: The Department of Social Justice has issued orders allowing financial assistance of up to Rs.5,000 to those with poor eyesight, for purchasing high-powered ophthalmic aid.
Those who require magnifying glasses and telescope-mounted spectacles will be eligible for this assistance. They will have to submit a bill for the same, vouched for by an ophthalmologist, a press release issued here said.
In the current financial year, a sum of Rs. 25 lakh will be utilised for this scheme.
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It is being implemented jointly by the Kerala Social Security Mission, Social Justice Department and the Handicapped Persons’ Welfare Corporation, Social Justice Minister M.K. Muneer said in a press release here on Tuesday.
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