India, July 30 -- The Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities through its various organisations strives to address the concerns of person with disabilities for their effective rehabilitation and inclusion.

The Artificial Limb Manufacturing Corporation (ALIMCO) has started a help line service for providing information on aids and assistive devices for PwDs including repair of such devices. Similarly National Handicapped Finance Development Corporation (NHFDC), which provides loan at concessional rate of interest and also runs skill training programmes for PwDs has started help line services for dissemination of information relating to such matters.

Further, one of the National Institutes namely National Institute for Empow...