Taking suo motu cognizance of the matter following a report in The Indian Express highlighting the hardships faced by such cadets, a bench of Justice B V Nagarathna and Justice R Mahadevan flagged many steps that can be considered to mitigate the sufferings being faced by them on account of their disabilities.
Reaffirming its commitment to social welfare, the Uttar Pradesh government has enhanced support for persons with disabilities and individuals affected by leprosy through transparent and timely delivery of benefits.
The Department of Social Security and Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities of the Odisha government, on Wednesday, organised a two-day review meeting of district social security officers to further streamline the implementation of social security schemes.
In India, the number of the differently-abled is large, their problems complex, available resources scarce, social stigma widespread and people's attitudes towards the PWD damaging. Attitudinal barriers ingrained as India's historical response to the differently-abled must be changed through education programmes.
With the government flagging off the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, which bars schools from rejecting children on the basis of physical…
Already trained 44,000 Persons with Disabilities (PwDs) by teaching various skills to garner jobs, the Union government has decided to…
The Supreme Court on Thursday asked all states and union territories (UTs) to implement within three months, the 2016 Act…
Minister Women and Child Development, Prafulla Samal, distributed 100 laptops to students with blindness pursuing higher education and self employment…
For the purpose of developing analytic thought and reducing mistaken alterations in data received by children with sight disabilities, a…
As per the orders of Supreme Court, the Chandigarh Administration on Tuesday issued guidelines for persons with disabilities as defined under the…
