Imphal, June 25: Chairman of Social Welfare Advisory Board, Manipur Rajkumari Binita Devi has stressed on the need for taking up awareness programmes for women in interior and remote parts of the State with missionary zeal.

Speaking to The Sangai Express today, Binita said that although the Board has been taking up various awareness programmes for improvement of health and financial condition of women through grant of loan to various women�s society located in different parts of the State, there is still need for carrying out the task with sincerity and missionary zeal in remote areas.

Lack of awareness among the womenfolk and sincerity on the part of the implementing agencies is another area that needs to look into, she added.

She lamented that some of the persons and agencies do not even bother to return back the loan taken from the Board.

On the role being played by the State Social Welfare Department, she said that over and above the schemes already being implemented, Centre has launched a new scheme called Manavi Sauraksan Abhiyan and the State Social Welfare Department is directly looking into successful implementation of the scheme in Manipur.

Enumerating on some of the programme currently being taken up by the Department, Binita mentioned organizing discussion on Statewise future plan, conference and meeting on the topic of Manavi Sauraksan Abhiyan, birthday celebration and health check up of girl child, providing nutritious foods to girl child upto the age of 3/4 years, special tours for girls and enrolment of girls in school among others.

Some of the programmes that had been already taken up for the welfare of women, as she pointed, are organizing condensed educational courses like middle and matric level courses for girls 15 years and above, setting up working women hostel for tribal women, family counseling centre, short stay homes and conduct of orientation training programme.

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