Monitoring of homeless shelters set to get more transparent -Governance Now

Monitoring of homeless shelters set to get more transparent

There will be three non-official members, two of the them preferably be women

Jasleen Kaur | January 17, 2011

The homes set up to cater to vulnerable groups like homeless children, elderly persons, mentally retarded persons, destitute women, beggars and leprosy affected persons in the national capital will now be monitored by the management committee.

The 26 homes under the departments of Social Welfare and Women & Child Development (WCD) has been providing food, clothing, bed, medical facilities, recreation facilities, vocational/skill training. Till now, they were being run departmentally by permanent staff and posted from services department.

The decision was taken in a cabinet meeting presided over by chief minister Sheila Dikshit on Monday. Dikshit said that in order to bring improvement in functioning of the homes there is a need for involvement of committed citizens who can guide, supervise, monitor running of these homes and facilitate improvement in overall functioning.

Management committees will be constituted in each of the 26 homes under the chairmanship of Dy. Commissioner (Revenue)/designated ADM. The superintendent of the concerned home will function as convener whereas District Medical Officer and District Social Welfare Officer will be nominated as official members. There will be three non-official members from among the eminent citizens, social workers, NGO activists and civil society. However two of the three nominated non-official members should be preferably women.

Function of the management committees include improvement of infrastructure of homes, sanitation and general cleanliness, skill development/vocational training of inmates, review of health and nutritional status, recreation facilities, ensuring proper water supply and electricity, compliance of minimum standards of food, clothing, bedding, training & sensitization of staff, encourage modern management practices and use of IT, act as a Grievance Redressal Mechanism and employ persons in case of shortage of staff like cooks.

The committee will meet at least once a month and will also prepare a quarterly report on the recommendations made and action taken. The tenure of the committee will be a period of two years.

Comments

Other News

Before India voted, the framers worried about the referee

“We are making a Constitution forever and not only for today.” Shibban Lal Saksena said this in the Constituent Assembly on June 15, 1949. He was warning that a ruling party might one day choose a loyalist to run India’s elections. Seventy-seven years later, the Supreme Court is wrestli

Delhi moves to real-time traffic management

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA), chaired by prime minister Narendra Modi, has approved implementation of the ITMS Project by Delhi Police at an estimated cost of Rs.1,789.52 crore, inclusive of taxes. The project will cover 42 identified traffic corridors and will be implemented in three

MDR on UPI: Can sustainability come without weakening the network?

The extraordinary transaction volumes and value (₹29.82 Lakh crore in August 2026 alone) of the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) have made it not only an Indian success story, but a global one. In 2024, UPI accounted for nearly 49% of the world’s real-time payment transaction volume, with more th

The Xi-Trump summit: The unending rivalry

Diplomacy is akin to an art, wherein the summitry, conflict resolution and negotiations form apt constituents of the entire context of deal making and “playing for keeps” in the international arena. The Xi-Trump summit in Washington last week, in which the American president broke all conside

“Indians, yet treated like outsiders”

Moving to Delhi-NCR for education can be an exciting experience for students from Northeast India. It gives us a chance to meet new people, experience a different culture and become more independent. But living away from home also comes with challenges that people who have not experienced them may not al

Import duty on major edible oils cut

The government has reduced the Basic Customs Duty (BCD) on major imported crude edible oils with a view to moderating domestic edible oil prices, providing relief to consumers and mitigating inflationary pressures arising from the sharp increase in international edible oil prices.