The Karnataka Government has provided 3% reservation in A and B Post and 5% reservation in C and ‘D’ category of posts in all Government recruitments. The Karnataka Government has also identified different kinds of jobs, which can be suitable for persons with disability.
The Award Winning Short Film at Celluloid conducted by Dyuthi, GEC, Thrissur. Recorded and edited within 48 hours.
Scholarship for Physically challenged/Differently-abled Scholarship with full tuition fee waivered is offered to selected students who are physically challenged /differently abled.
The Mahindra Group Wednesday launched India’s biggest innovation prize- the ‘Rise Prize’ which offers USD1 million to drive globally relevant, disruptive innovations while helping build a culture of innovation in India. It will start with two primary challenges, the Mobility Challenge, which invites solutions for driverless cars in India, while the second Solar Challenge aims to make solar energy products more accessible to the population at large.
The Government of Karnataka has established 8 Res. Special Schools for children with visual or hearing impairment. Out of 8 Res. Special Schools 4 schools are for children with visually impaired and 4 schools are for children with hearing impairment.
Reservation for Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) for recruitment from open market – List of posts identified suitable for them- regarding.
In the recent past, the Government have received a number of representations from persons with disability, highlighting the problem being faced by them due to nonavailability of invalid carriages in the market as well the policy of banning alteration in motor vehicles under Section 52 of the motor Vehicles Act, 1988.
This plan supports the implementation of the CRPD, in particular Articles 12 (Legal capacity), 19 (Living independently and being included in the community), 20 (Personal mobility), 25 (Health), 26 (Habilitation and rehabilitation), 28 (Adequate standard of living and social protection), 31 (Statistics and data collection) and 32 (International cooperation).
5% relaxation will be given from the present 60% marks for passing the Teacher Eligibility Test. She further added that the candidates belonging to Differently abled persons, Scheduled Caste, Schedule Tribes, Backward Classes, Backward Classes(Muslim), Most Backward Classes and De-notified Communities
Exemption from payment of VAT on Battery operated motorised retrofitted scooter for the use of differently abled persons