The Supreme Court has questioned the Centre on the lack of upward mobility for meritorious candidates with disabilities in reserved employm...

In 2023-24, the revised estimate of the Department of Social Justice and Empowerment was Rs 9,853.32 crore and the Department of Empowermen...

The Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities notified 3,566 posts on January 4 in central government establishments as suitab...

In a public notice issued on December 24, the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (DEPwD), under the Ministry of Social ...

Voicing regret over concerned government department's failure to fully implement the 5 per cent job quota for the disabled, the Chief Minis...

The camp was organized by Artificial Limbs Manufacturing Corporation of India (ALIMCO) under the Department of Empowerment Of Persons With ...

If a disabled person changes place or gets married and shifts to a different state, he faces difficulty; new provision aims to solve it.

40 films including 10 feature films, 16 short films and 14 documentaries in different languages will be screened during the three-day festi...

Krishan Pal Gurjar said that steps should be taken to get CSR funds from private companies to execute schemes of the Department of Empowerm...

The International Film Festival For Persons with Disabilities is being jointly organised by the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment ...

In a major initiative, people with disabilities will be able to easily access government websites across the country.

Thaawar Chand Gehlot said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the government are fully committed to empowerment of persons with disabilit...

Bhargava, a 1979 batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre, is presently Secretary, Department of Social Justice and Empowerment.

Carved out as separate department and christened as the Department of Disability Affairs in 2012 to act as the nodal Department.

The the bill covers a variety of issues relating to the disabled persons such as physical, mental and multiple disabilities.

When they are empowered to participate fully in societal life on an equal basis with others, the nation and society as a whole are benefitt...

Pranab also asked the government to reinforce its efforts to ensure a better delivery mechanism of the schemes for disabled people.