TANGEDCO Conveyance Allowance to Differently abled employees
TANGEDCO Conveyance Allowance – Grant of Conveyance Allowance to Differently abled employees; CMD TANGEDCO Proceedings No.119
List of Schemes
Marga Schulze Scholarship Scheme for Girls with Visual Impairment
UDIS Forum and CBM India have announced Marga Schulze Scholarship Scheme for helping Girls with Visual Impairment to pursue higher education.
HTBF Scholarship Scheme for Visually Impaired
Help the Blind Foundation, this year they have allotted 100 applicants for scholarship scheme for Visually Impaired. Rs. 25,000 per year.
Excise Duty Concession for Persons with disabilities
Concessional rate of excise duty of 8% as against the applicable rate of 16% and 24% on cars being able to be driven by the physically handicapped, suitably designed to be able to be driven by physically handicapped
Empowerment for the Differently Abled
The degree of evolvement of a society is gauged by the manner in which it cares for those on its fringes or those placed at any kind of disadvantage vis-a-vis the rest of society at large due to force of circumstances such as birth, age or disability. A truly compassionate society makes allowances for such infirmities in a non-intrusive, participative and sensitive manner, ensuring equal opportunities to all by providing a level playing field.
Incentives for Employers for Hiring Persons with Disabilities
Employees with disabilities with monthly wages of up to Rs.25000/- per month working in the private sector would be covered under this scheme. Government shall pay the employer’s contribution to the Employees Provident Fund and Employees State Insurance for the first three years. The scheme has already come into force.
National Safai Karamcharis Finance & Development Corpn
The Government of India, Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment had established NSKFDC on 24th January, 1997 to provide Term Loan to Safai Karmacharis including scavangers and heir dependants, at concessional rate of interest for their socio- economic upliftment through alternative occcupation or own business.
National Scheduled Tribes Finance Development Corpn
The loan lending schemes are : Ter m Loan, Br idge Loan, Adivasi Mahila Sashaktikarana Yojana, Working Capital Loan, Grant for skill and entrepreneural development programme etc.
National Finance & Development Corporations
Development Corporation should be extended and utilised by PWDs belonging to SC/ST/OBC/Minority/Women categories. Section-40 of PWD Act, 1995 has made mandatory that not less than 3% reservation shall be kept for PWDs in poverty alleviation programs.
Differential Rate of Interest scheme
The nationalized banks provide loan to poor people, including persons with disabilities and the institutions working for PWDs, orphanage, women etc., who desire to engage themselves in productive activities or gainful business, at the very nominal rate of interest. There is provision that all nationalized banks should try their level best to provide at least 1% DRI loan of total credit amount.