Department of Social Welfare puducherry
- Department of Social Welfare puducherry was established in the year 1964, and it was then known as Department of Social Welfare.
- 1980 –Bifurcated into Department of Social Welfare and Department of AD Welfare
- 1996 –Bifurcated further into Department of Social Welfare and Department of Women and Child Development
- 2015 –Bifurcated further into Department of Social Welfare and Department Backward Classes and MinorityWelfare
Activities of the Department
- Welfare of the Differently AbledPersons
- Social DefenceSchemes
- Funding of NGOs, working for children, aged, destitute women and physically challenged persons
- Funding of Societies and Boards
Acts / Rules
- Persons With Disability Act 1995
- Women & Children Institutions (Licensing) Act, 1956
- Juvenile Justice (Care & Protection )Act, 2000 & Amended Act, 2006
- Juvenile Justice (Care & Protection )Rules, 2011
- Union Territory of Puducherry Child Protection Society (UTPCPS) Act, & Rule -2010
- Maintenance & Welfare of Parents & Senior Citizen Act, 2007 & Rules -2011