Integrating Differently

Abled Individuals Into

Mainstream Commerce
Facts & Challenges
Presented by:
187- Ganesh Dontul
188-Vaishali Kargaonkar
190-Joel Gonsalves
191-Laxmi Iyer
202-Nidhi Popat
203-Nikhil Yadav
205-Harsh Damania

Introduction
The Constitution of India ensures equality, freedom, justice and dignity of all
individuals and implicitly mandates an inclusive society for all including the
persons with disabilities.
7 categories of disabilities under provisions of the Persons with Disabilities
Act,1995:
1.Blindness
2.Low vision
3.Leprosy cured
4.Hearing impairment
5.Locomotor disability
6.Mental retardation
7.Mental illness
Persons with a minimum of 40% disability from above are eligible for

Background & Facts

World Bank estimates : 40-80 mn
Census 2011 estimated 68%
differently abled in rural areas

Among the total, 12.6 mn are

males and 9.3 mn are
females.
Planning Commission India
estimates 2.2% , nearly 21.9
mn people of Indian
Population (acc. Census 2001)

Background & Facts

The Persons with Disability Act 1995 reserves
3% categories of jobs in Gov. Sector
Incentives for Public/Private Sector having 5% of work force
as differently abled

NCPEDP survey 1999 proves 0.1 mn employed

0.28% private sector
0.05% multinationals

India has ratified the United Nations Convention on the Rights

of persons with disability (UNCRPD) in 2007

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rs

Challenges
Persons
with
disability

Governme
nt

Companie
s

NGOs

Challenges : Persons with disability

Lack of accessible education
Impact of disability / logistical barriers
Lack of encouragement from family
and society (Social stigma)
Limited interaction
Fast pace of environmental changes

55% Illiterates
36% Basic
Literacy
9%

Secondar
y and
Above

Challenges : Government
Job quotas ineffective so far
Ineffective access to Persons with disability employment
related data/information
Limited awareness about benefits
Training may not be market linked
Limited success of programs

Challenges :
Companies/Employers

Availability of skilled general category candidates

Lack of necessary education and/or qualifications among
Persons with disability
No efficient center for sourcing Persons with disability
Infrastructure
Unwillingness / Unawareness

Challenges : NGOs/DPOs
Scalability challenges for skilling and
training model
Lack of sustainable funding
Lack of proper infrastructure

Many in number but

fragmented
Sharing of best practices
Instructor effectiveness
Training quality

Global Initiatives : SDG

Government Initiatives
The government is awake to the issues and challenges faced by the
disabled. Various steps have been taken
1. Reservation
2. Infrastructure is disabled friendly
3. Psychological aspects of disability

Private Sectors Initiatives

To create an ecosystem of skills opportunity which links the differently abled
into mainstream work, Wadhwani Foundation and IL&FS Skills joined hands
and curated a placement linked skills programme for more than 1000 youth,
especially those who are hard of hearing and face orthopaedic challenges in
Garment Checking and Domestic BPO skills respectively.
A national level programme was rolled out in Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu,
Uttarakhand, Delhi NCR, Karnataka, Gujarat, Maharashtra and Punjab.
The teams overcame the initial challenges of mobilisation due to lack of
awareness amongst families and prejudices of employers to deliver a
programme designed to address the needs of the differently abled learner.

Private Sectors Initiatives

contd..

At the IL&FS Institute of Skills (IIS) the trainees were given a hands-on
learning environment such that they could learn by doing by senior,
experienced trainers and instructors.
We have trained over 1,400 differently abled people over a period of
18 months between 2012- 13 across 7 states in manufacturing and
service sector trades, out of which more than 900 people have been
placed into organised sector jobs and another 80+ people are self
employed

Case Studies
ALBERT EINSTEIN
Einstein was the greatest scientist of the twentieth
century and notable physicist of all time.
It is told that he had learning
disability in his childhood. He could
not talk till he was three and could
not read till he was eight.

The American prolific runner is the first

competitor in Olympic as a blind
From her birth she is blind.

MARLA RUNYAN

Case Studies

The society has to realize that disability does not make an individual a liability.
Such individuals often, because of sheer grit and determination not only
overcome their disability but become an inspiration to other people as well.

Thank You