The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment (MoSJE) on January 01, 2024, issued the National Action Plan for Skill Development for Persons with Disabilities (NAP-SDP) Scheme.
The following has been stated:
• The National Action Plan for Skill Development of PwDs (NAP-SDP)
To provide quality vocational training with high employability focusing only on PwDs, the National Action Plan for Skill Development of PwDs (NAP-SDP), a dedicated skill development programme for PwDs was launched by the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (DEPwD) in March 2015. This is a Central Sector Scheme that is implemented across the country as a component of the Umbrella Scheme SIPDA. The key objectives of the Scheme are:
a. To enhance skills of Persons with Disabilities; provisioning of quality vocational Skill Training to Divyangjans to enable them to have gainful employment.
b. To enable PWDs to become self-reliant, productive and contributing members of society and stand up on their own feet.
For further details, kindly refer to the document attached.
[Notification No I/1496/2023]
