Guwahati, Oct .6 (PTI): Union Minister Santosh Kumar Gangwar today lauded the Assam government for taking steps to provide adequate opportunities for the differently abled.
“Differently abled people do not seek sympathy. All they want is opportunity to scale the heights of life”, the Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Labour and Employment said while inaugurating the office building of ‘National Career Service Centre for Differently Abled’ here.
He said that three per cent of the total population of the country were differently abled but they are highly spirited and their energy should be channelised by skilling them in different trades that can make them self-reliant.
Assam Minister for Skill, Employment and Entrepreneurship Chandra Mohan Patowary said that a society can be termed developed only when the differently abled are included in the developmental agenda.
Patowary said that a special employment drive will soon be undertaken by the department for the differently abled people.
Assam Labour Minister Pallab Lochan Das said that departments like Industry and Commerce, Transport, Skill, Labour and Employment must work in tandem for overall development and growth of the differently abled people.
