About Us

Kerala Social Security Mission (KSSM), organized under Social Justice Department, has a mission to extend service and support to the destitute, poor, aged, children, women, chronically ill cancer patients and other weaker sections of population. Kerala Social security mission identifies, undertakes and implements social security projects for the weaker sections. KSSM strives to revamp institutions under the Social Justice Department to make them more comfortable to the inmates. KSSM creates facilities for centralised food processing and food supplementation to poor patients undergoing treatment in government hospitals and rehabilitate patients discharged from hospitals who have nowhere to go. To make our society a balanced one, health status of poor should be addressed and Social security mission draws up programmes for improving the health status by providing nutrition standards food to the poor. Mission is constantly working to identify the weaker section that are striving to recoup with the advancing world and was effectively functioning to retain their status in the society. KSSM is deeply dedicated to differently abled persons, destitute and those who demand care and deserve protection in our society. 
Taking up the welfare of its people as responsibility of the state, the Social Justice Department of Kerala has joined hands with various departments and agencies to fulfill its duties towards the society. As part of the initiatives, the Social Security Mission was set up as per the Government Order no: G.O (MS) No: 56 / 2008/ SWD dated 14-10-2008. The mission is registered as a Charitable Society under the Government of Kerala with registration number T-1749/08.The headquarters of the organisation is in Thiruvananthapuram. The Governing Body consists of the Minister for Higher Education & Social Justice as the Chairman and the Addl. Chief Secretary to Government (Social Justice) as Vice-chairman. Government of Kerala has provided an amount of Rupees 65 crore as corpus fund for the activities of the Mission.

• To organise social security programmes all over the state to extend service and support to the destitute, poor, aged, children, women, chronically ill cancer patients and other sections of population which deserve and demand care and protection.
• To formulate and implement schemes for the protection and support for the aged.
• To identify, undertake and implement social security projects.
• To provide additional infrastructure for the modernisation of social welfare institutions in the state and ensure efficient delivery of service to the weaker sections.

• To provide facilities for centralised food processing and food supplementation to patients in Government Hospitals.

• To draw up programmes for improving the nutrition standards, health and status of poor.
• To provide assistance including medical expenses to chronically ill poor/destitute citizens.
• To draw and implement a cancer care scheme to extend medical expenses/assistance to children afflicted with cancer.

• To draw and implement rehabilitation schemes for the welfare of destitute citizens discharged from the government hospitals.

• To conduct research on various social problems and extension of research findings.
• To undertake documentation of vital literature on social research in development, health, science, technology and environment.
• To train and equip personnel engaged in voluntary social work and non -governmental organisations in the preparation of welfare projects and their management.
• To act as information hub for various social welfare programmes in the state.
• To do all things and perform all assistance as may be necessary or appropriate for the achievement of any or all the above objectives.

To adopt various social security measures/activities that facilitate convergent action to cover the entire population who are in dire need of greater social security.