Droupadi Murmu Confers National Awards for Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities

President Droupadi Murmu conferred the National Awards for the Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities for the year 2021 and 2022 in New Delhi on Saturday on the occasion of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities. 

Addressing the gathering, the President said that according to an estimate of the United Nations, more than one billion people in the world are persons with disabilities.

Droupadi Murmu said, “It means almost every 8th person in the world has a disability in some form or the other. More than two percent of India's population is persons with disabilities.  Therefore, it becomes the responsibility of all of us to ensure that the persons with disabilities can lead a dignified life independently. It is also our duty to ensure that they get a good education, stay safe in their homes and society, have the freedom to choose their career and have equal employment opportunities.”

The President said that education is the key to empowerment of every individual, including persons with disabilities. She stressed for the maximum use of technology in order to remove language related barriers in education and to make education more accessible to children with disabilities.

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The President further said that the government is taking several steps for the empowerment of Divyangjan.

“Inculcating self-confidence in Divyangjan is very important to empower them. People with disabilities have talents and abilities just like normal people, and sometimes more than them. To make them self-reliant, it is only necessary to instil in them self-confidence. She urged all sections of the society to motivate the Divyangjan to become self-reliant and move ahead in life. She said that when our Divyang brothers and sisters would make their effective contribution by joining the mainstream, then our country would move forward on the path of development at a faster pace,” the President further said.

The Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (Divyangjan), Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment presents the National Awards for the Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities every year to Individuals, Institutions, Organizations, State and Districts, for their outstanding achievements and work done towards empowerment of Persons with Disabilities.

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