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Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) are government owned establishments, which are established and owned by the Government of India or State governments of India.The public sector undertakings are established either by nationalisation or an executive order in case of union government and state government or act of parliament in case of union government and act of state legislature in case of ...
Based on a study of social pensions in three states (Delhi, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh) in 2014, the World Bank [47] makes a case for scaling up social pensions in India. The study raises four important points regarding expanding coverage of social pensions: "First, an expansion in coverage by adding more numbers (as Haryana has done) is likely ...
Social Justice: Original form was the 1999 scheme to Promote Voluntary Action for Persons with Disabilities, with the aim of implementing Persons With Disabilities Act, 1995. DDRS to create an enabling environment to ensure equal opportunities, equity, social justice and empowerment of persons with disabilities. [144] [145] PM Swasthya Suraksha ...
Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007 is a legislation, initiated by Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Government of India [1] to provide more effective provision for maintenance and welfare of parents and senior citizens. It makes it a legal obligation for children and heirs to provide maintenance to senior ...
The Gujarat Legislative Assembly or Gujarat Vidhan Sabha is the unicameral legislature of the Indian state of Gujarat, in the state capital Gandhinagar. Presently, 182 members of the Legislative Assembly are directly elected from single-member constituencies (seats). It has a term of 5 years unless it is dissolved sooner. 13 constituencies are ...
According to the 2011 Census of India, 2.21 per cent of the population or approximately 26.8 million Indians have a disability.The target is to make at least fifty percent government buildings accessible to disabled people under the campaign in each of the state capital and central capital till end of May 2018 and make 25 per cent of the public transport vehicles under government as disabled ...
The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment is a Government of India ministry. It is responsible for welfare , social justice and empowerment of disadvantaged and marginalised sections of society, including scheduled castes (SC), Other Backward Classes (OBC), LGBT people, the disabled , the elderly , and the victims of drug abuse .
Deendayal Disabled Rehabilitation Scheme (DDRS) [1] [2] has been launched [when?] by the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Government of India, with an aim to provide equal level of opportunity, social justice, equality and empowerment to disabled people.