The Ministry of the People, Social Development and Family Services says it has recorded major achievements over the past year, particularly in expanding support for vulnerable groups and clearing long-standing backlogs in service delivery.

Minister Vandana Mohit said her Ministry has strengthened partnerships with non-governmental organisations, approving increased one-off grants to assist NGOs that support senior citizens, people with disabilities, and special needs communities.

“What we recognise is several of our NGOs, they are unable to get subventions. So what Cabinet would have done is we approve these one-off grants and increase some in terms of our budgetary allocation, so more NGOs can get the one-off grants by means of application.”