore to empower social welfare department.
This was made known by Social Welfare Minister Paul Lyngdoh after visiting the directorate on Monday.
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He also reviewed the functioning of the women and child helplines at the office of the directorate of social welfare and stressed the need of more man power.
Number of cases
As many as 736 cases were registered by the women helpline under the directorate of social welfare department during the past seven years.
279 cases are active and 457 were closed from 2017 to 2024.
Till October 14, as many as 193 cases were received by the women helpline of which 60 are domestic violence, 18 online digital violence, 6 emotional abuse/violence, 26 legal disputes, 7 women health issue, 2 physical violence, 63 others, 4 women missing, 4 women public/workplace, 1 women racism, 1 women displacement and 1 work place issue.
The child helpline got 315 cases during 2024-25. Of this, 51 cases are related to child abuse, 2 child marriage, 8 child abandonment, 1 child labour, 11 child missing, 15 child found, 3 addiction/substance abuse. 55 cases were successfully resolved.
In 2023-24, number of cases received was 142, of which 112 were successfully resolved.
