Awareness campaign needed for welfare schemes for handicapped

Virendra Verma says government has many schemes for handicapped people but people do not know about these schemes and can not take help of these facilities. Reservation of 3% in jobs also does not get filled by handicapped candidates. He says government should run awareness programs so that handicapped people come to know about the welfare schemes and how to approach them

Posted on: Dec 28, 2010. Tags: Virendra Verma

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