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<div>{{short description|State government department in West Bengal, India}}<br />
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| jurisdiction = [[Government of West Bengal]]<br />
| headquarters = Bikash Bhavan, 10th floor, Salt Lake, Kolkata-700091<br />
| region_code = IN<br />
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| minister1_name = [[Shashi Panja]]<br />
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| chief1_name = Smt Sanghamitra Ghosh, [[Indian Administrative Service|I.A.S]], Secretary<br />
| chief1_position = Principal Secretary<br />
| chief2_name = Sri Avijit Kumar Mitra, Joint Secretary<br />
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The '''Department of Women and Child Development and Social Welfare''' is a [[Government of West Bengal|West Bengal government]] department. It is an [[interior ministry]] mainly responsible for the administration of the development of women and child and social welfare.<ref>{{cite web|URL=https://wb.gov.in/departments-details.aspx?id=D170911133209662&page=Women-and-Child-Development-and-Social-Welfare|title=Egiye Bangal Department of Women and Child Development and Social Welfare|website=www.wb.gov.in|accessdate=9 February 2020}}</ref><br />
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==List of Ministers==<br />
* [[Sabitri Mitra]]<br />
* [[Shashi Panja]] ([[Minister of State|MoS]]) (Independent Charge)<br />
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==Introduction==<br />
The Department of Women and Child Development and Social Welfare, [[Government of West Bengal]], is responsible for the development of women and child and social welfare in the state of [[West Bengal]]. The Department of Women Development and Social Welfare works towards the protection, equity and inclusion of populations that have been historically oppressed, neglected or excluded from development because of their gender, age, disability or situation. This includes women, senior citizens and other marginalized populations such as persons with disabilities, transgender persons, homeless persons and persons with drug / alcohol addiction.<br />
==Controller Boards==<br />
===Directorate and Wings===<br />
* Directorate of Social Welfare<br />
* Directorate of Child Rights and Trafficking<br />
* Directorate of Integrated Child Development Services<br />
* State Commission for Persons with Disabilities<br />
* State Commission for Protection of Child Rights<br />
* [[West Bengal Commission for Women|State Commission for Women]]<br />
* Office of the Controller for Vagrancy<br />
* West Bengal Social Welfare Board<br />
* West Bengal Transgender Development Board<br />
* West Bengal Women Development Undertaking<br />
* State Resource Center for Women<br />
* State Child Protection Society<br />
* West Bengal Task Force and RRRI of Women and Children<br />
* Kanyashree Prakalpa<br />
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==References==<br />
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ministry of Women and Child Development and Social Welfare (West Bengal)}}<br />
[[Category:Government departments of West Bengal]]<br />
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