Information at your fingertips: Details of various govt schemes for the welfare of persons with disability in one place

Here’s a publication (compendium) by the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Government of India, giving detailed information about various schemes for the welfare of persons with disability.

The document discusses, among others:
1) Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016.
2) Statutory bodies, institutes, and organisations under the Department.
3) Schemes of the department.
4) Schemes of the organisations under the department.
5) National awards for the empowerment of persons with disability.

It may be noted that leprosy is one of the 21 disabilities covered by the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016, and hence this compendium is useful for people affected by leprosy and individuals and organisations working with people affected by leprosy.

Read the full document here: http://bit.ly/2TYKXLa