Under this scheme, widows and destitute women aged 18 years and above are eligible for a pension if they are domiciles of Haryana and have been residing in the state for at least one year at the time of application submission.
The aim of the scheme is to enable Scheduled Caste Widows/girls/destitute women for self-employment. A stipend of Rs.600/- P.M. and raw material costing Rs.300/- per month per trainee is given to a trainee for getting training from the nearest Kalyan Kendar run by this department.
The Government of Puducherry introduced Old Age And Destitute Pension Scheme to extend a helping hand by way of monthly financial assistance to Old Age Persons/Widows/ Deserted Women/ Unmarried Women and Enuches so that they could defray some petty personal expenses without depending on others.
“Monthly/ Family Pension to the Freedom Fighters and their Widows” is a social welfare scheme that provides a monthly/ family pension to the freedom fighters and their widows domiciled in the state of Uttarakhand.
“Free Computer Training” is a social security scheme that provides free of cost computer training to widows, dependents of the ex-servicemen and soldiers.