Accessible India Campaign (Sugamya Bharat Abhiyan) is a nation-wide Campaign launched by Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (DEPwD) of Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment to provide universal accessibility to persons with disabilities. The Sugamya Bharat Abhiyan focuses on developing accessible physical environment, transportation system and Information & communication ecosystem.
Related Links
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Information on Deaf and Hard of Hearing (DHH), Disability Education & Engagement Portal for Access to Knowledge (DEEPAK)
The portal is primarily designed for persons with deafness or hearing impairment in India, it does cover a lot of information in respect of science, technology, history, and practices that are agnostic to geographic and political boundary.
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DISHA Scheme
This is an early intervention and school readiness scheme for children upto 10 years with the disabilities covered under the National Trust Act.
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Information on Autism Spectrum Disorder, Disability Education & Engagement Portal for Access to Knowledge (DEEPAK)
People with autism might have problems with learning. Their skills might develop unevenly. For example, they could have trouble communicating but be unusually good at art, music, math, or memory. Because of this, they might do especially well on tests of analysis or problem-solving.
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VIKAAS Scheme
A day care scheme for persons with autism, cerebral palsy, mental retardation and multiple disabilities, above 10 years for enhancing interpersonal and vocational skills.
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Chief Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities (CCPD) Case Portal
The Office of the Chief Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities was set up under Section 57 of The Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights & Full Participation) Act, 1995. Please file your complaint along with disability certificate and supporting documents as mentioned in Rule 38 of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Rules, 2017.
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SAMARTH Scheme
A scheme to provide respite home for orphans, families in crisis, Persons with Disabilities (PwD) from BPL, LIG families with at least one of the four disabilities covered under the National Trust Act.
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Website of National Board of Examination in Rehabilitation (NBER), New Delhi
The National Board of Examination in Rehabilitation (NBER) is entrusted with the responsibility to conduct centralized examination and award diploma and certificates for all Certificate and Diploma level Programmes of RCI in the field of Special Education & Disability Rehabilitation vide Regulation No. 5 of the aforesaid regulations.
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GHARAUNDA Scheme
This scheme provides housing and care services throughout the life of the person with Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Mental Retardation and Multiple Disabilities.
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Accessible India Campaign Mobile App
Get information through the portal along with mobile app for creating a crowd sourcing platform to comprehensively obtain information about inaccessible places, processing information for approving proposals for creation of ramps, accessible toilets and accessible ramps etc., and channelizing CSR resources for creation of accessible buildings and transportation.
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Website of Sugamya Pustakalaya
Sugamya Pustakalaya is a facilitating platform for producers of accessible content to jointly work in producing and providing accessible books to people with print disabilities.
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NIRAMAYA Scheme
This scheme is to provide affordable Health Insurance to persons with Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Mental Retardation and Multiple Disabilities.
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Website of Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities
The Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities in the Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment facilitates empowerment of the persons with disabilities, who as per Census 2011 are 2.68 crore and are 2.21 percent of the total population of the Country. These include persons with Seeing, Hearing, Speech, Movement, Mental Retardation, Mental Illness, Multiple Disability and any other disabilities.
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Office of Chief Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities
The Office of the Chief Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities was set up under Section 57 of The Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights & Full Participation) Act, 1995. The office has been mandated to take steps to safeguard the rights of persons with disabilities.
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SAHYOGI Scheme
A scheme to set up Caregiver Cells (CGCs) for training and creating skilled workforce of caregivers to care for Person with Disabilities (PwD) and their families.
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Awareness Generation and Publicity Scheme by Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities
Get information through the portal to give wide publicity, including event based publicity etc. through electronic, print, film media, multimedia, to the schemes, programmes being run by the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities and other Central Ministries, State Governments etc. for the welfare of PwDs including their social, economic and educational empowerment.