A good number of Social Security/Pension Schemes are at present being implemented in the District through various Govt. Departments. The schemes under National Social Security Schemes like IGNOAPS and IGNWPS are being implemented under the supervision of P & RD Deptt. through the Panchayat Bodies. The beneficiaries under these schemes are being selected from the existing RHS Database depending upon certain criterion fixed by the Govt. The other Social Security Schemes relating to Food Security are the AAY (Antardya Anna Yojona) and the Annapurna Yojona. The Social Welfare Deptt. and the Backward Classes Deptt. also provides pensions to selected targeted beneficiaries. For the land less the Chas o Baso Bash Janya Bhumi Dan is providing security in the form of land for dwelling unit and agriculture activities. The status of various Social Security Schemes in the District as on date is given in the following table.

Procurement of Rice

KMS 2008-2009 :  25140.091 M.T. KMS 2009-2010 :  Food & Supply A/c (State) (Common Boiled) :  Levy - 9.3.5 M.T.  CMR - 15395.42 M.T. Food Corporation of India A/c (Raw Rice) :  Levy - 1728 M.T.

       The district considers education fundamental to development. In line with the Govt. declared policy to achieve Universalization of Elementary Education (UEE), the district always remains geared up for the effective implementation of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) aimed to achieve this golden goal. The Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA), as the most important flagship programme of GOI as mandated by 86th amendment to the Constitution of India stands for free and compulsory Education to the Children of 6-14 years age group.

Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan
       Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA), the flagship programme of the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), has the highest budgetary allocation even more than the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) . It is being implemented to achieve the Goal of the Universalization of Elementary Education (UEE). It emphasizes on quality education to all children of the age group 5 to 14 years. Sarva Shisha Abhiyan includes, among other elements, enrolment and retention drive, civil works, Teachers' empowerment, School Grants and Maintenances Grants, Community Mobilization, Alternative Schooling, Computer Aided Learning (CAL), Learning Enhancement Programme (LEP), Management Information System (MIS) etc. To implement ‘Zero Rejection Policy’, SSA intervenes with girls’ education, Children with Special Needs (CWSN) and hardest to reach Children. It also emphasizes on opening of new Schools where required, strengthening existing school infrastructure providing Additional Class Rooms (ACRs), Drinking Water, Common Toilets, Girls’ Toilets and Barrier free Toilets for CWSN etc. National Programme for Education of Girls at Elementary Level (NPEGEL) and Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya (KGBV) also run to fulfill national commitment of Universal Elementary Education. The District Project Office of Sarva Shiksha Mission, Cooch Behar facilitates all these interventions of this District with synergy of contribution of School Level Monitoring Committees (SLMCs), Village Education Committees (VECs), Ward Education Committees (WECs), Managing Committees (MCs), Circle Resource Centres (CLRCs), Sub-divisional Working Groups (SWGs) and others.

Enrolment Drive:
       Enrolment Drive 2010 has been launched in the District Level Meeting dated 29^th May 2009. Now the drive is in progress in the VECs/WECs in phases and will be concluded on 31^st July 2010. At the end of the Bhartikaran Karmasuchi last year, we had 3470 numbers of out of school children of age group 5 + to 8+ and 965 of the age group 9+ to 13+. This year the district has the commitment to bring the number of the out of school childrenat 0.