Descriptive Memoir of Ministry of Rehabilitation, April 1956

Abstract

The Ministry of Relief and Rehabilitation (now the Ministry of Rehabilitation) was set up in September 1947 to deal with the problems that arose in consequence of the large-scale migration of population between Pakistan and India. Functions of the Ministry Relief and rehabilitation of persons displaced from their original place of residence by reason of the partition of India. (Temporary relief to the indigent ; maintenance of unattached women and children, the old and infirm persons ; education ; technical and vocational training ; accommodation in urban and rural areas ; grant of credit facilities ; resettlement on land ; procurement of employment).