Statistics Division of the Department of Social Justice & Empowerment is primarily responsible for sponsoring evaluation/research studies on schemes of its target groups namely Scheduled Castes , Other Backward Classes (OBCs), Senior Citizens and Victims of Substance Abuse. The Division is also responsible for sponsoring seminars, grant to individual scholar and publication grant on the subject areas relating to target groups. The Division is also responsible to fulfill the data needs of the Department for Planning and Policy intervention.
The Department of Social Justice & Empowerment sponsors Evaluation Studies to Universities, Research Institutions, Voluntary Organizations and Professional Associations working in the field of social welfare and similar organizations/agencies including institutions set-up and fully funded by Central/State Governments/Public Sector Undertakings as per GFR 2017.
(A) Major Activities
- Evaluation Studies of the schemes of D/o SJE
- Sectoral Group of Secretaries (SGoS)/Vision 2047 Document
- Work related with 55th Session of United Nations Statistical Commission (UNSC)
- Smart India Hackathon
- Matters related to Pragati Portal
- Gender Budgeting of D/o SJE
- PM Cares Scheme
- PM Reference Portal
- Overall coordination of E-Samiksha
- I-MESA- Aware generation, Research, Evaluation and Training Scheme, Central Smart Surveillance Unit, MIS etc.
- Development Action Plan for SCs (DAPSC) and monitoring of obligated Ministries / Departments
- Social Audits of Schemes of D/o SJE
- DGQI Monitoring matters and issues related to NITI Aayog
- Output-Outcome framework of D/o SJE
- Annual Report & Hand Book on Social Welfare Statistics
- Handling Public Grievances at CPGRAMS portal as a Nodal Division of D/o SJE and dispose off / forward them to concerned Divisions/Departments etc.
- Parliament Questions/VIP References/RTI etc.
(B) Documents
- Annual Report of 2024-25 of the Department
- Handbook on Social Welfare Statistics, May 2024
- Evaluation Studies
