IMPLEMENTATION FOR WOMEN WELFARE PROGRAMMES OF ANDHRA PRADESH IN INDIA (Pages 70-77) by Mr. Mallavarapu Lashmanarao in THE INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH SPECIALIST / ISSN: 2350-1499 (Online); 2350-0751 (Print)

Andhra Pradesh has been in the fore front in successfully implementing various developmental programmes for women in the country. These schemes are classified into Welfare programmes, developmental programmes and welfare cum developmental programmes. Some develop mental programmes are also sponsored by the Central Government. Service Homes, Working Women’s Hostels, Vocational Training Centres, Regional Tailoring Centres, Craft Training Centres, District Crafts including Tailoring Centres, Women Technical Training Institute (WTTI), Centrally Sponsored Schemes, (IRDP), (TRYSEM), (DWCRA), Integrated Rural Development Programmes (IRDP), Training for Rural Youth Self-Employment (TRYSEM), Development of Women and Children in Rural Areas (DWCRA), Mahila Samriddhi Yojana (MSY), Indira Mahila Yojana (IMY), Rashtriya Mahila Kosh (RMK), Swarnajayanthi Gram Swarozgar Yojana (SGSY), The Velugu Programme, Indira Kranti Patham. In this paper discuss various policies and programmes intended for empowerment of women have been implemented for which special budget allocations are made in Five Year Plans. Besides, various schemes are being implemented to uplift socio- economic status of rural poor women and paving a path for their empowerment. Thus the government has been making sincere efforts to empower women in socio-economic and politico-cultural aspects, so that a welfare state and a prosperous nation can be built. Thus, in this chapter the governmental policies and programmes implemented for empowerment of women have been examined to fulfill in the fourth objective. Keywords: developmental programmes, Welfare programmes, special budget, Five Year Plans, socio-economic and politico-cultural aspects, governmental policies etc.