In Assam, there are 4,80,065 disabled persons and the state government has made a budgetary provision of Rs 225 crore for the year 2017-18. The Assam government has also increased reservations for the disabled to five per cent in education and four percent in the job sector.
Job opportunities for the disabled have been created in 54 departments of the state government with 680 disabled persons given employment but there is still a back log of 4,285, the minister added. http://indianexpress.com/article/india/centre-supports-assam-govts-proposal-to-grant-st-status-to-six-communities-ramdas-athawale-4880715/ -- Avinash Shahi Doctoral student at Centre for Law and Governance JNU Celebrating International sight day Oct. 12 and World White Cane day Oct 15 Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list.. To check if the post reached the list or to search for old posting, reach: https://www.mail-archive.com/ai@accessindia.inclusivehabitat.in/maillist.html _______________________________________________ Ai mailing list Ai@accessindia.inclusivehabitat.in http://accessindia.inclusivehabitat.in/mailman/listinfo/ai
