Question: Social Justice and Empowerment minister, Shri Thaawarchand Gehlot launched an exclusive job portal for Persons with Disabilities (PwDs) on-
(a) 28 February 2016
(b) 1 February 2016
(c) 27 February 2016
(d) 31 January 2016
Ans (c)
Related facts:
- On 27 January 2016, Social Justice and Empowerment mister, Shri Thaawarchand Gehlot launched an exclusive job portal for Persons with Disabilities (PwDs).
- The PwDs can avail the different facilities such as self-employment loan, education loan, skill training, link to scholarships and information about jobs in a single window platform through this National Job Portal.
- Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Govt. of India has entrusted National Handicapped Finance and Development Corporation (NHFDC) to develop a National level Job portal for the persons with disabilities (PwDs).
- Government has given very high priority to skill training programme for Persons with Disabilities and has a targeted for skilling five lakh persons in next 3 years.
- The skill training will be provided by a network of 200 clusters of “Training Partners’ with financial assistance of government.
- A time bound action plan has been prepared for this purpose, the Government will also pursue private sector for providing them job after the training.
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