Description
As per NSSO 58th round, the number of disabled persons estimated is 18.53 million forming i.Spercent of the total population. In a developing country like India, the support-led strategies from all developmental depaTtments are essential to ensure enabling conditions and empowerment of the persons with mental retardation and their families, for which the government initiatives in various areas of the life-cycle needs are to be increased further. The support led strategies will also help in inducing growth-mediated strategies, which in any case related to the economic health of the country. Government’s role in taking the advantage of the economic growth and social development needs no emphasis. Convergence between the support-led and growth-mediated strategies will be successful only when in-house convergence among the various Ministries of the Government of India and the Departments of State Government takes place. Based on the approach to convergence, endeavors should he made to bring in fusion in the support led strategies and growth mediated strategies, for which there is a need for a planned effort to develop programmes interfacing the Government and community Similarly there is a need to develop action plans right from District level to State and Central level for convergence of various schemes and programmes in vogue in the country including community initiatives.
