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India has Rs 95,000 cr addressable market for assistive tech by 2030: NCPEDPIndia's assistive technology market could reach Rs 95,000 crore by 2030 with a dedicated national policy, experts revealed. This sector, cr...- Pragathi to host ‘Art from the Heart’ exhibition for artists with disabilities in Bengaluru on April 4-5Pragathi, a Bengaluru non-profit, is hosting the Art from the Heart exhibition. It will feature artworks by about 40 artists with disabilit...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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 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...
- 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...
- Come April differently-abled may get equal opportunity to workEvery company and govt department will have to frame an equal opportunity policy specifying how it is employing differently-abled persons a...
- Colour-coded cards to be launched for 2.7 crore disabledPM Narendra Modi to launch mega programme via video-conferencing in January in six states.
- 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.
- Autistic children to finally get disability certificates after a wait of 15 yearsBoard comprising a clinical psychologist or rehabilitation psychologist, a psychiatrist and a paediatrician or a general physician.
- 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...
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