Karnataka - Madikeri   

Make use of welfare schemes, people with disabilities told

Madikeri: Parents play a key role in instilling confidence among children with disabilities and bringing them into the mainstream, Madikeri MLA M.P. Appachu Ranjan said here on Wednesday.

He was presiding over a function to mark the International Day for People with Disabilities here.

The State Government had come out with several welfare measures for the uplift of people with disabilities, daily wage workers, agriculture workers and the poor. The Government was planning to raise the annual income limit of people with disabilities to Rs. 30,000, Mr. Ranjan said, according to a press release. S.G. Medappa, MLC, urged people with disabilities to make use of various programmes announced by the Government for them.

President of the Kodagu Zilla Panchayat Deerghakeshi Shivanna said the Government should think of providing permanent benefits to people with disabilities.

President of the Karnataka State Angavikalara Parishat Suresh Kumar, who inaugurated the programme, sought that the Government release adequate funds to ensure the welfare of such people. Children with disabilities who had won various sports and games competitions were felicitated on the occasion.

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