Deendayal Disabled Rehabilitation Scheme

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Deendayal Disabled Rehabilitation Scheme (DDRS) [1] [2] has been launched[ when? ] by the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Government of India, with an aim to provide equal level of opportunity, social justice, equality and empowerment to disabled people. For the overall empowerment of PwDs, a regional conference on Deendayal Disabled Rehabilitation Scheme (DDRS) was organized by the department responsible for the empowerment of persons with disabilities under the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment [3] [4]

Under this scheme, with the help of Self Help Groups (NGOs), disability is identified and provided in the form of assistance from the schools itself, so that they can face the difficulties in life and face them easily. [5] Along with this, cooperation is also provided in different situations of life, so that even a disabled person can live a normal life. [6] [7]

The Central Sector Scheme, also known as the "Scheme for Promoting Voluntary Action for the Disabled", was amended in 2003 and renamed DDRS.The vision of the scheme is to provide a full range of services needed for rehabilitation of PwD to voluntary organizations. [8] [9] Recommendation from the District Social Welfare Officer and the State Government is necessary for issuing grants-in-aid to NGOs. [10]

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References

  1. ↑ "Deendayal Disabled Rehabilitation Scheme | National Portal of India".
  2. ↑ "Disabilities Affairs". disabilityaffairs.gov.in.
  3. ↑ India Education Diary Bureau (1 March 2019). "Thaawarchand Gehlot inaugurates 'National Conference on Deendayal Disabled Rehabilitation Scheme'".
  4. ↑ Impact & Policy Research Institute. "COVID19: Implications for People with Disabilities and the Elderly". The Citizen. Archived from the original on 5 December 2020. Retrieved 23 January 2021.{{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)
  5. ↑ "Covid-19: Extend help to women with disabilities". Hindustan Times. 30 May 2020.
  6. ↑ "Low teacher-pupil ratio plagues special schools in state". Deccan Herald. 2 February 2020.
  7. ↑ Nishtha Bharti, IndiaSpend com (31 January 2016). "Disabled care: Southern states show the way". Scroll.in.
  8. ↑ "'State govts should educate people about Persons with Disabilities Act schemes'". 27 May 2017.
  9. ↑ "MGNREGS hope for differently-abled in Odisha". The New Indian Express. 29 June 2019.
  10. ↑ "Universal identity cards to be issued to all disabled: Government". The Economic Times.


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