Enabling Schemes and programs to link with Aftercare

Karnataka 1 exclusive Aftercare home and 2 Aftercare units attached to Children Home for Boys and Children Home for Mentally Challenged Boys at Bangalore These Homes encourage them to pursue education in high schools, ITI, Polytechnic and Colleges and also help them to secure a job, mainly to bring them to the main stream of society which ensures financial sustainability and life settlement. In this regard, initial handholding is planned by the Department for older children with a provision of Rs.5000 per month after the child released from Institutions. Govt is also planning to sanction a lumpsum amount of Rs.25000 for these children in case any of the young adults want to enrol in certain training/vocational courses or pursue higher education. The department has the plan of providing autorickshaws for young adults those having driving license and aspiring to pursue their career as drivers.14

Telangana 3 Service homes Children of 16 years and above are sent to the residential diploma colleges called as ‘service homes’ funded by WCD to complete their vocational skill training courses. Service Homes were initially meant for deserted wives, widows and destitute women coming from financially/ economically backward families. However, since 2008–2009, the aim and objectives of the Service Home, Hyderabad has been changed, reserving 70% of the seats for orphans, Destitute including trafficked victims. Children can stay and study in these service homes till the age of 19 and at the same time can involve themselves in part time job to earn pocket money. Rs 30 lakhs

Rs 45 lakhs

Enabling Schemes and programs to link with Aftercare

Health schemes

Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana, earlier known as National Health Protection Scheme (NHPS) is a component of Ayushman Bharat, a flagship health assurance scheme of Government of India, launched as recommended by the National Health Policy 2017. It aims to provide health cover of Rs. 5 lakhs per family per year for secondary and tertiary care hospitalization to poor and vulnerable families. The scheme also covers up to 3 days of pre-hospitalization and 15 days post-hospitalization expenses such as diagnostics and medicines. However, the inclusion of beneficiaries is based on information collated by the Socio-Economic Caste Census of 2011 (SECC 2011) for the families as the unit, but not for care leavers or youth staying independently.

Schemes to support education and vocational skills

Schemes towards Scholarships for SCs STs, OBCs and

minorities are run by the Government of India and the state governments to help students pursue their studies at high education levels. The centrally-funded scholarships are sponsored by the Government of India and disbursed by different states while the statefunded scholarships are sponsored and disbursed by respective state governments only. An SC ST OBC Scholarship offers suitable financial assistance to SC/ ST/OBC candidates at post-matric level of study. The Merit-Cum-Means Scholarship for the Student belonging to Minority category, on the other hand, aims to provide financial assistance to the poor and meritorious students belonging to minority communities to enable them to pursue professional and technical courses in undergraduate and post graduate levels.

Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) is a skill

14 Child Protection & Governance: Implementation Status of Integrated Child Protection Scheme(ICPS), published by Rainbow Homes, India

development initiative scheme of the of the Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship (MSDE), Government of India to increase aptitude, aspiration and knowledge towards employable skills and to increase working efficiency of unemployed youth, college /school dropout by providing quality training to them. The scheme trains individuals on soft skills, personal grooming, behavioral change for cleanliness, good work ethics to increase employment opportunity and demand in markets.

Schemes to enhance employment opportunities:

Prime Minister Employment Generation Programme

(PMEGP)15 is a merger of two schemes, namely, Prime Minister’s Rojgar Yojna and Rural Employment Generation Programme that focuses on generating selfemployment opportunities through micro-enterprise establishments in the non-farm sector by helping unemployed youth. It provides financial assistance to youth, with minimum education qualification of passing standard VIII for projects costing above Rs 5 lakh in the service sector and above Rs 10 lakh in the manufacturing sector. Self Help Groups (including those belonging to BPL provided that they have not availed benefits under any other Scheme), Institutions registered under Societies Registration Act,1860; Production Co-operative Societies, and Charitable Trusts are also eligible. Hence, young person leaving care organizations can be linked to this scheme directly to access benefits.

Rajiv Gandhi Swavlamban Rojgar Yojna (RGSRY) in Delhi is designed, developed and promoted by the Delhi Khadi & Village Industries Board with the help of Government of NCT of Delhi, this scheme aims to provide the employment opportunities to the unemployed youths, artisans, trained professionals, skilled technocrats and entrepreneurs. It aims to provide loan up to Rs. 3,00,000 for the school/college dropouts above the age of 18 years, Individual entrepreneur or passed out candidates from any technical/professional institute recognised by Govt or its undertakings.

Dilli Swarojgar Yojana’ for SC/ST/Minorities in Delhi

through DSCFDC16 is implemented in Delhi through Delhi Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe, Financial and Development Corporation (DSCFDC). This DSCFDC was set up to promote self-employment opportunities for the people of SC/ST communities. Under the plan scheme “Dilli Swarojgar Yojana” a loan up to 5 lakhs is provided to an entrepreneur willing to start a venture in Delhi.

Housing Schemes and programmes

Housing is a basic requirement for human well-being. Not only do all citizens need shelter, they also require in their houses such facilities as drinking water and proper sanitation. India has undertaken, from time to time, different schemes and programmes aiming at provision of housing as laid down in five-year plans. Also, states governments announced their housing programmes from their own outlays. However, the success of these programmes was limited and inadequate. A good evaluation of these programmes and their impact assessment is missing, except for few such programmes which reflect a major change in the approach.17

The list of schemes undertaken so far on housing provision is given below.

Among these, two important schemes can be brought under aftercare program for children leaving care. Pradhan Mantri Gramodaya Yojana (PMGY), in the field of provision of rural shelter to extend benefits to rural poor living below the poverty line, belonging to SCs/STs, freed bonded labourers and non-SC/ST categories, constructing dwelling units, provision of smokeless chulha and Sanitary Latrine. On the other hand, Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojna (PMAY), earlier

15 https://msme.gov.in/11-prime-ministers-employment-generation-programme-pmegp 16 Economic Survey, 2016-17; web- http://delhiplanning.nic.in/sites/default/files/Chapter%2B17.pdf 17 Ramakrishna, June 2007, Housing Policy in India: Chellenges and Reform (Article in Review of Development and Change • June 2007)