The Haryana government today launched a new scheme under which six months pension would be given in advance to persons with disabilities for adapting their homes as per their requirement.
Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Kavita Jain here said this amount would be recovered over a period of 42 months under the 'Adapting homes for the differently-abled' scheme.
Apart from this, Haryana has been selected by the Centre as a pilot state for universal ID for persons with disability, for which work has already been started.
The Minister said that Gurgaon and Faridabad districts have been selected for the 'Accessible India' campaign for persons with disabilities.
All municipal bodies have also been directed to take up the campaign, she said.
Besides, a home for abandoned and mentally-challenged persons has been established at a village in the state in collaboration with an NGO Earth Saviours.
The Minister said the grant for diet money to children with hearing impairment has been increased from Rs 400 to Rs 1,000 per month.
Similarly, the grant for the visually-impaired children has been increased from Rs 600 to Rs 1,600 per month.
The Minister said that after a gap of two years, a grant of Rs 24 crore has been sanctioned for various projects in 15 blocks in six districts with more than 25 per cent minority population in the state under the multi-sectoral development plan.
