About Divyangjan Kaushal Yojana
- Launched for persons with disabilities (Divyangjan)
- Focuses on skill training for dignified livelihood opportunities
- Financial Allocation: Allocated ₹200 crore for the upcoming fiscal year
- Training Framework
- Provides industry-relevant and customised skill training
- Training tailored to specific Divyang groups
- Sectors Covered
- Information Technology (IT)
- Animation, Visual Effects, Gaming, and Comics (AVGC)
- Hospitality sector
- Food and Beverages sector
About Divyang Sahara Yojana
- Supports assistive device manufacturing and service delivery
- Strengthens institutional capacity for Divyangjan support systems
- Financial Allocation: Allocated ₹100 crore for scheme implementation
- Implementing Agency: Implemented through Artificial Limbs Manufacturing Corporation of India (ALIMCO)
- Key Provisions
- Scales up production of high-quality assistive devices
- Promotes research and development in assistive technologies
- Integrates artificial intelligence in product design and services
- Retail and Service Infrastructure
- Strengthens PM Divyasha Kendras nationwide
- Establishes Assistive Technology Marts as modern retail centres
PM Divyasha Kendra
- Provides integrated services under one roof
- Offers assessment, counselling, distribution, and post-distribution care
- Serves Divyangjan and senior citizen beneficiaries
- Institutional Framework
- ALIMCO is a Central Public Sector Undertaking
- Functions under Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities