100 divyang-friendly websites launched to empower disabled

New Delhi, January 20: In a path breaking initiative to empower Persons with Disabilities, Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Thaawarchand Gehlot launched 100 accessible websites for Divyangs.

Saying divyangs are full of capabilities but should be given opportunities to prove themselves, he asserted a lot needs to be done to empower divyangs in the country. These 100 government websites are now divyang friendly.

The Minister urged the states to increase the pace of the work which is being done in favour of divyangs. He said, the Centre is extending all assistance to empower divyangs and bring them into the mainstream.

Accessible Websites are those websites into which Persons with Disabilities can perceive, understand, navigate, and interact with the Web, and that they can contribute to the Web.

The Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (Divyangjan) initiated a “Website Accessibility Project” for State Government/Union Territories under Accessible India Campaign through ERNET India, an autonomous scientific society under the Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY), to make total 917 websites accessible and providing funds for the same.