Context: Recently, the Union Minister of Social Justice & Empowerment inaugurated District Disability Rehabilitation centres (DDRCs).

• Nine DDRCs, namely- Badaun, Pilibhit, Barielly, Balaghat, Golaghat, Ahmedabad, Amravati, Kullu and Rampur have been upgraded to MODEL DDRC level.

District Disability Centre (DDRCs)

• It is an initiative by the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.

• Aim: To facilitate comprehensive services to Persons with Disabilities in the rural areas. 

• These units have a group of rehabilitation professions for providing services like identification of Persons with Disabilities, Awareness Generation, Early Detection and Intervention, Provision / Fitment etc.

• These centres are run jointly by District Management Team headed by DM/Collector and a reputed NGO (Usually Indian Red Cross Society).

• It is a joint venture of Central and State Governments.

• Central Government establishes the centre for three years involving funding for man power contingencies.

• State Government will provide provision basic infrastructure, furniture and coordination of activities through District Management Team (DMT) Chaired by the District Collector and also identification of implementing agency.