a) the details of jobs/employment provided to the differently abled in the private sector during the last one year and the current year; and
b) whether the Government has initiated any scheme to provide one lakh jobs to differently abled during the current year and if so, the details thereof; and
c) whether the Government has issued any directives to private sector to create jobs for the differently abled, if so, the details thereof and the response received therefrom?
MINSTER OF STATE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE & EMPOWERMENT
(SHRI SHRI KRISHNA PAL GURJAR)
(a) A total of 14703 and 8129 persons with disabilities during the last financial year 2014-15 and the current year (as on date 15.10.2015) respectively were provided assistance for self-employment in the form of concessional loans through National Handicapped Finance Development Corporation, a Public Sector Undertaking under the administrative control of Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities.
(b) & (c): The Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (DEPwD) has announced the National Action Plan (NAP) for skill development of Persons with Disabilities in March, 2015. The NAP has set a target for providing skill training to one lakh Persons with Disabilities (PwDs) in the current year in collaboration with the Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship. The skill training received by PwDs under this initiative would facilitate them for obtaining wage employment in both Public and Private Sector and self-employment.
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