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 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.