Yogi

Government Directs Rehabilitation Schemes to Reach Grassroots Level

Grants

for Rehabilitation Projects for 21 Types of Disabilities, Selection Via

Transparent Process

Participation

of Voluntary Organizations to Give New impetus to Disability Rehabilitation

From

Early Intervention to Special Schools, Multi-Dimensional Support System for

Persons with Disabilities

Yogi

Government Making Persons with Disabilities Self-Reliant with the Resolve of

Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas, Sabka Vishwas

Providing

Equal Opportunities in Education, Skills, and Employment to Persons with

Disabilities is Government's Priority

Lucknow,

07 Jan (HS): Under the leadership of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, the Uttar

Pradesh government has taken significant initiatives to give new momentum to

the holistic rehabilitation of persons with disabilities. The government's goal

is for persons with disabilities to achieve equal participation in education,

skill development, health services, and employment opportunities, and to live

self-reliant lives by joining the mainstream of society. In this regard, the

Scheme for Assistance to Voluntary Organizations for Holistic

Rehabilitation of Persons with Disabilities has been implemented, under

which eligible voluntary organizations will be provided grants.

Under

this scheme, assistance will be provided for 21 types of disabilities as

defined in the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016, while mentally

challenged and mentally ill persons with disabilities have been kept out of the

purview of this scheme. The government's objective is to create a robust system

for the rehabilitation of disabled children and youth of various categories by

providing them with facilities for early intervention, education, training, and

skill development.

Narendra

Kashyap, Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Backward Classes Welfare

and Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities, directed to make schemes related

to the rehabilitation of persons with disabilities effective at the grassroots

level, stating that the Yogi government's priority is for persons with

disabilities to become self-reliant by getting equal opportunities in every

field of education, skills, health, and employment. Minister Narendra Kashyap

informed that through the scheme of providing assistance to voluntary

organizations for the holistic rehabilitation of persons with disabilities, the

state government is promoting social participation. Under this scheme, grants

are being given to rehabilitation projects run for persons affected by 21 types

of disabilities mentioned in the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016,

so that disabled children and youth can get proper facilities for early intervention,

education, training, and skill development. He informed that this scheme is

being effectively implemented for other categories of persons with

disabilities, excluding mentally challenged and mentally ill persons with

disabilities.

Under

the scheme, important works such as the establishment of Early Intervention

Centers, operation of Day-Care Centers and Pre-Primary Schools, operation of

special schools from primary to high school level, skill development programs

for persons with disabilities, creation of study materials, availability of

Braille and assistive devices, and operation of libraries related to persons

with disabilities are being encouraged through aid grants. The objective of

these efforts is to identify persons with disabilities from an early stage and

lead them towards self-reliance.

Minister

Kashyap informed that the Yogi government's policy is to ensure the active

participation of not only government machinery but also experienced and

dedicated voluntary organizations in the rehabilitation of persons with

disabilities. For this purpose, a transparent and technology-based application

process has been prescribed for eligible voluntary organizations. Only those

organizations will be eligible under the scheme that are duly registered under

the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016, have a unique identification

number with registration on the NITI Aayog's NGO Darpan portal, and have a

minimum of two years of work experience in the field of persons with

disabilities.

He

also said that the proposals submitted under the scheme will be examined by a

committee constituted under the chairmanship of the District Magistrate at the

district level, after which the final decision will be taken by the screening

committee at the directorate level. This will ensure that assistance is given

only to genuine, active, and effective organizations, and that government funds

are utilized appropriately and result-oriented.

Minister

Kashyap informed that all Divisional Commissioners and District Magistrates

have been instructed to widely publicize this scheme in their respective

districts, so that more and more voluntary organizations can come forward and

participate in this campaign for the rehabilitation of persons with

disabilities. He said that under the leadership of Chief Minister Yogi

Adityanath, the state government is continuously moving forward in the

direction of empowering, educating, and making persons with disabilities

self-reliant with the resolve of Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas, and Sabka

Vishwas.

Hindusthan Samachar / Abhishek Awasthi