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Is the state indifferent towards the differently abled?
Updated On: 06 May, 2014 01:47 AM IST | | Priyankka Deshpande
<p>In a bid to integrate them into the mainstream, Department for Persons with Disabilities proposed in April last year that couples with disabled spouse be awarded Rs 50,000; this scheme is still waiting to be reviewed by the state govt</p>

In a bid to integrate people with disabilities into the mainstream, the Department for Persons with Disabilities had sent several proposals to the state government last year.

Left out: Marriage, and social integration, is always a major source of concern for the disabled. Representation Pic
Of them, the most significant one proposed that the government release funds that could be used to grant monetary awards to couples in which one or both spouses are handicapped.
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