Applications invited from disabled persons for employment assistance

COIMBATORE, India: The Department of Employment and Training of the Government of Tamil Nadu has invited applications from all categories of the differently-abled persons to provide unemployment assistance.

A release says following a Government Order, unemployment assistance, which was hitherto available only to the visually challenged persons, is now available to persons with all types of disabilities.

The conditions they will have to fulfil to receive the aid: i) the person concerned should be physically disabled or hearing impaired or mentally challenged, have registered his qualification with an employment office and must be on waiting list for over a year; ii) he or she should be aged 40 years and above and if from Adi Dravidar and tribal communities, should be above 45 years; iii) his or her family’s annual income should not be above Rs. 50,000 and should not be employed either with the government or in private sector. Self-employed people are not eligible; iv) person applying should not be a full-time student of a school or college and must have stayed in Tamil Nadu at least for 15 years.

The release says the person should get a certificate from Revenue Department certifying their fulfilling the aforementioned conditions and present the same with application to the employment officer concerned.

Applicants with Class X qualification and below will get Rs. 300 a month; those with higher secondary qualification Rs. 375; graduates Rs. 450 for 10 years subject to other conditions.

At the end of every year, the beneficiary should declare in writing that he or she is not employed, the release says and asks people interested to approach the nearest employment office.

Reference Link
http://www.hindu.com/2010/03/13/stories/2010031352140600.htm

Courtesy
The Hindu