Directorate of Social Justice

Dr. M. K. Muneer Minister for Panchayats and Social Justice	OFFICE Room No: 401 4th Floor, Secretariat Annex Statue, Thiruvananthapuram Phone : 0471-2327796 , 2327895 Mob : 9496355500, 9947041000 Fax : 0471-2330102 E-Mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Directorate of Social Justice	Vikas Bhavan Vth Floor Thiruvananthapuram Ph-0471-2302887
Shri. V. N. Jithendran Director	Tel: 0471-2302887, Mob: 9447171437 Fax : 2302887 E-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Website :www.keralawomen.gov.in
Website	www.swd.kerala.gov.in

The Directorate of Social Justice is the main arm of the Social Justice Department. The Directorate is the State Government machinery, which acts as the nodal implementing organisation for all the programmes of the State Government as well as programmes of Central Government. The Department also ensures proper implementation of important social welfare legislation through the Directorate. Various kinds of financial assistances to the needy in the State are also provided through the Directorate.

Above all, the department promotes flagship programmes for women and awareness generation programmes to the public through the Social Welfare Directorate.

An important feature of the Social Justice Department is that all the weaker sections of the society viz. destitute, senior citizens, differently abled, mentally challenged, ex- convicts, prisoners, women, children etc. either directly or indirectly are the beneficiaries through the department.

Since its inception, the Social Justice Department holds major status of by expanding its sphere of activities and providing more facilities and welfare measures to the needy persons of the State.

Schemes and Programmes

1. State Plan of Action for the child

2. Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS)

3. Anganwadi Karyakatri Bima Yojana

4. Supplementary Nutrition Programme

5. Kishori Shakthi Yojana

6. Take Home Ration Scheme

7. Juvenile Justice Services-Observation Homes, Children’s Homes and Special Homes, Juvenile Fund

8. Udisha Training Programme

9. Programme for Gender Awarness

10. Finishing School for Women

11. Implementation of Dowry Prohibition Act

12. Implementation of Child Marriage Prohibition Act 2006

13. Implementation of Domestic Violence Act 2005

14. Nutrition Programme for Adolescent Girls

15. Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act 2007

16. Swadhar Scheme

17. Institution for Aged Homes for the aged and disabled, Old Age Homes, Day Care Centres for the aged

18. Institutions for the disabled. Home for mentally deficient children, Care Home for differentially abled children, Pratheeksha Bhavan, Vocational Training Centres.

19. Welfare Programmes for differently abled

Scholarship for differentially abled students
Scholarships for the mentally challenged
Assistance for buying/fitting aids and appliances
Assistance to blind and orthopedically handicapped advocates
Community based Rehabilitation Programme
Marriage assistance to differentially abled women and daughters of differentially abled parents
Distress relief fund for the differentially abled
Awards for employers and employees
Awards for best institutions

Related Websites

Kerala Social Security Mission	www.socialsecuritymission.gov.in
Kerala State Women’s Development Corporation	www.kswdc.org
Kerala State Handicapped Persons’ Welfare Corporation	www.handicapped.kerala.gov.in
Kerala State Women’s Commission	keralawomenscommission.gov.in
Kerala Women	keralawomen.gov.in
Commissionerate of Persons with Disabilities	ccdisabilities.nic.in
Kerala State Council for Child Welfare	www.childwelfarekerala.org
Kerala State Human Rights Commission	www.kshrc.kerala.gov.in
Ministry of Women and Child Development	www.wcd.nic.in
Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment	www.socialjustice.nic.in
Central Social Welfare Board	www.cswb.gov.in
National Institute of Speech and Hearing	www.nishindia.org
National Institute of Public Cooperation and Child Development	www.nipccd.nic.in
National Commission for Women	www.ncw.nic.in
National Commission for Protection of Child Rights	www.ncpcr.gov.in
CHILDLINE India	www.childlineindia.org.in
National Interactive Portal on Disability - Punarbhava	www.punarbhava.in