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Ministry of Rural Areas Schemes

Convergence of Poverty Alleviation Programme of the Ministry of Rural Areas and Employment with the ADIP Scheme of Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment

TRYSEM training to disabled

Financial assistance to group of persons with disability in rural areas

Revision/Modification of Jawahar Rozgar Yojana guidelines, earmarking of funds for persons with disability

3% reservation to persons with disability in the Rural Sanitation Programme

Earmarking of 3% of funds for the benefits of persons with disability under Indira Awas Yojana

Convergence of Poverty Alleviation Programme of the Ministry of Rural Areas & Employment with the ADIP Scheme of Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment:

There is 3% reservation for disabled in the poverty Alleviation Programme i.e. the implementing agencies have a mandatory to extend assistance to a minimum 35 persons with disability in the total number of beneficiary. To achieve this target there is a need to promote the mobility of the disabled persons by giving them aids and appliances. Keeping in view of this the Ministry of Rural Areas and Employment has decided to converge the ADIP Assistance of Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment with the Poverty Alleviation programme of the Ministry of Rural Areas & Employment.

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TRYSEM training to disabled

Under TRYSEM programme of Ministry of Rural Areas & Employment training is provided to the local artisans for repairing of aid/appliance of the disabled. Disabled youth having aptitude could also themselves be chosen for such training. Under TRYSEM programme also there is a provision of 3% reservation for person with disability.

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Financial assistance to group of people with disability in rural areas

Under this programme there is a scheme to organize group of person with disability in rural areas into Sangam/Group and provide them Rs.25,000/- to each group for taking up viable economic activities suitable to them

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Revision / modification of Jawahar Rojgar Yojana (JRY)

It has been decided to earmark 3% of the JRY funds for the benefit of the persons with disability

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3% Reservations to persons with disability in the Rural Sanitation Programme

It has been decided that there should be 3% reservation for persons with disability in works relating to sanitary latrines for individuals below the poverty line. In the case of works relating to groups, it should be ensured that there is a barrier free environment for the disabled

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Earmarking of 3% of funds for the persons with disability in the Indira Awards Yojana

It has been decided to earmark 3% of funds for the benefit of persons with disability under the Indira Awas Yojana

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