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Minister for Social Welfare P. Geetha Jeevan handed implicit payment assistance to the tune of ₹54.54 lakh to 206 otherwise abed beneficiaries successful a relation organised present connected Tuesday to people the International Day of Persons with Disabilities.
Speaking connected the occasion, Ms. Geetha said the otherwise abled persons had been nominated to each municipality and agrarian section bodies to aerial the grievances of the physically challenged persons successful the colony panchayats, municipality panchayats, municipalities and the corporations. Moreover, further national and division-level officers had been appointed to cod accusation astir the physically challenged persons astatine their doorsteps and the payment assistances being fixed to them.
“This measurement volition guarantee the contiguous disbursal of payment assistance to the otherwise abled persons who are waiting agelong for the assistance from the government. While the Union Government has allocated ₹300 crore for the full state for implementing payment schemes for the differently-abled persons, the Tamil Nadu authorities has earmarked ₹1,852 crore. It shows the State Government’s existent involvement successful uplifting the surviving of the physically challenged, who should marque usage of it to commencement their livelihood and the concern ventures,” Ms. Geetha said.
District Collector K. Elambahavath was present.
