The corporation provides financial assistance for wide range of income generating activities to disabled persons. For setting up small business in Service / Trading sector : Loan up to Rs. 3.0 lakh for sales / trading activity and Rs. 5.0 lakh for service sector activity
Vocational training and job training to the intellectually disabled is placed as the top priority at Deepam. At 16 years of age the vocational skills of each child are determined according to the student’s interest, ability and skills level.
‘Srishti’ Special School had started functioning from March 2004 under Aarthi Shruthi Memorable Trust (NGO) with the admission of fourteen children with learning disorders. Therapeutic programs are designed for early intervention to prevent disorders that may arise from genetic condition, adverse circumstances and developmental delays. Vision and hearing problems are such conditions that are identifiable at birth or soon after. Children who have significant delay in language, speech, motor, or cognitive development benefit, significantly from the program.
Scheme to Promote Self Employment amongst Persons with Mental Retardation, Cerebral Palsy and Autism. Persons with mental retardation, cerebral palsy or autism may not be eligible to seek loan and enter into a legal contract. In such cases following categories of persons are eligible for financial assistance from NHFDC
Financial assistance in the form of loan is provided to the channelising agencies, reputed NGO’s, RRTC’s and recognised technical institutions for imparting skills and entrepreneurial development training to disabled persons
Loan Assistance is provided for setting up small scale industry for manufacturing aids and appliances developed under R & D programmes of Government/academic institutions of repute for disabled within the country. The company should employ disabled persons. Maximum loan available under this scheme is Rs.25.00 lakh.
Loan assistance is provided to disabled persons for Agriculture production and related field such as irrigation, purchase of agriculture machinery, horticulture, sericulture etc. Purchase of equipment for agriculture services such as custom service (pesticide, spray, harvesting etc.) custom hiring of agriculture machinery
Financial assistance from the corporation would flow towards training and Education requirements of the disabled groups under both formal and non-formal education/training, which would impart useful knowledge and skill. Formal training would equip the beneficiary to improve his/her chances of employment and self-employment through completing appropriate vocational/academic courses leading to the certificate /diploma or other qualification.
Loan may be provided for manufacturing, fabrication and production activity. The disabled person will be the owner/chief executive of the company and employing at least 15% disabled persons. Maximum amount of loan provided under the scheme is Rs.20.00 lakh.
The corporation can assist a wide range of income regenerating activities. Infrastructure development schemes alone will not qualify for financing unless it leads directly to income generation.Loan will be provided for self employment of disabled persons in service sector or for trading activity. The Small Business, project or activity for which financial assistance has been sought, will have to be operated by the disabled person himself and employing at least 15 % disabled persons in his venture