National awards for empowerment of persons with disabilities to be conferred on Dec 3
Author(s): City Air NewsLudhiana, July 30, 2019: National Awards for the Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities shall be conferred on the occasion of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities on 3rd December 2019 in various...
Ludhiana, July 30, 2019: National Awards for the Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities shall be conferred on the occasion of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities on 3rd December 2019 in various categories.
The awards will be given by the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (Divyangjan).
While giving further details, Deputy Commissioner Pradeep Kumar Agrawal informed that before applying for the award, one should go through the official website for criteria, categories and guidelines of National Award. Applications should be sent in the prescribed format in Hindi and English only. Application format is available on the website. The last date for filling application is 30 August 2019.
He said that the applications of organizations/institutions and those employed in the Central/State Government/Union Territory Administrations/Public Sector undertakings should be sent in the prescribed proforma (either in Hindi or in English only) through the Ministry/Department/State Government/Union Territory Administrations/Public Sector undertakings concerned duly approved by the competent authority in such Govt./Administration/undertaking.
He said that applications of those not covered above-mentioned categories (including self-employed or employed in the private sector organizations/unorganized sector) should be sent with recommendation of any one of the departments of the concerned State Government/ Union Territory Administration dealing with disability matters, Collector or Magistrate of the concerned district, A national institute of the department of empowerment of persons with disabilities, A past recipient of national award (in individual capacity) for the empowerment of persons with disabilities.
He said that application duly recommended and complete in all respect should be sent to Shri Sitaram Yadav, Deputy Secretary to the Government of India, Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (Divyangjan), Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Room No. 520, B-2, 5th Floor, Pt. Deendayal Antyodaya Bhawan, CGO Complex, New Delhi-110003.