1 Social Work: Definition, Scope, Values and Practice in India · 1.3 Social welfare and practice in India

1.3.2 Fields of social work practice in India: child welfare, social development, Panchayati Raj and social legislation

Social work in India is practised in fields such as child and family welfare (ICDS, NIPCCD, the 1974 National Policy for Children), social and community development (indicators, Rio 1992 / Agenda 21, participation as both means and end), Panchayati Raj (73rd Amendment, in force 24 April 1993) and social legislation, which changes society only with public support and enforcement.

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Key terms

  • fields of social work
  • child welfare
  • family welfare
  • ICDS
  • National Policy for Children 1974
  • National Children's Board
  • NIPCCD
  • CARA
  • family counselling centres
  • family courts
  • social development
  • indicators
  • HDI
  • Copenhagen 1995
  • Rio Earth Summit
  • UNCED
  • Agenda 21
  • Local Agenda 21
  • Brundtland
  • sustainable development
  • participatory development
  • Arnstein ladder
  • Robert Chambers
  • PRA
  • Paulo Freire
  • community development programme 1952
  • Etawah
  • Panchayati Raj
  • Eleventh Schedule
  • Gram Sabha
  • social audit
  • social legislation
  • regulatory
  • welfare
  • corrective
  • Sumner
  • stateways
  • folkways
  • Juvenile Welfare
  • Correctional Services and Welfare of Street Children

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