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Thaawarchand Gehlot launches 100 accessible websites for Divyangs
Thaawarchand Gehlot, the Union Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment, has launched 100 accessible websites for Divyangs on January 19, 2018. These 100 government websites are now divyang friendly. The Accessible Websites are those websites into which Persons with Disabilities can perceive, understand, navigate, and interact with the Web, and that they can contribute to ..
Topics: Accessibility • Assistive technology • Contents • Design • Disability • Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment • Screen reader • Visual impairment • World Wide Web
Cabinet approves fixed term for chairperson and members of National Trust
The Union Cabinet has decided to fix three-year term of chairperson and the members of the board of the National Trust, an autonomous body under the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, In this regard, it has approved proposal to amend National Trust for Welfare of Person with Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Mental Retardation and Multiple ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2018
Topics: Cabinet Decisions • Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment • National • National Trust
Jammu and Kashmir government launched a scheme for disabled soldiers and their dependents in collaboration with NHFDC
The National Handicapped Finance and Development Corporation (NHFDC) was set up in January 1997 as a non-profit company under Union ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment. The corporation provides financial assistance for wide range of income generating activities to disabled persons. Recently, the Jammu and Kashmir government has launched a scheme for disabled soldiers and ..
Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs
Topics: Disability • Government of India • Income tax in India • Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment • National Handicapped Finance and Development Corporation
Government covers 14 SC, ST, OBC and DNT scholarship schemes under Digital Payments
The Government has stated that 14 scholarship schemes for Scheduled Castes and Other Backward Classes (OBCs) / Denotified, Nomadic and Semi-nomadic Tribes (DNTs) students come under Digital Payments Initiatives. This is expected to benefit 3.54 crore students across the country. As per the modalities of this initiative, all scholarship amount will be deposited in the ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2017
Topics: Digital Payments • Government Schemes • Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment • National
Government launches Rashtriya Vayoshri Yojana in Nellore
The Union Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment has launched Rashtriya Vayoshri Yojana in Nellore District of Andhra Pradesh. The Scheme aims at providing physical aids and assisted-living devices for senior citizens belonging to Below Poverty Line (BPL) category. Key Provisions of the Scheme The scheme will be distribute free of cost physical aids and ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2017
Topics: BPL • Disability • Government Schemes • Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment • National • Old age • Rashtriya Vayoshri Yojana