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14-September, 2018 16:24 IST
Disability Rehabilitation Centres to be strengthened nationwide
Disability Rehabilitation Centres (DRCs) provide comprehensive services to persons with disabilities and facilitate creation of infrastructure and capacity building at the national level for awareness generation, rehabilitation and training of rehabilitation professionals. DRCsscheme has been revised with effect from 01-04-2018. The salient features of the revised schemes are: - Increase in honorarium and contingency by 2.5 times; Grant-in-Aid for equipment increased from Rs. 7 lakhs to Rs. 20 lakhs at the time of setting up of DRC; Upto 75% of the Grant-in-Aid can be given on the recommendation of District Magistrate/Collector; Payment for rentals of leased premises; Funding of DRC from SIPDA rather than DDRS and Number of staff has been increased from 10 to 12.
Four and half years and for the first time since independence of our country, it has registered six records in the Guinness Book of World records.He added that Universal Identity Cards for the Divyangjan are being prepared, which will be valid nationwide for availing all benefits meant for Divyangjan.24 States have started process of making Universal Identity Cards.
The participants in the one day conference include District Magistrates of the districts where DDRCs have been set up, Principal Secretaries Social Welfare Department of various states, reputed NGOs, District Social Welfare officers and eminent Doctors etc.
The salient features of the Disability Rehabilitation Centres are:
1. 310 districts have been identified and 263 DDRCs have been set up;
2. Awareness generation, early intervention and assessment of the need of assistive devices to Divyangjans;
3. Therapeutic services such as Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy and Speech Therapy etc. to Divyangjans through rehabilitation professionals; and
4. Equipment for rehabilitation services and Cost norms of the Scheme has been revised and enhanced to 2.5 times w.e.f. 01/04/2018.
Six new scholarships have been started since the year 2015 for the educational upliftment of Divyangjan. Five per cent reservation has been provided to them for higher education and four per cent in Government jobs. More than 7300 ADIP Camps have been organised by the Ministry nationwide, for distribution of assistive devices and equipments to Divyangjan. The Ministry has also arranged Cochlear implant surgeries to 1300 hearing impaired children.
He called upon all sections of society to come forward to help the Divyangjan in bringing them into mainstream to optimise their full potential. Now many Divyangjan have become self-reliant and earning member of their families.The conference is organized for taking the message of DRCs further, which play a crucial and central role for the wellbeing of Divyangjan and to give clarification about the mechanism of schemes and disseminate the success stories.
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