ATDUM rues
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, May 30 2014 :
All Tribal Disabled Union, Manipur (ATDUM) has rued that despite the commitment given on the floor of the State Assembly for appointment of a full time Disability Commissioner, Social Welfare Minister AK Mirabai has not kept her words.
The tall talks of the Minister without any follow up action has come like as if physically challenged persons 'cannot react', ATDUM said.
It also pointed out that various schemes meant for physically challenged persons were being implemented satisfactorily earlier but these days there are gross irregularities in implementing those schemes, such as Financial Assistance (FA) for physically challenged persons, Unemployment Allowance (UEA), Scholarship, Indira Gandhi National Disability Pension Scheme (IGNDPS) and Old Age Pension (OAP) .