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Maharashtra to soon get a separate welfare department for divyangs

At the meeting, Shinde directed officials to set up a separate divyang welfare department and prepare a detailed proposal covering required human and other resources to manage the new wing, said an official statement.

Maharashtra to soon get a separate welfare department for divyangs
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Maharashtra will soon get a separate welfare department for divyangs which will implement schemes worth INR 1,130 crores for persons with disabilities, announced CM Eknath Shinde on Wednesday, November 9.

He made the announcement after holding a review meeting on welfare of persons with disabilities.

According to an official statement, at the meeting, Shinde directed officials to set up a separate divyang welfare department and prepare a detailed proposal covering required human and other resources to manage the new wing.

However, the proposal will be discussed in the state cabinet before it is accorded approval, the statement clarified.

This development came in order to make effective and speedy implementation of various government schemes meant for them, the state will set up a divyang bhavan and rehabilitation centre in each district.

The meeting was attended by school education minister Deepak Kesarkar, divyang welfare commissioner Omprakash Deshmukh, social justice department secretary Sumit Bhange and as independent MLA Bacchu Kadu, who is known for consistently raising issues related to divyangs.

After the meeting, while talking to reporters, Shinde exclaimed that on the lines of Thane and Akola, door-to-door survey of divyang people will be conducted for collection of accurate data which will be utilised for effective implementation of schemes for them.

For those unversed, the current schemes for persons with disabilities, which are worth INR 1,130 crore, are implemented by the social justice department.

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