Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment

National Overseas Scholarship (NOS) Scheme is a Central Sector Scheme to facilitate the low-income students belonging to the Scheduled Castes, De-notified Nomadic and Semi-Nomadic Tribes, Landless Agricultural Labourers and Traditional…

Pradhan Mantri Dakshta aur Kushalta Sampann Hitgrahi (PM-DAKSH) Scheme is a Central Sector Scheme which was launched in 2020-21 with an objective to enhance competency level of the different target groups like Scheduled Castes (SCs), Other…

Department of Social Justice and Empowerment is implementing Atal Vayo Abhyuday Yojana for welfare of Senior Citizens with the following components: Integrated Programme for Senior Citizens under which Grant in aid is provided to…

National Overseas Scholarship (NOS) Scheme is a Central Sector Scheme to facilitate the low-income students belonging to the Scheduled Castes, De-notified Nomadic and Semi-Nomadic Tribes, Landless Agricultural Labourers and Traditional…

Pradhan Mantri Dakshta aur Kushalta Sampann Hitgrahi (PM-DAKSH) Scheme is a Central Sector Scheme which was launched in 2020-21 with an objective to enhance competency level of the different target groups like Scheduled Castes (SCs), Other…

The National Institute for the Empowerment of Persons with Intellectual Disabilities (NIEPID), under Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (DEPwD) and the Hans Foundation, announced the launch of Mobile Therapy Bus…

There is no report of practice of manual scavenging in any district, stated UNION MINISTER OF STATE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT, SHRI RAMDAS ATHAWALE, in a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha today. Parliament enacted ‘The…

Two Schemes namely (i) Scholarships for Higher Education for Young Achievers Scheme (SHREYAS) for SCs and (ii) Scholarships for Higher Education for Young Achievers Scheme (SHREYAS) for OBCs and EBCs are run by this Department. Under the…

As part of the ongoing efforts of the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (DEPwD) to empower persons with disabilities socially, educationally and economically, various National Institutions and Composite Regional Centres…

Additional Secretary (Social Justice and Empowerment), Shri Amit Ghosh, addressed the high-level policy dialogue on ‘Deciphering the Interlinkage of Climate change, Hunger and Poverty’, on 17th July 2024, as an official side event of the…