Economic Survey of Himachal Pradesh (Part-7)

7)Govt. Schemes for disabled people

• The  Physically  disabled persons  who  constitute  the  weaker section  of  society  have  been  provided number  of  facilities/  concession  which include free of cost medical examination  of  the  disabled  persons through the Medical Boards constituted  at  the  State  and  District level,  relaxation  of  age  by  5  years, exemption  for  qualifying  type  test  for those  who  suffer  from  disability  in  the upper  limbs  extremities, 3  percent  reservation  for  appointment  in  Class-III &  Class-IV  posts,  reservation  of  5 percent   seats  in girls  Industrial Training  Institute  and  Tailoring  Centres and  providing  reservation  against  the specific  points,  in  departmental jobs.
• Welfare  of  Disabled Department  is  implementing Comprehensive  Integrated  Scheme named  “Sahyog” for  persons  with disabilities  launched  during  the  year 2008-09. 
• Disabled  Scholarship  :  This Scheme  is  applicable  to  all categories  of  disabled  students including hearing impaired persons  having  disability  of  40 percent  or  above  without considering there family income.  The  rate  of  scholarship varies  from  350-750  per  month for  day  scholars  and  1,000 2,000  per  month  for  boarders. 
• Marriage  Grant    to  Individuals Marrying Persons Disabilities: To  encourage  able  bodied  young  men    or  girls to  marry  the  disabled  boy  or  girl having  not less  than  40  percent  disability and  who  have  attained  the  Marriageable  age,  marriage  grant  40 percent  to  69 percent,  disability  `8,000  and above  70  percent  disability `40,000      provided  by  the    State Government 
• Self  Employment:    Disabled persons  having  disability  of  40 percent  and  above  are  provided loans  by  the  Himachal  Pradesh Minorities Finance and Development Corporation  for setting up  small  ventures. 
• Skill  Enrichment:  Vocational rehabilitation  training  to  PWDs through selected ITIs is provided  in  identified trades.   Training  is  free  of  cost  and stipend  1,000 per  month  is paid 
• Institutions of  Children  with Special  Needs:  Two  institutions at  Dhalli  and  Sundernagar  have been  set  up  in  the  State  for providing education and vocational rehabilitation  service to  visually  and  hearing  impaired children.
• In addition to this, State Government  is  providing  grant to  the  Prem  Ashram,  Una, Astha  Welfare  Society, Nahan to  meet  out  expenditure  on boarding,  lodging  and  education of  50  mentally  retarded  children and  20  mentally  retared  adult.  
• Two disability Rehabilitation Centres has been up  at  Hamirpur  and Dharamshala 
• With  a  view  to  look  after  the orphans, semi-orphans and destitute children.