National Job Portal for persons with disabilities launched

The government recently launched a job portal, exclusively for the disabled, www.Disabilityjobs.Gov.In. Through the National Job Portal, PwDs will be able to avail the different facilities such as self employment loan, education loan, skill training, link to scholarships and information about jobs in a single window platform. The skill  training will be provided by a network of 200 clusters of 'Training Partners' with  financial assistance from government. A time-bound action plan has been prepared for this  purpose, the government will also pursue private sector for providing them job after the  training. The Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities in the Ministry of  Social Justice and Empowerment had entrusted National Handicapped Finance and Development  Corporation (NHFDC) to develop the national-level job portal.