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Disability division of Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment

  1. Disability division of Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment

    Detailed information has been provided on the Disability Division of the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment which facilitates empowerment of people with disabilities including visual, hearing, speech, locomotor and mental disabilities etc. Information on population of differently able persons in various states is given. Documents like the National Sample Survey (NSS) records, Constitution schedules, various rules and regulations can be downloaded. Forms are also available.

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  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. Citizen's charter of Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment

    You can find the Citizen's charter of Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

  6. Planning research and monitoring schemes by Ministry of Social Justice

    Get details of schemes by Planning, Research, Evaluation and Monitoring (PREM) division of Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment. Users can find links for grant-in-aid rules for research and publications, priority areas for research and evaluation etc. Guidelines for grant-in-aid for Scheduled Caste development are also provided.

  7. BADHTE KADAM Scheme

    This scheme supports Registered Organisations (RO) of The National Trust to carry out activities for increasing the awareness of The National Trust disabilities.

  8. Guidelines for grants-in-aid to NGOs and voluntary organisations

    Find guidelines pertaining to grants-in-aid to the NGOs by the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment. Users can access guidelines on inspection and monitoring procedure, penalties, funding projects, grants-in-aid to voluntary organisations, cessation of voluntary organisations, etc.

  9. Scheme of Assistance for Skill Development of OBCs/DNTs/EBCs (NGO Scheme)

    The aim of this scheme is to involve the Voluntary Organization and National Backward Classes Finance and Development Corporation (NBCFDC) to improved educational and socio-economic conditions of the target group i.e. OBCs/DNTs/EBCs, with a view to upgrade their skill to enable them to start income generation activites on their own or get gainfully employed in some sector or the other.

  10. Schemes for NGOs by Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment

    Find schemes for non-governmental organisations (NGOs) by Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment. Schemes for Scheduled Caste welfare, Social Defence, Welfare of Backward Classes and Empowerment of persons with disabilities are provided. Users can go through links for schemes such as Assistance to voluntary organisations for welfare of OBCs, prevention of alcoholism and substances (drugs) abuse, assistance to disabled persons for purchase...

  11. Scheme of Support for Marginalized Individuals for Livelihood and Enterprise (SMILE)

    The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment has formulated an umbrella scheme "SMILE - Support for Marginalized Individuals for Livelihood and Enterprise", which includes two sub-schemes - 'Central Sector Scheme for Comprehensive Rehabilitation for Welfare of Transgender Persons' and 'Central Sector Scheme for Comprehensive Rehabilitation of persons engaged in the act of Begging'.

  12. Scheme of National Action Plan for Drug Demand Reduction (2018-2025)

    The national action plan is aimed at reducing of adverse consequences of drug abuse through a multi-pronged strategy involving education, de-addiction and rehabilitation of affected individuals and their families.

  13. Format for list of beneficiaries of schemes for Other Backward Classes

    Get format for list of beneficiaries of schemes for Other Backward Classes (OBC) by the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment is given. This form is meant for voluntary organisations working for OBCs. Users can download the form and use it further.

  14. Information on Babu Jagjivan Ram Chhatrawas Yojana (BJRCY)

    The primary objective of the revised scheme is to attract implementing agencies for undertaking construction of hostels, especially for SC girls, towards the broader vision of containment and reduction of their dropout rate. The other objectives are: (i) having a girls hostel with a capacity of 100 seats, in every block headquarters of low literacy districts not having one as of now, by way of priority, (ii) repairing and proper maintenance...

  15. Annual Reports of Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment

    Details on annual reports of Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment are given. Users can access annual reports of the Ministry from 2007 onwards. Information about various schemes of the Ministry is given. Link to download reports in English as well as Hindi are available.

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