South Indian state Tamil Nadu government has announced that the disability allowance to persons with disabilities would be paid in advance for two months to beneficiaries.
The advance payment of maintenance allowance for two months would be released early to protect the livelihood of persons with disabilities, said the State Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities, in an official release.
“This amount will be credited in their bank account through ECS by the respective DDAWOs in their districts,” it stated.
The Welfare of Differently Abled Persons Department has been granting a maintenance allowance of 1,500 rupees per month to persons with disabilities.
Since the State government has allowed the functioning of essential government departments, despite the lockdown put in place to prevent the spread of coronavirus, a few requests were received from persons with disabilities.
“The government has agreed to exempt persons with disabilities from duty during the lockout period. Hence all persons with disabilities government employees working in the Department of essential service have been exempted from duty from March 23, 2020 during the lockout period,” according to the press release.
