The campaign called “PM hamari bhi suno” (PM listen to us, too) was launched on Sunday morning under the banner of Rashtriya Viklang Manch and over 5,000 persons had taken part by midnight. But almost 80 per cent of the disabled have not received a single penny,” Rashtriya Viklang Manch’s national general secretary Arun Kumar Singh said. So we thought of reaching out to the PM on Twitter,” Singh added. “The central government has already released funds to the states for disbursal of assistance to persons with disabilities who qualify for the benefit,” said D.K. Panda, under-secretary, department of empowerment of persons with disabilities under the social justice empowerment ministry.

Source: The Telegraph June 08, 2020 23:26 UTC