Social Welfare Department

Constituted as an Independent Directorate in 1974. Deals with Human Resource and Development. Falls under three Ministry of Government of India – Ministry of Women and Child Development, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Ministry of Tribal Affairs and Ministry of Minority Affairs.Ministry of Women and Child Development.

Ministry of Women and Child Development:

• Integrated Child Development Services
• Integrated Child Protection Scheme
• Swadhar Greh (A scheme for women in difficult circumstances)
• One Stop Centre for Women
• Women Helpline ‘181’

Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment:

• Disability Sector
• Aged and Infirm

• Anti-Drug Programmes
• Senior Citizen Helpline

Schedule Caste

Ministry of Tribal Affairs:

• Grant-in-aid to NGO’s working for the Welfare of Scheduled Tribes.
• Grants under Article 275(1) of the Constitution

Ministry of Minority Affairs:

• Implementation of Pradhan Mantri Jan Vikas Karyakram (PMJVK) in West Garo Hillls District

more about Social Welfare Department

List of Protection Officers Appointed under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 (Meghalaya)

Prevention of Trafficking of Women and Children 0364-2225266
Shillong Child Line 1098 (Toll free)

• The Meghalaya Early Childhood Development Mission Society (MECDMS) invites applications from the eligible candidates in prescribed format to fill up the various positions on contractual basis dated 16th October, 2024 (146 kb)
• No. SW(S) 102/2022/247 Dated Shillong the 22nd August, 2024 (155 kb)
• No. SW(S) l02/2022/246: Dated Shillong the 22nd August, 2024 (150 kb)
• No. SW(S) 102/2022/244 Dated Shillong the 22nd August, 2024 (158 kb)
• No. SW(S) 102/2022/243 Dated Shillong the 22nd August, 2024 (214 kb)
• Meghalaya Early Childhood Development Mission (MECDM) notifies the Cancellation of Tender issued under Ref no: Invitation for Bid No.: MECDM/PROC(ADB)/64/2022-23/647(A) : Pkg- 0096: Procurement of IT Assets & Video Conferencing System for Office Setup dated 3rd November, 2023 due to administrative reasons. (109 kb)
• The Meghalaya Early Childhood Development Mission Society (MECDMS) invites applications from the eligible candidates in prescribed format to fill up the various positions on contractual basis dated 14th August, 2024 (146 kb)
• Declaration of Results for the post of Civil Engineer advertised vide No. MECDM/RECRUIT/Vol I/09/2022-23/676 dated 29th July,2024 (550 kb)
• Applications are invited from recognized/ registered voluntary organization registered under NGO-Darpan for giving financial assistance under Government of India scheme (147kb)
• State Level Consultative Committee for monitoring the functionality of accessible transportation to Persons with Disabilities & Desktops (147kb)
• Committee for condemnation of un-serviceable goods of Meghalaya State Social Welfare Board, Shillong & Desktops (628kb)