New Delhi (NVI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi today asserted that his government’s first priority is to protect the interests of 130 crore citizens and ensure justice for everyone.
He was addressing a rally in Uttar Pradesh’s Prayagraj after distributing rehabilitative devices to nearly 27,000 senior citizens and specially-abled people at the ‘Samajik Adhikarta Shivir’.
“This is the basis for the philosophy of ‘Sabka Saath Sabka Vikas Sabka Vishwaas’. Our government is working for the welfare & development of each and every person in the society. It is my government’s first priority to protect the interests of 130 crore Indians, be it senior citizens, divyangjan, tribals or the downtrodden,” Modi said.
Referring to the mega camp organised for distribution of medical devices, the Prime Minister said it is a part of the government’s effort to provide better living to all.
“In the last five years, the government has set up about 9,000 camps in different parts of the country,” he added.
“This is the first government which has enacted the ‘Rights of Persons with the Disabilities Act’, through which the categories of disabilities from 7 to 21 have been extended. The quota of reservation for higher education has also been increased for the Divyangjan from 3 per cent to 5 per cent,” he said.
The Prime Minister said that in the last five years, many buildings in the country and more than 700 railway stations and airports have been made accessible to the disabled. The remaining ones will also be made accessible by linking to the Sugamya Bharat Abhiyan, he added.
In the mega camp, over 56,000 Assistive Aid and Devices of different types will be distributed free of cost to over 26,000 beneficiaries. The cost of these devices is over Rs 19 crore.
