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SSC updates disability certificate formats for recruitment examsThe Staff Selection Commission has updated disability certificate formats. New forms are now in place as per Department of Empowerment of P...- UPSC decides to introduce screen reader software for visually impaired candidates in examsThe Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has decided to introduce screen reader software for visually impaired candidates. This move aims...
- SSC to provide scribe to candidates with benchmark disabilityThe Staff Selection Commission (SSC) will now provide scribes for eligible candidates in its recruitment exams, following guidelines from t...
- Govt to phase out 'own scribes' in exams for differently-abled by 2027The government is phasing out the 'own scribe' system for differently-abled candidates in professional exams like NEET and IIT-JEE, aiming ...
- Centre launches new portal for disability welfare scheme proposalsThe central government introduces a new online portal. It streamlines applications for the Deendayal Divyangjan Rehabilitation Scheme. The ...
- Govt signs MoU with Amazon to provide training, jobs to people with disabilities in e-commerce sectorThe role of Amazon India would be to work jointly with DEPwD and the Skill Council for People with Disabilities (SCPwD) on a structured ski...
- Govt opens up jobs for people with mental illness, learning disabilities, autism & acid attack victimsThe Centre has reserved government jobs for people with learning disabilities, autism and victims of acid attacks, four years after it deci...
- Govt proposes to set up University of Disability Studies and Rehabilitation SciencesIn a public notice issued on December 24, the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (DEPwD), under the Ministry of Social ...
- Make malls, offices, banks friendly for disabledBreaking down the complicated universal accessibility guidelines, DEPwD has given a 10-point todo list to the private sector players, espec...
- Fresh deadline for accessible India drive set to March 2020, targets missed by 1 to 3 yrsAccessible India campaign, launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on December 3, 2015, is being implemented under three broad categories ...
- Be compassionate, bring out app for disabled, says PM ModiThese directions were passed at the review of the AIC at a meeting of the multi-purpose and multi-modal platform PRAGATI.
- Government makes differently-abled friendly access features must in all new projectsFinance Ministry has directed ministries to include accessibility features and incorporate accessibility costing in the total project cost ...
- Only 3 per cent of buildings accessible for disabledAbout 52 of 1,662 public buildings across 50 cities have been retrofitted and made disabledfriendly under Accessible India, which was launc...
- Government jobs for those with learning disabilities tooNine months after the enactment of Right of Persons with Disabilities Act in April 2017, the Centre has spelt out the rules for employing d...
- Accessible India Campaign: No good response from States to make websites accessible to differently-abledThe project involves first a consent from the state government to start the project and then identification of commonly visited websites to...
- State governments slow in Accessible India driveAs per statistics provided by DEPwD, out of the 1,653 buildings audited by access auditors, state governments have sent proposals for only ...
- Hold camps in all assembly seats to distribute assistive devices to disabled: UP Government to CentreSources said the Uttar Pradesh govt has requested the Centre to hold a camp in each assembly constituency irrespective of the party represe...
- How politics is putting a dampener on the government's social sector initiativesAs Modi government completes two years in Delhi, ET takes a look at how the big-ticket social sector initiatives are progressing.
- International Film Festival for Persons with Disability in December40 films including 10 feature films, 16 short films and 14 documentaries in different languages will be screened during the three-day festi...
- Govt teams up with Wadhwani Foundation to provide relief to poor and disabled.Department for Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities and Wadhwani Foundation’s Skills Development Network Trust enters into a partnershi...
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