Introduction

The directorate of Social Justice & Empowerment is working independently since the bifurcation of Social Welfare Department in the year 1992. The directorate is implementing a number of schemes for the care, protection and rehabilitation of socially under privileged.

Earlier the directorate of Social Justice & Empowerment was working within a very small area having few welfare schemes. Now, it has expanded its area of schemes and has implemented schemes. At present, directorate is implementing a number of schemes for the welfare of senior citizens, orphan/destitute children, Widows & destitute women, mentally retarded children, the blind, deaf & dumb, kashmiri migrants, dwarfs & eunuchs minority communities such as Muslims, Sikhs, Buddhists, Christians, Parsis etc., in the state.

Besides, the welfare of vulnerable groups of the society, the Department is also providing social security and economical assistance to the Senior Citizen, Widows and disabled of the States in the form of monthly pension who are unable to sustain themselves from their own resources and are in need of financial assistance.

This directorate is headed by the Director General working in the rank of Special Secretary / Joint Secretary to the Government of Haryana. Generally Director General also looks after the work on Government side as Joint Secretary/Special Secretary. One Additional Director, one Joint Director and two Deputy Directors assist the Director General in day-to-day office work. Besides, 22 District Social Welfare Officers are monitoring schemes of the department at district level and 3 Government residential institutions functioning in various districts for the welfare and rehabilitation of persons with various physical disabilities such as visually impaired, speech and hearing impaired, orthopedically challenged, mentally challenged, aged welfare etc.

District Level

The following field officers are responsible for monitoring and running of all the social welfare schemes of the department: –

1. 1. Distt. Social Welfare Officer, Ambala
   2. Distt. Social Welfare Officer, Panchkula
   3. Distt. Social Welfare Officer, Yamunanagar
   4. Distt. Social Welfare Officer, Kurukshetra
   5. Distt. Social Welfare Officer, Karnal
   6. Distt. Social Welfare Officer, Kaithal
   7. Distt. Social Welfare Officer, Panipat
   8. Distt. Social Welfare Officer, Sonepat
   9. Distt. Social Welfare Officer, Faridabad
   10. Distt. Social Welfare Officer, Gurgaon
   11. Distt. Social Welfare Officer, Mewat
   12. Distt. Social Welfare Officer, Rewari
   13. Distt. Social Welfare Officer, Narnaul
   14. Distt. Social Welfare Officer, Jind
   15. Distt. Social Welfare Officer, Rohtak
   16. Distt. Social Welfare Officer, Jhajjar
   17. Distt. Social Welfare Officer, Bhiwani
   18. Distt. Social Welfare Officer, Hissar
   19. Distt. Social Welfare Officer, Sirsa
   20. Distt. Social Welfare Officer, Fatehabad
   21. Distt. Social Welfare Officer, Palwal
   22. Distt. Social Welfare Officer, Charkhi Dadri