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The Social Welfare Department has main focus in the Social Development related to the key issue necessary for sustainable development.
Social Welfare is a vital sector of the National Development. It motivates voluntarily efforts on the basis of self-help and mobilization of both human and material resources to supplement governments’ efforts to accelerate development process. It has twofold approach i.e.
1. Public Sector Programmes. Welfare activities are most needed in poor communities and neglected sections of our society, where financial and technical resources are limited.
2. The development Programmes undertaken aim at eradication of
Social evils, rehabilitation of indignant, the disable and the social needs bringing social and cultural changes along with an equitable and sustainable economic growth as well as social development.

OBJECTIVES OF THE DEPARTMENT:

a)-  To mobilize people and communities for creation of social awareness about their
right and obligations towards a progressive Islamic society with social equity.
b)-  Improve the system and procedure of rendering professional and financial support to potential and viable NGOs to develop them as efficient out let of delivery of social services.
c)-  To create awareness among the community for better utilization of infrastructure development services.
d)-  To organize NGO’s to fill up Gap between the Govt. community services i.e education, health, sanitation and other Social Welfare Activities through local NGOs.
e)-  Organize urban and rural communities in promotion of community development programme thus ensuring their voluntarily participation in socio economic development activities on self help basis for their own common good and according to their local felt needs.
f)-  Recognize and consolidate the existing institutional care training and rehabilitation services for economically and socially oppressed and vulnerable group such as widows, orphans, destitute, the disable, the poor and women and children in distress.
g)-  Provide professional medical and financial assistance to patients and addicts and their families through professional social worker, hospitals, Health Welfare Committees (Zakat), Patients Welfare Societies (NGOs), and District Bait-ul-Maal Committee.
h)-  Improve and expand such arrangements and services to increase opportunity of assessment, training and rehabilitation of the disable, particularly for their employments in public or private sectors under 2% quota reserved for the disabled in the disable person (employment and rehabilitation) Ordinance – 1981.
i)-  Make consistent efforts through mass education, motivation and advocacy campaigns for strong public opinion against all prevalent social evils and oppressive customs, such as extravagance, wasteful expenditures on marriage and similar other ceremonies, display of dowry, bribery, gambling, prostitution, beggary etc violence against women, addiction, early marriage, water sanitation, child abuse and child labour discrimination of gender in property rights and other i.e. education, health care etc.
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Functions »Achievements »Targets

This department is an organ of the Community Development Department which District Officer Labour, Bahawalpur.
 Functions »
a) Maintenance of industrial peace.
b) Settlement of industrial disputes.
c) Adjudication of compensation claims and non-payment of wages.
d) Registration and deregistration of trade unions/federations.
e) Conducting of referendums for determination of Collective Bargaining Agents and supervision of Federation.
f) Audit and Scrutiny of the Annual Returns of funds of trade unions and federations.
g) Enforcement of Labour Welfare Laws in factories shops, commercial and industrial establishments.
h) Enforcement of Punjab Weights and Measures (International System) Enforcement Act, 1975 and Rules 1976.
i) Verification/Reverification of weights and measures being used by the business community.
 Activities »
a) Implementation of various Labour enactments to maintain industrial peace and to enforce the wages structure notified by the Provincial Government.
b) Provision of information and advisory services to the industries for improvement of safety, health and working environment.
c) Distribution of Marriage Grant, Talent Scholarship and Death Grants.
d) Allotment of plots/house/flats and state management of Labour Colony.
e) Promotion of employment opportunity, collection and dissemination of Labour marketing information and assistance to the Defense Forces by the Provision of data on skilled personnel’s.
f) Implementation of Government Policies and procedures for gradual elimination of child Labour.
g) Coordination of Government efforts for combating issue of Bonded Labour.
h) Registration and deregistration of Factories, Shops and Commercial Establishments.
i) Enforcement of Weights & Measures in shops Factories Commercial Establishments.

 TARGETS AND ACHIEVEMENTS
 Targets »
1. Target fixed for factories inspection was 181 for the year 2002-2003 and the target of 450 shops were fixed for inspection for Labour Inspector.
2. Target fixed for Weights & Measures is Rs. 8,23,000/-.
 Achievements »
1. Industrial peace was maintained throughout the year in district Bahawalpur.
2. No industrial dispute was arisen in district Bahawalpur during the last year.
3. 9 cases of compensation claims were instituted and the same were adjudicated by the Commissioner Workmen Compensation throughout the year.
4. 60 cases of non-payment of wages were instituted and 35 cases were decided. 25 are at the various stages of judicial procedure like replication, framing of issues, recording witness, in chief/cross examination etc.
5. Two unions were registered during the year.
6. In two factories referendum were conducted for the determination of Collective Bargaining Agent.
7. 8 trade unions submitted their Annual Returns of funds for audit and scrutiny and their statements were accepted by the Registrar Trade Unions.
8. 181 factories were inspected under various Labour enactments.
9. 450 shops were inspected by the Labour Inspector of this department every month.
10. Rs. 5,51,641/- fee was collected during the financial/year 2003.
11. Rs. 9,00,000/- has been paid to 30 workers on account of marriage grant, Rs. 3,00,000/- to 3 workers heirs on account of Death grant and 39 Students/Children of workers have been paid Rs. 6,07,200/- on account of Talent Scholarship. This package is paid by Punjab Workers Welfare Board, Lahore.
12. 642 persons have been registered by the Employment Exchange under Registration of Essential personnel’s and various other Enactments.

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This department is an organ of the Community Development Department which is headed by the District Officer Cooperatives Bahawalpur.
 Functions »
The functions of this department being a component of Community Development Department are as under:
(a) Cooperative Societies having area of operation restrict to a district.
(b) National Scheme for Cooperative Farming.
(c) Training to the field officials of the Cooperative Department and office bearers of Cooperative Societies in book keeping, maintenance of accounts, minutes book, preparation of loan documents etc.
(d) Appeal under section 64-A of the Cooperative Societies Act, 1925 against order of the subordinate officer with regard to the matter relating to the Cooperative Societies with area of operation restricted to Tehsil/Village and having share capital of not more than Rs.5000/- or as may be prescribed by Provincial Government from time to time.
(e) Development schemes pertaining to Cooperatives as per delegation of powers.
(f) Service matters pertaining to officers/officials as per delegation of powers.
(g) Purchase of stores and capital goods for the district office.
 Activities »
Under the new set-up of government that is to say that after inception of the Devolution Plan the activities of this office have become as stated below:

ii)       Recovery of Crop Loans:

iii)      Loan advanced for purchase of Tractors:

iv)      Audit and Inspection of Cooperative Societies:

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