The Union government will invest Rs.1,700 crore to transform the NISH Thiruvananthapuram into the National University for Rehabilitation Sciences and Disability Studies for the benefit of the disabled.
Union Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Thaawar Chand Gehlot said, "It is provisioned to spend Rs.390 crore for the first five years of expansion of the university which will have infrastructure as well as operational components. The rest of the amount will be granted in the next phases which will span another five years."
Gehlot praised the state government`s initiative to build such NISH which provides high quality services for the population with disabilities and later called on Chief Minister Oommen Chandy at the latter`s official residence.
"Prime Minister Narendra Modi has asked us to implement different yojanas or strategies for the differently abled people and we are working on these strategies," he added.
The central government`s aim is to have a country with people with no disabilities and if at all there are such people, the government will provide necessary support and education for them and equip them with instruments, devices and other facilities to help them fully included in the mainstream, he asserted.
He also said the government will also provide support for the blind with the Braille language books and equipment and teach sign language for the people with hearing and speech impairment, reported Zee News.
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