Aid for physically challenged : Puducherry

Following a request from physically challenged people, the government has made a decision to distribute financial assistance to them ahead of Deepavali. The monthly financial assistance will be available from Wednesday onwards.

All differently abled persons who are eligible for the monthly assistance can collect it from their respective Anganwadi centres, a release said. A total sum of Rs. 2.7 crore would be distributed among 20,952 differently abled persons, the release added.


Source : The Hindu , 30th October 2013