S.G.S.Y. is a credit-cum-subsidy program in which credit is critical component and subsidy is a minor segment aiming to bring people above the poverty line. Group activities and vulnerable groups (PWDs, SC/ST & Women) are the focus area of SGSY. Beneficiaries are called SWAROZGARIES. Identified key activities of block are being supported and quantum of loan depends on nature of project.
To channelise educated unemployed youth into self- employment activities, SEEUY (1983) was launched which was redesignated as PMRY (1993). Individuals and groups within the individual admissibility, may apply for loan.
The scheme IEDC was meant to cover all classes in the school education stage. With the coverage of children with special needs in the elementary stage under Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA), the scheme of IEDC was replaced by IEDSS under which children with disability in the secondary stage (classes IX to XII) are covered.
SJSRY was launched to provide income generation option such as setting up gainful self-employment venture, training & upgradation of entrepreneurial skill to urban unemployed people, living under poverty line. This scheme consists of two special schemes
Volunteers played an active role in the dissemination of the Universal Braille Kit Project (UBK). This is a Kit of 8 devices, some of them, new original designs by Vidya Vrikshah and some, existing standard products. The Kit, accompanied by simple instruction manuals in the local languages, was designed to enable any literate person anywhere in India,
Disha’s motto is to light as many lives as possible and as it signifies, our mission is to make a positive change in the lives of as many needy as possible, by means of education, support and empowerment.
Special Provisions for the Blind and Partially Sighted in Government Offices. Ministries and Departments were requested to ensure that as far as possible the entire work of recanning of chairs in Government of India offices should be done by the blind persons in consultation with the Vocational Rehabilitation Centres and Special Employment Exchanges for the physically handicapped.
Reservation for the physically handicapped persons in Group A and B posts/ services under the Central Govt. The undersigned is directed to state that Section 33 of the Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995 provides that Government shall appoint in every establishment such percentage of vacancies not less than 3% for persons or class of persons with disability of which 1% each shall be reserved for persons suffering from
Clarifications have been sought by various Ministries/Departments in the manner in which the vacancies reserved for the physically handicapped persons is to be calculated for providing reservation to them and their adjustment in the various reservation roster. The instructions so far issued on the subject have, therefore, been consolidated.
Text-to-Speech (TTS) is computer software which renders the machine readable text into Human Voice. The TTS software allows people with visual impairments or reading disabilities to listen to written text and works on a computer or a mobile device.