The applicants should be 18 years and should have the National Handicapped Identity Card. They could produce the course certificate for 2011-12 personally to the Differently Abled Welfare Office at DMS Compound, Teynampet, Chennai, before August 9, says an official release here.
This Handbook is for providing access to information relating to various programmes and schemes of the Government of Tamil Nadu for the disabled under the control of the Special Commissioner for the Disabled for promoting transparency and accountability in this office.
Tamilnadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa today said differently-abled people in the State Transport Corporations would be given special casual leave with pay on 3 December, which was being observed as International Day for Disabled.
The concession certificate can be issued by Medical Practitioner/Government Doctor/Heads of the Institutions for the Blind recognized by Ministry of Welfare/Govt. of India or Social Welfare Department of the concerned State Government. The copy of original certificate may be produced while collecting the ticket.
The Indian Airlines Corporation allows 50% concessional fare to Blind persons on single journey or single fare for round trip journey on all domestic flights. To avail this facility, the blind persons have to produce a photocopy of the Medical Certificate, issued by the competent authority, stating that he/she has permanently lost total vision in both eyes. The original should also be kept himself/herself for verification at the time of purchasing the concessional tickets.
STD/ISD PCOs shall be allotted to the educated unemployed, SC/ST, Ex-servicemen, handicapped person and war widows besides Charitable Institutions, Educational Institutions & Army establishments liberally as per the eligibility criteria.
The National Centre for Promotion of Employment for Disabled People (NCPEDP), in association with AccessAbility and BarrierBreak Technologies, recently announced the awardees of The NCPEDP – MphasiS Universal Design Awards 2011. The awards which received an overwhelming response in its introductory year (2010) will be given away on the eve of Independence Day i.e. 14th August.
The Ministry of Railways has decided to extend facility of concession in rail fare to completely blind persons and mentally retarded persons in Rajdhani and Shatabdi trains. The concession for both the categories would be 25 per cent in 3rd AC and AC Chair Car in Rajdhani and Shatabdi trains. Same concession will also be admissible to one escort accompanying such person.
Award of Retail Outlet , 2/3 Wheeler Outlet, Kerosene-LDO Dealerships and LPG Distributorships Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas has reserved 71⁄2 percent of all types of dealership agencies of the public sector oil companies for Physically Handicapped/Government personnel (other than Defence personnel) disabled on duty/widows of Government personnel (other than Defence personnel who die in the course of duty).
Section 80 DD: Section 80 DD provides for a deduction in respect of the expenditure incurred by an individual or HUF resident in India on the medical treatment (including nursing) training and rehabilitation, etc., of handicapped dependants. For officiating the increased cost of such maintenance, the limit of the deduction has been raised to Rs. 41,000.