RANI SATHYAN
The Welfare Standing Committee is the most humane and directly related administrative body of a Gram Panchayat. This committee implements schemes aimed at the welfare and upliftment of the backward sections of the society, women, children, elderly and differently abled.
A sample profile of the Welfare Standing Committee Chairman, who is the head of this committee, along with the duties and qualifications, is given below.
Welfare Standing Committee Chairman: Position and Duties
This position plays a crucial role in ensuring social justice in the Panchayat and in providing timely assistance to the poor and backward sections.
1. Personal Profile - Format
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- Name: Rani Sathyan
- Designation: Chairman, Welfare Affairs Standing Committee
- Panchayat: Vallikunnam
- Ward Represented: Kanjirathummoodu-10
- Political Party: BJP
- Phone Number / Address: 9605166014
2. Key Responsibilities
As per the Kerala Panchayat Raj Act, the Chairman of the Welfare Affairs Standing Committee has the following extensive responsibilities:
Social Security Pensions: Ensure that various welfare pensions such as old age pension, widow pension, differently abled pension, agricultural labourer pension are properly received by the eligible persons.
Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (SC/ST) Welfare: Give priority to the development of colonies of backward classes, study rooms for them, self-employment schemes and housing assistance.
Women and Child Welfare: Improve the functioning of Anganwadis, ensure adequate nutrition supply to children and pregnant women, and lead women empowerment schemes.
Poverty Alleviation: Supervise the preparation of BPL lists and schemes to help the extremely poor like Ashraya Scheme.
Elderly and differently abled welfare: Coordinate day care centres for senior citizens, distribution of assistive devices to differently abled persons, and scholarships.
Recommendation to the Governing Body: Prepare a list of eligible beneficiaries and submit it to the Panchayat General Board for approval with the approval of the committee.
3. Qualifications and Election to the Post
Must be a ward member elected by the people to the Gram Panchayat.
As per the law, the post of Chairman of a standing committee in the panchayat is mandatorily reserved for a woman member (reservation). Often, it is the post of Chairperson of the Standing Committee on Welfare.
The members of the committee democratically elect the Chairman from among themselves.
4. Qualities of a good Welfare Committee Chairman
Compassion and empathy: The mind to listen to the problems of the poor and marginalized with kindness and patience.
Coordination excellence: Leadership skills to coordinate the work of ICDS supervisors, VEOs, Anganwadi workers and respective ward members.