Describe efforts taken or Planned by DAPCU to increase the number of people availing Social Benefit Schemes in your district in FY 2016-17.
DAPCU
Led Single Window Model (DLSWM) is an innovative approach to facilitate access
to social protection schemes for People Living with HIV (PLHIV), Children
Affected by HIV/AIDS (CABA) and Most at Risk Populations (MARPs) at district
level.
In
Angul district, DAPCU has set up 16 Help Desks at ICTCs, TIs and CSCs for
providing information about social benefit schemes and increasing the number of
beneficiaries availing the schemes. The Help Desks serve as nodal points for submission
of applications by beneficiaries, which are collected by DAPCU staff,
verified and then forwarded to the concerned line department for processing.
DAPCU makes follow-ups on pending applications and meets the concerned officers
to expedite the approval process.
To address
problems faced by PLHIVs in accessing social benefit schemes and ensure that a
greater number of PLHIVs are able to avail the schemes, DAPCU Angul has held
meetings with concerned officers of key line departments such as: Transport,
Civil Supplies, Women and Child Development (WCD) and District Rural
Development Agency (DRDA). In the last District AIDS Prevent and Control
Committee Meeting (DAPCC) chaired by the District Collector, the problems faced
by PLHIVs, CABA and MARPs in availing social benefit schemes were raised by DAPCU
Angul. The Collector has assured that a separate meeting will be convened to
take up the issue. During a regional review meeting, the Additional District
Magistrate (ADM) instructed Block Development Officers (BDOs) to process
applications received from PLHIVs on priority basis.
The steps taken by DAPCU Angul have contributed to
faster processing of applications and an increase in the number of PLHIVs, CABA
and MARPs availing social benefit schemes. For example, the applications for
bus pass to travel to ART centers are being issued faster by the transport
department. Eligible beneficiaries are able to get take home ration and some of
the PLHIVs have been granted housing through Mo Kudiya Yojana.
Since
the roll out of DLSWM, 890 applications were received through the Help Desks,
of which 597 have received scheme benefits.
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DPM (DAPCU) & DSWO discussing with Collector & D.M. regarding Social Protection Scheme for PLHIV in DAPCC meeting in Collector & District Magistrate chamber |
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