Social work and social welfare are attempts of mitigation and alleviation of suffering of people, changing their mental attitudes, raising their standards of living and enthusiasing them to become knowledge seekers. Through well-established concepts and methods social workers sincerely strive to bring about physical, mental and economic development of ailing, suffering, poor and backwards. Towards this aim the government endeavours to bring about overall social amelioration through various schemes and programmes and provides fund for them. Though government machinery also works, yet the major chunk of these welfare measures reaches the targeted people through sincere efforts and working of social workers. “Social Work and Social Welfare in India†is an attempt to provide social workers full knowledge of information, concepts methods, social legislation, welfare measures, field work, profession and education in social work. In addition, the book also deals with U.N. agencies engaged in these activities and problems of urbanization. Teachers, students, social workers, voluntary agencies and NGOs will find the book of immense utility.
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