Tag Archives: Accessible India

Name of the scheme: Scholarship Scheme II― for 2500 Differently Abled Students Purpose: The main purpose of the scheme is to provide financial assistance to the differently-abled students to help them pursue professional/ technical courses from recognized institutes and get employed/self-employed. Number of scholarships: Every year 2,500 scholarships will be ...

Name of the scheme: Scheme of financing construction of commercial/business premises for starting self employment activity to persons with disability Purpose: To provide financial assistance in the form of loan to persons with disability for constructing Commercial/Business premises to start their own ventures. However, the premises should be approved by ...

Name of the scheme: Scheme of Financing Assistive Devices to Enhance the Employability or Increased Opportunity of Self Employment of Persons with Disability Purpose: National Handicapped Finance and Development Corporation (NHFDC) provides assistance in the form of loan to the target group to purchase assistive devices like screen reader, motorized ...

Name of the scheme: Scheme for Financial Assistance for Skill & Entrepreneurial Development Purpose: The objective of the scheme is to provide training to the disabled people to make them self-dependent by providing them proper training to help them pursue entrepreneurship and training. Nodal agencies: State channelizing Agencies (SCAs), banks, ...

Name of the scheme: Scheme for providing handholding support to differently able persons for availing skill training/skill upgradation through ‘Vishesh Prashikshan Mitras’. Purpose: To provide handholding support to needy Persons with Disabilities (PwDs) for availing skill raining/skill upgradation under National Handicapped Finance and Development Corporation’s (NHFDC) EDP scheme. Nodal agencies: ...

News: Accessible India, the next sweeping initiative bearing the stamp of the Prime Minister’s Office, will introduce landmark initiatives over the next five years to make the country disabled-friendly. For starters, the government is working to introduce set-top boxes that will make TV programmes more useful for the visually impaired. Officials ...

News: As a part of Accessible India,  Centre is roping in big corporates and asking them to take up a school, hospital, park, mall or other public building in their city for this purpose. The initiative will begin with the identification of public places that are inaccessible to the differently ...