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A complete of 21,963 folks acquired help value ₹8.48 crore via schemes applied by the Department for the Welfare of the Differently Abled.
Assistive units akin to walkers, wheelchairs, petrol scooters with facet wheels, motorised stitching machines, strolling sticks, listening to aids, braille watches, and braille readers had been distributed. National id playing cards had been issued to six,764 individuals, and Unique Disability ID (UDID) playing cards to 12,559.
Under the self-employment mortgage subsidy scheme, ₹30.08 lakh was disbursed to 126 beneficiaries. Marriage help totalling ₹30.50 lakh was prolonged to 74 individuals. Nine people acquired ₹4.5 lakh to ascertain milk product gross sales centres underneath Aavin. Battery-operated wheelchairs value ₹61.62 lakh had been distributed to 52 individuals, whereas modified scooters value ₹5.42 crore had been offered to 533 beneficiaries. Mobile telephones value ₹1.10 crore got to 684 individuals, and assistive units value ₹39.65 lakh to 1,162 people.
The Department for the Welfare of the Differently Abled has additionally invited functions for academic help for the 2025–26 tutorial 12 months. Students with disabilities from Class I to greater training, together with diploma, ITI, postgraduate, and analysis programmes, are eligible. A separate reader help grant is accessible for college students with visible impairments in Class IX and above.
Applications should be submitted on-line via e-Sevai centres by July 20, 2025, with related paperwork together with incapacity and medical certificates, Aadhaar, UDID card, ration card, mark sheet, bonafide certificates, and a replica of the financial institution passbook.
Applications for reader help should be submitted on to the District Welfare Office.
Published – July 16, 2025 05:35 pm IST
