On 17th June 2020, at 3:30 pm, the Composite Regional Centre (CRC) for Skill Development, Rehabilitation and Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities, located beside Namkum Block Office, Khijari, Ranchi was inaugurated by Dr. Thaawar chand Gehlot, Hon’ble Union Minister of of Social Justice & Empowerment, Government of India, through video conferencing.
The inauguration was conducted virtually in the benign presence of Shri Arjun Munda, Hon’ble Union Minister of Tribal Affairs, Govt. of India, Shri Sanjay Seth, Hon’ble Member of Parliament, Ranchi Constituency, Shri Rajesh Kachap, Hon’ble Member of Legislative Assembly, Khijari, Ranchi, Dr. S. P. Das, Director, SVNIRTAR, Cuttack, Odisha, and Shri. Satish Chandra, State Disability Commissioner, Jharkhand.
The entire virtual inaugural programme was conducted under the effective guidance of Ms. Shakuntala D. Gamlin (IAS), Secretary & Shri Prabodh Seth (IRS), Joint Secretary, DEPwD, MSJ&E, Govt of India.
For the programme, 46 nos. of Wheel Chairs, 80 nos. of Tricycles, 64 nos. of Crutches, 40 nos. of Smart Phones, 10 nos. of MSEID kits, 50 nos. of Hearing Aids, 40 nos. of Daisy players, 40 nos. of Braille kits, 2 nos. of Sewing Machines, 2 nos. of Laptops and 2 nos. of Mobile Repairing Kits were made available for free distribution to the persons with disabilities. On the day of inauguration 45 nos. of Tricycles, 10 nos. of Wheel Chairs, 1 nos. of Laptop, 3 nos. of Axillary Crutches were distributed to the persons with disabilities day under the guidance of Dr. S. P. Das, Director, SVNIRTAR, Cuttack, Odisha following COVID guidelines. Distribution of aids and appliances and services to the people with disabilities were provided on the inaugural day under the guidance of Dr. S. P. Das, Director, SVNIRTAR, Cuttack, Odisha. Rest of the assistive devices were kept for distribution from the center.
With the inauguration, CRC-Ranchi started to provide rehabilitation services through it’s different departments like Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy, Audiology and Speech Pathology, Psychology, Prosthetics & Orthotics, Special Education, Social Work, Outreach, Early Intervention & Treatment etc. to the Persons with Disabilities of the entire state of Jharkhand.
Through implementing various schemes of Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities, Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment, this Centre started contribution towards the vision of “Sabkaa-Saath, Sabkaa-Vikaas, Sabkaa-Vishwaas” of Hon’ble Prime Minister of India.
CRC Ranchi started functioning under the administrative control of Swami Vivekanand National Institute of Rehabilitation Training & Research, Cuttack, Odisha, Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities,Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment, Govt. Of India.
- On occasion of inauguration, Dr. Thaawar chand Gehlot, Hon’ble Union Minister of Social Justice & Empowerment, Government of India, thanked to the Government of Jharkhand for providing land and the existing building for establishing the 21st CRC of India at Ranchi. He assured that Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities will be providing its best services towards the upliftment of the Persons with Disabilities, as before. He expressed his pleasure in achievement of 10 Guinness Book of World Records by this Department in providing such services to the Persons with Disabilities. He said that-” Department has conducted 9147 nos. of rehabilitation camps across the country during last 6 Years . To make the process of availing the services of this department easier for the Persons with Disabilities, Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment has introduced Unique ID Card for the Persons with Disabilities (UDID), according to which more than 34 lakh UDID cards have already been disbursed, about 15000 motorized tricycles have been distributed to Persons with Disabilities having 80% or more disability. 5 sport complexes for Persons with Disabilities across the country will be available soon. Government is also providing loans with little interest to the Persons with Disabilities so that they can start any activity for their sustenance. So many such schemes of the Government which are meant for the Persons with Disabilities are being offered under the successful guidance of Hon’ble Prime Minister of India Shri. Narendra Modi.”
- Shri. Arjun Munda, Hon’ble Union Minister of Tribal Affairs, Govt. of India, emphasized that “If a Person with Disability has one difficulty, by changing the mode of thinking we can find the same person having several other capabilities too. There are many instances of successful achievements by such Persons with Disabilities, who have become examples for others to be inspired.”
He expressed best wishes and progress for the CRC Ranchi.
- Shri Sanjay Seth, Hon’ble Member of Parliament, Ranchi constituency expressed his best wishes and belief that this Centre shall work for the betterment and rehabilitation of the Persons with Disabilities in the state of Jharkhand. He also expressed his consent to extend his support towards the Centre, whenever required in future. He emphasized that one should not cry for what one does not have, one should focus on what he/she has.
- Shri Rajesh Kachhap, Hon’ble MLA, Khijri, Ranchi expressed his pleasure on inauguration of the CRC at Ranchi. He opined that we all should work together towards providing better services to the Persons with Disabilities. We all should vow and show our commitment for the Persons with Disabilities to bring them to the mainstream.
- Ms. Shakuntala D. Gamlin (IAS), Secretary, Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities, Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment, Government of India, opined that- “2.68 crores of Persons with Disabilities, which is about 2.21% of our total population as per Census Report 2011, must be brought to the mainstream as early as possible. Establishment of this Centre is one of the successful attempts of the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities, Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment, Government of India, towards achievement of this vision.”
She expressed her best wishes towards improvement of CRC Ranchi.
- Dr. Prabodh Seth, Joint Secretary, Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities, Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment, Government of India welcomed all the guests of the inauguration programme. He also expressed his belief that this Centre will work towards bringing positive changes in the lives of the Persons with Disabilities.
- Dr. Sakti Prasad Das, Director, SVNIRTAR, Cuttack, Odisha, narrated all the activities and services of the Centre and expressed his vote of thanks to all the guests of the inaugural programme and all those who assisted and cooperated for successful establishment of the Centre.
All the guests who were physically present at CRC Ranchi moved around the different departments and expressed their satisfaction.
During the inaugural programme, Sri A N Nanda, Sri N Ojha, Sri Rasmi Ranjan Swain, Sri. Satyajit Patnaik, Smt. Suman Singh, Smt. Kanchan, Sri Arshad Jamal etc. were present.