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Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities
The Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities in the Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment aims to facilitates empowerment of the Persons with Disabilities. As per Census 2011, the number of Persons with Disabilities in the country are 2.68 crore , which is 2.21 percent of the total population of the Country. As per the RPwD Act, 2016, there are 21 types of Disabilities which includes Locomotor Disability, Visual Impairment, Hearing Impairment, Speech & Language Disability, Intellectual Disability, Multiple Disabilities, Cerebral Palsy, Dwarfism etc.
