Himachal Government would provide training to 2000 specially abled persons and provide them employment opportunities, state Technical Education, Labor & Employment and Industries Minister Bikram Singhsaid on Tuesday.
Addressing a workshop organized for specially abled persons by HP Kaushal Vikas Nigam here, Singh said the state is implementing Himachal Pradesh Skill Development Project through Asian Development Bank in collaboration with the Government of India. Under the project there was a mandate to provide training to 2000 specially abled persons and provide them employment opportunities.
The minister said there are 1.55 lakh persons with special abilities in the State and 90,000 had been issued disability certificates. He said that apart from the state, various industrial training institutions (ITIs) were providing training to 200 such persons in different trades to make them employable.
The Minister said that convergence of departments especially Education, Health, Social Justice and Empowerment and Industries was extremely essential. He also visited exhibitions put up by NGOs like Abhi, Chinmaya Cord and Chetna associated with specially abled persons.
