Differently-abled in India: Financial products inadequate despite new SEBI rulesDespite new rules, financial products for PwDs remain inadequate.
03 Sep, 2025, 04.26 PM IST
India Inc extends its hand to the differently abledIndia Inc is enhancing inclusivity by increasing hiring of people with disabilities in manufacturing, implementing safety and accessibility...
30 Nov, 2024, 12.24 AM IST
India Inc sets sights on PwDs for shop floorIndia Inc is increasing the hiring of people with disabilities in manufacturing to promote inclusivity and innovation. Companies like Godre...
29 Nov, 2024, 09.40 PM IST
India Inc’s diversity drive slow in including PwDsCorporate India faces a long road ahead when it comes to incorporating people with disabilities (PwDs) into the workforce. According to SEB...
03 Mar, 2024, 12.02 AM IST
Employ our disabled, boost our workforcePrivate companies in India, such as IndiGo, Lemon Tree, and KFC, are making efforts to hire persons with disabilities (PwDs) for customer-f...
11 Jan, 2024, 10.59 PM IST
EC asks parties not to use derogatory words for persons with disabilities in political discourseThe Election Commission (EC) has called on political parties to avoid using derogatory language for persons with disabilities in public dis...
21 Dec, 2023, 02.38 PM IST
Senior citizens, PwDs cast their votes in Mizoram polls using home voting and postal ballots5,306 elderly citizens aged above 80, individuals with disabilities, and government officials participated in Mizoram's November 7 assembly...
31 Oct, 2023, 11.51 PM IST
5,306 votes cast through home voting and postal ballots in Mizoram: GovtAltogether 5,306 senior citizens, people with disabilities (PwDs) and government officials exercised their franchise for the November 7 Miz...
31 Oct, 2023, 09.55 PM IST
PM DAKSH portal to boost skill development, find employment for persons with disabilitiesThe department aims to add 25,000 jobs on the portal by Diwali, Rajesh Aggarwal, Secretary, Department of People with Disabilities.
11 Sep, 2023, 09.00 PM IST
India Inc has long way to go in employing disabled peopleOnly 34 lakh of the about 1.34 crore people with disabilities (PwDs) in the employable age have a job in India, according to Equiv.in, a re...
11 Dec, 2019, 12.22 PM IST
Poll officials pulling out all stops to make voting easy for people with disabilitiesActivists and organisations doubt if arrangements like pick-up and drop and wheelchairs will actually be provided on polling day.
10 Apr, 2019, 11.05 AM IST
The disabled may miss their vote as data is incompleteLess than a year later, even as the EC has a special focus on PwDs — the panel even says it will pick them up and drop on the polling day —...
27 Feb, 2019, 10.47 AM IST
What companies and government are doing to empower persons with disabilitiesIndia’s largest ecommerce company Flipkart recruiting over 300 differently-abled employees by the end of this year speaks of a growing cult...
03 Aug, 2018, 04.20 PM IST
Election Commission's bid to hold disabled-friendly polls crippled by lack of dataThe state’s chief electoral officer has directed the formation of state, district, taluk and village level committees to implement and moni...
06 Mar, 2018, 08.25 AM IST
Why companies are hiring people with disabilities?Amid wave of conscious capitalism, products and services with a streak of social good find favour among investors and consumers.
12 Nov, 2017, 06.10 AM IST
Government would provide skill training to one lakh PwDsThaawar Chand Gehlot said that the target of providing skill training to one lakh PwDs has been fixed for the year 2015-16.
11 Aug, 2015, 04.42 PM IST
Hyderabad-based ACE Experiences takes initiative to employ persons with disabilitiesACE says it has placed about 70 people in companies such as Aegis, Prasad Corp., Kantar IT, Rockwell Industries and SAP India in the last f...
09 Sep, 2014, 03.25 AM IST