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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
SBI, RIL, Infy among top listed companies to hire differently abledWhile the number of PWDs employed by Nifty-50 companies during the Covid-impacted year of 2021-22 was 10.6% higher than the preceding year ...
While India Inc has become more inclusive, the pandemic makes Disability more challenging nowThere is little doubt that India Inc has become more conscious and proactive in hiring PWDs - thanks to the mandatory disclosures in annual...
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...
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.
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 —...
Par panel recommends more schemes for disabled personsIt has recommended that the Department of Empowerment of Persons in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment formulate a national pol...
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.
14,000 vacancies identified for disabled in government sector: Thaawar Chand GehlotThe Centre today said over 14,000 vacancies have been identified for persons with disabilities (PwDs) in the government sector.
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...
- Centre not to rely on state PWDs for road projects now
The Centre has decided to develop on its own national highways that are outside the ambit of national highway development programme (NHDP) ...