Niti Aayog plans policy to push local production of assistive devices

Niti Aayog plans policy to push local production of assistive devices https://ift.tt/u7Fyn26 Aayog has started discussions with the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), World Health Organisation (WHO) and stakeholder ministries to firm up the blueprint for a national integrated policy on assistive devices, a senior government official told ET. India has an estimated 30 million persons with disability as per the 2011 census and over 5% of the people aged 60 years and above have some form of disability.