New Delhi, Nov. 28 -- The National Centre for Promotion of Employment for Disabled People (NCPEDP) has said the budgetary allocation for people with disabilities has been too low in the past few years. It has urged the Central government to increase the allocation in the upcoming Union Budget.
In a letter to Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, te NCPEDP said,"Over the past few years the budgetary allocation for person with disabilities has been 0.04 per cent which is disheartening and inadequate to meet the needs of this particularly vulnerable and marginalised section of society."
It noted that people with disabilities have been the worst-hit by the Covid-19 pandemic this year.
"Loss of access to healthcare, support systems, educ...