Relief package for disabled on cards

These relief measures were decided upon during a meeting of the state executive committee of the Social Security and Women and Child Development Department presided over by Minister of Social Welfare Jagir Kaur. An official release stated today that the meeting also decided to set up a state-level Institute for the Rehabilitation of the Disabled Persons this year.

The participants felt that a lack of proper count of the disabled persons was a major hurdle in their welfare. The Directorate has moved the Census Dept and the Law Ministry to ensure proper enumeration of the blind and disabled.