Organisation : Empowerment Of Persons With Disabilities Department
Scheme Name : State Level Awards for Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities Scheme
Applicable States/ UTs : Uttar Pradesh
Home Page : http://uphwd.gov.in/home
Details Here : http://uphwd.gov.in/article/en/state-award-distinguishing-disabilities
UPHWD State Level Award Scheme
Every year on occasion of ‘World Persons with Disabilities Day’ on 3rd December efficient persons with disabilities/ self-employed persons with disabilities,
Related : Uttar Pradesh Nourishment Grant Pension Scheme for PWDs : www.statusin.in/35738.html
employers of persons with disabilities, excellent placement officers, people working in interest of disabled persons and individuals/ organizations who are excellently working for the welfare persons with disabilities are honoured with State Level Awards.
1. Name of Scheme – State Level Awards
2. Category of the Awards – There are 12 Categories of State Level Awards
3. Benefit from Scheme :
** Persons with disabilities who work excellently despite of their disability, self-employed persons with disabilities, employers who employed persons with disabilities, Assistant Placement Officer who has provided employment to persons with disabilities and voluntary organizations that have worked excellently in the field of disability are awarded to achieve new dimensions in the implementation / work area and mobility of the schemes.
** One shield, certificate and an amount of Rs. 25000/- cash is given as award.
4. Eligibility for acquiring benefits from the Scheme :
** Persons with disabilities who work excellently despite of their disability, self-employed persons with disabilities, employers who employed persons with disabilities, Assistant Placement Officer who has provided employment to persons with disabilities and voluntary organizations/individuals that have worked excellently in the field of disability comes under the eligibility criteria for the state level awards.
** Recommendation of District Magistrate of the concerned district is needed to reward such eligible individuals/organizations/department/ autonomous body.
5. The prescribed form for availing the benefits if any, from where we can get it, if available on Website, its address :
** Prescribed form can be received from District Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities Officer’s office and Directorate, Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities Department, Uttar Pradesh.
** Prescribed form can also be received from official website of department.
6. Whom to contact for availing the benefits?
District Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities Officer of related district
Operation of Braille Press :
To facilitate reading-writing of visually impaired students of the state, a Press is being operated for publishing the books in Braille. This Braille Press is established in students Hostel located at Nishatganj, Lucknow for visually impaired students studying in higher education.
In this Braille Press, work of publishing books in Braille is carried out in different subjects to facilitate reading and writing of students studying in Blind Schools operated by the department.
Aid to Voluntary Organizations/ Institutions :
A grant is being approved by the State Government for the promotion of schemes, Acts and provisions of Persons With Disabilities Welfare Department and voluntary organizations/institutions working for cause, prevention, treatment and rehabilitation in the field of Empowerment of Persons With Disabilities