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National Centre for Promotion of Employment for Disabled People (NCPEDP) is India's only cross-disability, non-profit organization, working as an interface between the government, industry, international agencies, and the voluntary sector towards empowerment of persons with disabilities. The Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 seeks ...
In 2004, the organization collaborated with United States–based National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research for a workshop on autism. [4] During the same time of year, the organization began offering a master's degree program in disability rehabilitation—said to be one of its kind. [ 5 ]
National Institute for Empowerment of Persons with Multiple Disabilities (NIEPMD) is an Indian government agency providing services to persons with multiple disabilities. [1] It was established by Government of India under the aegis of the Department of Disability Affairs within the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment at Chennai .
India enacted the Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunity, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act in 1995 to provide recognition to the rights and special needs of disabled people in the country. [2] It also provided for reservations for persons with disabilities in government jobs and higher educational institutions. [12]
Contribution-based pension system. For government employees in 2004 and the general public in 2009. Deendayal Disabled Rehabilitation Scheme: CS MoSJE: 2003: 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.
The National Award for the Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities is an award for persons with disabilities in India, widely considered the most prominent award in said category in the country.
The National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP) is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme of the Government of India that provides financial assistance to the elderly, widows and persons with disabilities in the form of social pensions. The NSAP scheme only includes Below Poverty Line individuals as beneficiaries.
In the year 2000, the Rehabilitation Council of India (Amendment) Act, 2000, was introduced and notified consequently by the government of India. [2] The amendment brought definitions and discussions provided within the earlier Rehabilitation Council of India Act, 1992, under the ambit of a larger act, namely, Persons with Disabilities (Equal ...