DESCRIPTION

The main objective of Department for the Welfare of Differently Abled, T.G. & Senior Citizens is to empower the Differently Abled, T.G. and Protection and Welfare of Senior Citizens.The Welfare of Differently Abled & Sr. Citizens Department has established in 1983 with an objective to provide Welfare measures to differently abled by establishing Residential special schools, hostels, sanction of Scholarships to the children with disabilities, providing of self employment schemes under livelihood programme. Further, it also ensuring social integration of Persons with Disabilities by encouraging marriages between Persons with Disabilities and Persons with no disabilities and providing of Aids & Appliances for their mobility accessibility of services, besides implementing legislations like, The Right of Persons with Disabilities Act 2016, National Trust Act 1999.
The Department for Welfare of Differently Abled & Sr. Citizens is also having an another objective of providing Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens by establishing Old age homes, awareness programmes on care of Senior Citizens in the last phase of life by enforcing the Act of Maintenance and Welfare of Senior Citizens with the support of Revenue and Police Department.

SCHEME DETAILS :

(RTF):

To provide full fee to all eligible students studying ITI, Polytechnic, Degree & above level courses, as fixed by the competent authorities and the amount adjusted into College Bank Account.

(MTF):

• To provide Rs. 20,000/- per student to all eligible students studying Degree and above level courses.
• To provide Rs. 10,000/- per student per year for ITI students.
• To provide Rs. 15,000/- per student per year for polytechnic students.
• The amount is credited into the account of Mother of the respective student in two installments.
• In case of the demise or absence of the mother, the amount shall be credited to the account of the natural guardian of the student.

Senior Citizens Welfare:

 Govt. Home for Aged & Disabled, Machilipatnam

A  Govt.  Home   for   Aged   &  Disabled  with   a   sanctioned   strength   of   65 is functioning in Machilipatnam. They  are  being  provided  with  clothing, bedding materials, cosmetic charges and medical care facility.

  ID Cards to Senior Citizens:-

The Department  issues  Identity  cards  to  the Senior  Citizens  whose age is 60 & above for availing concessions being  offered  by  State  &  Central Governments.

Maintenance and Appellate Tribunals :

Redressal of Grievances of Sr. Citizens by conducting Maintenance Tribunals and Appellate Tribunals.

Transgender Welfare:

 Issue of Certificates to the Transgender:

         Certificates and ID cards are issued to the Transgender by the District Collector, Krishna.

Sanction of Pension :

 Transgender are sanctioned pension for an amount of Rs. 6000/- per month through DRDA.

Providing of Aids & Appliances by A.P. Differently Abled & Sr. Citizens Assistance Corporation :

The District Manager with the support of district administration and Non Governmental Organizations and Govt. of India conducts identification camps for various Aids & Appliances required for Disabled and provides to the disabled persons who parental income does not exceed Rs. 1,00,000/-.

Orthopaedically Handicapped :

1. Tricycles, Crutches, Wheelchairs, Artificial Limbs,
2. Laptops to the students studying regular Degree, P.G. or Professional Courses

Hearing Handicapped :

1. Hearing Aids
2. Touch Phones to Hearing Impaired persons having knowledge of communication in sign language mode.
3. Laptops to the students studying regular Degree, P.G. or Professional Courses.

Visually Handicapped :

1. Long cane / Folding
2. Laptops to the students studying regular Degree, P.G. or Professional Courses.

Employment under 4% reservation for Persons with Disabilities:

This Department under special recruitment drive verifies the roster registers of all  the departments for  filling  up  of posts at roster points 6, 31,  56 & 86 reserved for  disabled in  the category of class IV & Group IV Post.

Senior Citizens Welfare

Supportive Aids / Appliances :

Adult Hand Sticks, Hearing Aids are being supplied by  A.P. Differently Abled & Sr. Citizens Assistance Corporation at free of  cost. The annual income does not exceed Rs.1,00,000/-.

Home for Aged & Disabled, Machilipatnam :

A   Govt.  Home  for    Aged  &   Disabled  with  a  sanctioned  strength   of   65  is    functioning   in Machilipatnam. They are being provided with clothing, bedding materials, cosmetic charges and medical care facility.

ID Cards to Senior Citizens

The   Department issues Identity cards to the Senior Citizens whose age is 60 & above for availing concessions being offered by  State & Central Governments.

Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007 :

Implementation of Maintenance of Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007 by conducting Maintenance Tribunals and Appellate Tribunals.

HEAD OF THE ORGANIZATION :

Sri V. Kama Raju, B.Com
Assistant Director
He is graduate and having experience in rehabilitation of Persons with Disabilities and presently working as Assistant Director in the Department for Welfare of Differently Abled & Senior Citizens in Krishna district.

ADDRESS :

Assistant Director,
Welfare of Differently Abled, T.G. & Sr. Citizens,
Collectorate compound,
Chilakalapudi, Machilipatnam – 521 002.
Krishna District.
Contact No. 08672-252637.