Hi friends, Does anyone know any state in which this scheme has been successfully implimented?
Renuka. Date:20/10/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/10/20/stories/2008102054270500.htm Kerala - Thiruvananthapuram Scheme for the physically challenged Special Correspondent THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The State government has notified a Central scheme seeking to provide incentives to the private sector units that provide employment to physically challenged persons. The Central scheme, announced in April this year, envisages creation of one-lakh jobs per annum under the scheme, with a total outlay of Rs.1,800 crore for the Eleventh Five Year Plan. The scheme is yet to take off in a big way owing to the lack of awareness about the incentives given under the scheme. According to official sources, the scheme would be applicable to physically challenged employees covered under the Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full participation) Act 1995 and the National Trust for Welfare of Persons with Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Mental Retardation and Multiple Disabilities Act, 1999, and working in the private sector on enrolment in the Employees Provident Fund and Employees State Insurance under the EPF and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952. The scheme would be available for employees with disability appointed on or after April 1, 2008, and earning a monthly wage up to Rs.25,000. Under the scheme, the Centre will directly provide the employer's contribution to the Provident Fund scheme of the employee for a period of three years. The Centre has already amended the relevant provisions of the Employees Provident Fund Scheme and the Employees Pension Scheme and the Employees State Insurance Act, 1948. The Employees Provident Fund Organisation and the Employees State Insurance Corporation have been given Rs.5 crore each, made available by the Union Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment by way of advance. The amounts would be used to reimburse individual claims received from employers. The Centre, while urging States to ensure the implementation of the scheme in their respective domains, has also set up a high-level monitoring . To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
