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Ministry engaged in rehabilitating persons with disabilities: Meira Kumar

New Delhi, Oct 24 ANI: Union Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment Meira Kumar has said that the Ministry is engaged in the challenging task of rehabilitation of persons with disabilities. During a meeting on "Artificial Limbs Manufacturing Corporation of India ALIMCO" here last evening, Kumar said, "Rehabilitation is a process aimed at enabling Persons with Disabilities to reach and maintain their optimal physical, sensory, intellectual, psychiatric or social functional levels. The most important component of rehabilitation is physical rehabilitation which is providing complete independence in movement and self-care." "The Ministry has implemented a Scheme of Assistance to Disabled Persons for purchase and fitting of aids and appliances also known as the ADIP Scheme. Under this Scheme, grants are released for distribution of assistive aids and devices to eligible persons with disabilities through various implementing agencies," she added. She said through the scheme we provide assistive devices to about two lakh beneficiaries per year. This year's allocation under the scheme is Rs.70 crore. The ALIMCO was incorporated on November 30, 1972 under Section 25 of the Companies Act, 1956 as a Not For Profit Company with the main objective of manufacturing and supplying quality rehabilitation aids and appliances for persons with disabilities. ALIMCO is a schedule-'C' Public Sector Undertaking PSU under the administrative control of this ministry with 100 per cent share holding by the Government of India. It has authorized share capital and paid up capital of Rs. 3.00 crore and Rs. 1.97 crore worth, respectively. The corporate office and main production plant are located at Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh. ALIMCO carries out R and D activities to improve upon existing products as well as to develop customer friendly products. Many products developed by ALIMCO are being manufactured to meet their demand. ALIMCO has entered into MOU with National Institute for Orthopaedically Handicapped NIOH, Kolkata, Harcourt Butler Technological Institute HBTI, Kanpur, Indian Institute of Information Technology IIIT, Allahabad and Dr. Ambedhkar Institute of Technology for Handicapped AITH, Kanpur for improvement of existing Aids and development of new rehabilitation aids. ANI