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The Backward Classes Welfare Department, a Department under the Govt. of West Bengal is working towards sustainable development of the persons belonging to the Schedules Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes of West Bengal. The main aim of the Department is to improve the quality of life of these socially and economically backward classes and enhancement of capability of the people belonging to these communittees, so that they can be very much part & parcel of the mainstream of the Society.
The Mahatma Gandhi NREGS is an Act to provide a legal guarantee of 100 days of wage employment in a financial year to every rural household whose adult members volunteer to do unskilled manual work. It is a demand driven scheme, approved by the Indian Parliament in September, 2005. It was renamed as Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act on 2nd October, 2009. This Act started functioning from 2nd February, 2006.
Pradhan Mantri Gramin Awas Yojana, previously Indira Awas Yojana, is a social welfare programme, created by the Indian Government, to provide housing for the rural poor in India. The programme was initiated from 2016-2017 financial year and since then it is successfully running in all the districts of the state. A Permanent wait list (PWL) was prepared from Socio-Economic Caste Census 2011 data.
Nirmal Bangla is a mission to eliminate open defecation from the rural landscape of the state. It is the state counterpart of the national Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan. The mission aims at constructing latrines in households, especially in the uncovered households in the rural areas to ensure zero defecation in the open. This scheme will ensure a sufficient number of functional toilets in educational institutions, regular intervals on the road, public places, etc. The scheme also aims at spreading awareness and increasing sensitization toward safe hygiene behaviour and safe disposal methods.
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Arsha Block is a Community Development Block under Purulia Sadar Sub-division of Purulia District in the state of West Bengal. Arsha Block is part of 35, Purulia Parliamentary Constituency and comes under 239-Balarampur AC, 240-Bagmundi AC & 241-Joypur AC respectively.