Sunday, March 6, 2016

GOI launches National Job Portal for PwDs

In a bid to provide facilities to Persons with Disabilities (PwDs), Social Justice and Empowerment, Shri Thaawarchand Gehlot initiated a job portal for them, which will enable them to avail services like self-employment loaneducation loanskill training,link to scholarships and information about jobs.
  • The portal disabilityjobs.gov.in has been developed by National Handicapped Finance and Development Corporation (NHFDC).
Government has given very high priority to skill training programme for Persons with Disabilities and has a target for skilling five lakh persons in next 3 years.
  • The skill training will be provided by a network of 200 clusters of “Training Partners” with financial assistance of government.
  • book on success stories of 100 PwD entrepreneurs dubbed “YES WE CAN” will be launched. The book has been published by penguin publishers with the support of NHFDC.

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