Responding to COVID-19 pandemic, the Government of India announced many welfare measures for persons with disabilities. Three months’ advance pension and an ex-gratia of rupees 1000 under National Social Assistance Program (NSAP) were two such highlights on paper.
However, in Karnataka, the concerned authorities did little to implement the relief promised. Our Eyeway Helpdesk in the state is a testimony to distress callers who are at their wits end. Not having received a single penny, even from their usual pension amount in months, their survival is at risk.
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