Problem Faced by Physically Challenged Persons and their Awareness towards Welfare Measures

Abstract

The physically challenged persons are one of the excluded sections of the society and also they face number of problems in their daily life. In order to bring them in the main stream both the central as well as the state governments are introducing many welfare measures and schemes. To avail these welfare measures and the schemes, first of all they must aware about the same. The present study is conducted among the physically challenged persons about their problems in the daily life and also their awareness about various government welfare measures. The result of the present study indicated that the officials who are implementing the welfare measures know only few of the familiar welfare programmes of the physically challenged persons.