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What is the news?
The Union Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment has virtually inaugurated ‘Samajik Adhikarita Shivir’.
What is Samajik Adhikarita Shivir?
It is a camp organized for distribution of aids and assistive devices to ‘Divyangjan’ under the Assistance to Disabled Persons (ADIP) Scheme and to Senior Citizens under the Rashtriya Vayoshri Yojana.
Organized by: Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (DEPwD) in association with Artificial Limbs Manufacturing Corporation of India (ALIMCO).
What are the other steps taken by the Government for Divyangjan (Persons with Disabilities)?
Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act,2016 has been implemented in 2016. Under this,
– 7 categories of disability have now increased to 21 categories
– reservation in government employment has been increased from 3% to 4% and
– Reservation in government aided higher educational institutions has been made from 3% to 5%.
What is ALIMCO?
It is a Miniratna Category Central Public Sector Enterprises under the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.
Objective: Profitability is not the motive of the operations of the Corporation and its main thrust is in providing better quality of Aids & Appliances to larger numbers of disabled persons at reasonable price.
Source: This post is based on the article “Union Minister inaugurates ‘Samajik Adhikarita Shivir’ for distribution of aids and assistive devices to ‘Divyangjan’ and Senior Citizens” published in PIB on 16th Dec 2021.
