National Overseas Scholarship for Students with Disabilities
National Overseas Scholarship for Students with Disabilities who are finally selected for pursuing Master’s level courses and Ph.D abroad
List of Central Government
Central Government Schemes list for persons with disabilities ( differently abled persons )
New Railway Concession form
New Railway Concession form for Orthopaedically , Paraplegice persons, Patients, Hearing and speech impaired, visually impaired and Mentally retarded persons
Research and Development for Disability
Under the 12th Plan a Scheme of Research on disability related technology, products and issues has been envisaged to provide for research for improving technology and products for p1% Quota for Visually Impaired, UPSC Puts Onus on CCAersons with disabilities in collaboration with scientific institutions in the country. An amount of Rs.10 crore has been earmarked for this purpose.
1% Quota for Visually Impaired, UPSC Puts Onus on CCA
26 vacancies were reserved for persons with different disabilities and only two vacancies for candidates with vision impairment despite having an “unequivocal and clear statutory provision” of one per cent reservation.
Central government schemes for differently abled
Central government schemes for differently abled – Loan for Purchase of Assistive Devices, Vocational Studies, Higher Studies, Self-Employment, NGOs and Business. Scholarship for Professional and Technical Courses
National Scholarship for Persons with Disabilities (2014-15)
Upto five hundred awards are to be given annually through institutions in which students are pursuing studies/courses.
Implementation of persons with disabilities Act – 1995
Implementation of the directions of “Supreme Court to implement the provisions ‘of Persons with Disabilities Act, 1995 in Writ Petition (Civil) No.116 1998 – Justice Sunanda Bhandare Foundation vs. union of India & Ors ors.
Financial inclusion for the Differently Abled
All bank officials should be sensitised on the rights of and provisions for persons with disabilities in utilising all services provided by the bank as well as a pro-active approach towards persons with disabilities.
IBPS Eligibility Criteria For Persons With Disabilities 2014
IBPS Eligibility Criteria for reservation that Suffer from 2014, not less than 40% of relevant disability and are certified by a Medical Board constituted by the Central / State Govt.
3% Reservation in Allotment of Land to Differently abled
3% reservation in allotment of the shops/stalls is provided by the Directorate of Estates, Ministry of Urban Development, for physically handicapped persons.