Samaja Sahana Padanama (Incorporation) Act 2009 · As enacted
3. General objects of the Corporation
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The general objects for which the Corporation is constituted are hereby declared to be—
to assist individuals, families and communities in disadvataged circumstances ;
to assist families of workers, farmers and such other persons who have become indigent due to loss of employment, illness, disability, death or other cause ;
to advise and assist workers who have voluntarily resigned, retired or returned from foreign employment with regard to the management of their savings or in the establishment of small or medium scale enterprises ;
to provide counseling and assistance to families of foreign employed workers to promote the well-being of such families ;
to assist workers who have lost employment due to closure of enterprises, retrenchment, redundancy or other cause to engage in self-employment or secure alternate employment ;
to provide counseling and to assist to workers and their families to settle problems and make claims as are relevant to their employment ;
to provide or arrange to provide counseling services or treatment for persons having psychological difficulties ;
to provide or arrange to provide vocational training and assistance to disadvantaged young persons to engage in self-employment or to secure employment;
to provide or assist in providing or improving houses for families in disadvantaged circumstances ;
to promote public health with special emphasis on the improvement of the nutritional status of disadvantaged women and children ;
to take steps to discourage smoking habit and alcohol usage among workers and their families ;
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to promote the protection and improvement of the environment.
In implementing the objects specified in subsection (1), the Corporation shall ensure that such implementation is carried out without distinction based on race, caste, religion, language, sex or political opinion.