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Information is power. And timely information is the greatest armour of a nation of India’s magnitude. But the onus of spreading awareness cannot rest with the government alone.

At Tushar Jani Charitable Trust our team creates awareness about the central and state Government schemes and helps the beneficiaries claim and receive their benefits from the respective government agencies or departments.

The Sihor Case Study

Sihor taluka is situated in Bhavnagar district of Gujarat. With a population of 54,547 (Census 2011), the town has an average literacy of about 81.11%. The town is a place of rich historical significance and pilgrimage in the region.

Welfare Benefits Facilitated

• National Family Assistance • Medical Assistance
• Old Age Pension • Housing Scheme Assistance
• Disablement Pension • Senior Citizen Card
• Sant Surdas Scheme Pension • Insurance Scheme for Labour Class
• Disablement Certificate • Accident Insurance Scheme for farmers
• Assistance at the time of daughter’s marriage (Kunverba-nu-Mameru) • Widow Assistance Pension
• Organizing Mass Marriage • Shelter for Orphans
• Assistance for Mass Marriage • Accidental Death Assistance to students
• Pensions obtained for girl child’s birth (Dikri-Rudi) • Satyavadi Raja Harischandra Scheme

Monthly Benefits

Scheme Name No. of Cases
Pradhan Mantri Vaya Vandana Yojna (pension scheme) 1370
Pensions obtained for widows (Widow Support Scheme) 1094
pensions obtained for the aged 517
pensions obtained for the handicapped 424
pensions obtained for the sick 152
Satyawadi Raja Harishchandra Yojna (post-demise rites assistance) 1
Family Pension were closed now open – Arrears 1
VALUE OF TOTAL CASES AIDED (INR) 16,28,245

One-Time Benefits

Scheme Name No. of Cases
National Family Assistance Scheme 514
Assistance for girls’ marriage (kunwarbai nu mameru) 267
The Accident Insurance Scheme of Gujarat 62
Housing Scheme Assistance 31
Students Accident Insurance Scheme of Gujarat 31
Mass Marriages 28
Assistance for Birth of Girl Child 14
Equipment help to Handicapped 12
Family Pensions, on-time arrears to Handicapped kids 2
Loan Provision 2
TOTAL CASES AIDED 963

 Why?

  • The Government proactively introduces schemes and benefits that help uplift people from socially and economically disadvantaged sections of the society. But the endeavours that national and state legislatures authorise need vehicles to reach its populace irrespective of the communication infrastructure in place.
  • Can a country with more than half its population under the age of 35 afford to languor? Can its old, who have toiled a lifetime be left to languish?
  • We at TJCT have carried out extensive research in reform schemes, and have helped to spread these initiatives in Sihor taluka (Bhavnagar Dist., Gujarat) as a model case study.
  • Our research can help individual volunteers as well as NGOs, non-profits, government and private agencies alike with data and research to uplift local communities and marshal a richer, more contributory India.

 How it works?

  • Schemes are offered by the Government
  • Social workers study each scheme for details and tabulate them according to state and central government categories
  • Beneficiaries of schemes identified
  • Social workers reach out to beneficiaries and help with carrying out paperwork
  • Applications are followed up with relevant government authorities on individual level
  • Applicants receive benefits as needed