NIC Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu developed ‘Welfare Schemes for Differently Abled Person (WS-DAP) Person’ Mobile App acts as a citizen charter for differently-abled persons & provides details of welfare schemes implemented by State & Central Govt. Departments. The government of Tamil Nadu is committed to the all-around development of differently-abled persons. Towards achieving this goal, the State Government created a separate department for differently-abled persons during 1993. As a pioneering step, the Government also formulated a comprehensive welfare policy during 1994. The State Government’s endeavor is to create an inclusive society by integrating the differently-abled persons in the mainstream by eliminating all kinds of issues raised by the community. The Government also provides a number of comprehensive welfare measures to different categories of the differently-abled person barriers causing hurdles in their overall development. Several innovative schemes have been introduced to prevent and control the occurrence of disabilities and their after-effect. Many steps have been taken to access the rehabilitation services through recognized and registered Non-Governmental Organizations. The app provides information service on various welfare schemes for the differentially abled.
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Welfare Schemes for Differently Abled Person (WS-DAP)
From October 2021 • Informatics, National Informatics Centre