{"id":72463,"date":"2019-07-15T01:50:47","date_gmt":"2019-07-14T20:20:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=72463"},"modified":"2019-07-15T01:50:47","modified_gmt":"2019-07-14T20:20:47","slug":"apwws-welcomes-corpus-fund-announcement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2019\/07\/15\/apwws-welcomes-corpus-fund-announcement\/","title":{"rendered":"APWWS welcomes corpus fund announcement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>ITANAGAR, Jul 14:<\/strong> The Arunachal Pradesh Women&#8217;s Welfare Society (APWWS) has welcomed the Rs 1 crore corpus fund announced by the state government in the recent budget.<br \/>\nThe pan-Arunachal voluntary organization, formed in 1979, has been working for the rights of the children and women in the state.<br \/>\nIn a statement, the APWWS on Sunday said the hard work of its volunteers has been finally recognized by the present government under Chief Minister Pema Khandu, &#8220;after four decades.&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;We are encouraged to work more,&#8221; it said, and reiterated its commitment to work for the women and children of the state.<br \/>\nTerming the budget a way forward and inclusive of women and children, the APWWS thanked Finance Minister Chowna Mein and Khandu.<br \/>\nWhile stating that more needs to be done for the women and children in the state, the organisation said, &#8220;The steps taken by the government for empowerment of women and children are in the right direction.&#8221;<br \/>\nIt also thanked the state government for incorporating its suggestions in the budget for a second year in a row.<br \/>\nThis year, the focus of the APWWS was on problems relating to drug abuse in the state, including establishing a rehabilitation centre in Itanagar for those dependent on drugs and alcohol, and &#8220;strengthening of existing de-addiction infrastructures with facilities for vocational training and other life skills to rehabilitate those who recover from addiction.&#8221;<br \/>\nIts other recommendations included construction of a juvenile home and an institution for children with special needs, establishment of a state child rights commission, economic rehabilitation of widows and abandoned women, and establishing maternity and childcare centres in the districts.<br \/>\nIn the budget the government also announced additional fund for the destitute and working women&#8217;s hostel being built in Itanagar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ITANAGAR, Jul 14: The Arunachal Pradesh Women&#8217;s Welfare Society (APWWS) has welcomed the Rs 1 crore corpus fund announced by the state government in the recent budget. The pan-Arunachal voluntary organization, formed in 1979, has been working for the rights of the children and women in the state. In a statement, the APWWS on Sunday [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-72463","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-state-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72463","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72463"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72463\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72463"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72463"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72463"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}