CHENNAI: The AIADMK government has announced a slew of policy measures for the differently abled persons in the state, including exemption of value added tax of 14.5% on battery operated three-tyre scooters and a monthly financial aid of Rs 1,000 to 6,161 leprosy patients.
The state runs ten rehabilitation homes for the leprosy patients, providing medical assistance and rehabilitation measures in some districts in the state. Inmates, though provided with free boarding, lodging, clothing, medical facilities, are not offered financial support. Inmates in these rehabilitation homes are either old or disabled and unable to make footwear on their own, despite being given training. So, the government has decided to get footwear from the market at Rs 300 each for 1,301 inmates, an official press release said.
The allocation per inmate of backward/most backward and other minority hostels towards food has been hiked from Rs 450 to Rs 650 to 8,214 students attached to the 23 special schools run by the department for welfare of the differently abled this year. This will cost the state Rs 5.33 crore.
Aiming to benefit the special teachers who work for training institutes and special schools for the differently abled, the government has decided to increase their consolidated wages to Rs 10,000. The scheme has also been expanded to 39 schools for hearing and visually impaired this year, benefiting 1,019 more special teachers. The allocation for the artificial limb scheme has been increased to Rs 1.05 crore this year due to increasing demands, the release said.
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