Department of Women and Child Development and Social Welfare

Department of Women & Child Development & Social Welfare
Department overview
Jurisdiction	Government of West Bengal
Headquarters	Bikash Bhavan, 10th floor, Salt Lake, Kolkata-700091
Minister responsible	Shashi Panja, Minister in Charge;
Department executives	Smt Sanghamitra Ghosh, I.A.S, Secretary, Principal Secretary; Sri Avijit Kumar Mitra, Joint Secretary, Nodal Officer;
Child Department	West Bengal Commission for Women;
Website	Official Website

The Department of Women & Child Development & Social Welfare is a West Bengal government department. It is an interior ministry mainly responsible for the administration of the development of women and child and social welfare.^[1]

List of ministers

Introduction

The Department of Women and Child Development and Social Welfare, Government of West Bengal, is responsible for the development of women and child and social welfare in the state of West Bengal. The Department of Women Development and Social Welfare works towards the protection, equity and inclusion of populations that have been historically oppressed, neglected or excluded from development because of their gender, age, disability or situation. This includes women, senior citizens and other marginalized populations such as persons with disabilities, transgender persons, homeless persons and persons with drug / alcohol addiction.

Controller boards

Directorate and wings

Directorate of Social Welfare
Directorate of Child Rights and Trafficking
Directorate of Integrated Child Development Services
State Commission for Persons with Disabilities
State Commission for Protection of Child Rights
State Commission for Women
Office of the Controller for Vagrancy
West Bengal Social Welfare Board
West Bengal Transgender Development Board
West Bengal Women Development Undertaking
State Resource Center for Women
State Child Protection Society
West Bengal Task Force and RRRI of Women and Children
Kanyashree Prakalpa

References

^ "Egiye Bangal Department of Women and Child Development and Social Welfare". www.wb.gov.in. Retrieved 9 February 2020.

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[1] "Egiye Bangal Department of Women and Child Development and Social Welfare". www.wb.gov.in. Retrieved 9 February 2020.

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