Welfare of Persons with Disabilities

Welfare of Persons with Disabilities focuses on ensuring equal rights, accessibility, social inclusion, and economic participation of persons with disabilities through rights-based legislation and targeted government interventions, supporting inclusive and humane national development.

Primary Beneficiaries

  • Persons with benchmark disabilities
  • Persons with intellectual, sensory, and multiple disabilities
  • Caregivers and dependent households

Background

  • India ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD) in 2007.
  • This led to the replacement of the 1995 Act with the more comprehensive Rights of Persons with Disabilities (RPwD) Act, 2016, which expanded the recognized disabilities from 7 to 21.

Recent Developments

  • Revamped Sugamya Bharat App ....
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