The panel took a serious view of only four states — Uttar Pradesh, Odisha, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka — having separate departments to look after the welfare of PWDs, while in the rest, it is either being looked after by the Commissioner or officers having an additional charge.
It drew the attention of the department to Article 41 of the Constitution which provides that “the State shall, within the limits of its economic capacity and development make effective provision for securing the right to work, education and public assistance in cases of unemployment, old age, sickness and disablement and in other cases of undeserved want”.
