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.
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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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PRERNA Scheme
A marketing scheme to create viable & wide spread channels for sale of products and services produced by persons with autism, cerebral palsy, mental retardation and multiple disabilities.
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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.
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Citizen's charter of Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
You can find the Citizen's charter of Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.
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Download forms related to welfare of Other Backward Classes
Download forms for the schemes of assistance for the welfare of Other Backward Classes (OBCs) provided by the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment. Application cum monitoring forms for grants in aid to voluntary organisations working for the OBCs are given. Proforma for inspection of voluntary organisations receiving grants in aid for the welfare of the OBCs is also provided. List of beneficiaries, details of office-bearers/managing...
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SAMBHAV Scheme
This is a scheme to setup additional resource centres in each city, to collate and collect the Aids, software and other form of assistive devices.
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Accessible India Campaign by Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities
Get information for Persons with Disabilities (PwDs) universal accessibility is critical for enabling them to gain access for equal opportunity and live independently and participate fully in all aspects of life in an inclusive society. Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995 under sections 44, 45 land 46 categorically provides for non-discrimination in transport, non-...