India, Sept. 17 -- The Delhi Government on Tuesday announced a special financial assistance scheme for caregivers of persons with disabilities requiring high support, aiming to provide them and their families with economic relief and social security.
Chief Minister Rekha Gupta said eligible persons with disabilities will receive '6,000 every month to cover the cost of caregivers, therapy, assistive devices, counselling and other essential services. The financial assistance will be credited directly into the beneficiaries' Aadhaar-linked bank accounts.
The CM said the scheme was approved in a previous Delhi Cabinet meeting and will be inaugurated by Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's birthday. The purpose of th...