Question: Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment has launched Accessible India Campaign to achieve universal accessibility for persons with disabilities, it was launched on-
(a) 2 December
(b) 3 September
(c) 3 December
(d) 30 November
Ans (c)
Related facts:
- On 3 December 2015 Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment has launched “Accessible India Campaign” (Sugamya Bharat Abhiyan) to achieve universal accessibility for persons with disabilities.
- It was launched by Union Minister of Finance, Shri Arun Jaitley along with Minister of Social Justice & Empowerment, Shri Thaawarchand Gehlot.
- Under the campaign, atleast 50% of all the government buildings of National Capital and all the State capitals will be made fully accessible for persons with disabilities by July 2018.
- All the international airports in the country and railway stations of A1, A & B categories will be made fully accessible by July 2016.
- As per campaign drafted by Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment, atleast 10% of government owned public transport carriers in the country will be converted into fully accessible carriers for these persons by March 2018.
- It will also be ensured that atleast 50% of all public documents issued by the Central Government and the State Governments meet accessibility standards for persons with disabilities by March 2018.
- During this occassion the National Awards were conferred on 52 individuals/institutions under fourteen broad categories.
- The Government has also decided to set up a special University for persons with disabilities with the cost of Rs. 1700 crore. It will start functioning with next academic year.
- A web portal and mobile application for creating a crowd sourcing platform to get information about inaccessible was also launched on the occasion.
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