Vocational Training to Disabled persons for self employment:
Vocational training is imparted to the Disabled person through voluntary organisations in all the seven District Headquarters in different trades like knitting, cane, bamboo work, tailoring.
The main objective of the scheme is to enable the disabled people to stand on their own feet by taking up self employment venture in the trade they have been trained
| Districts | Trades offered | Scholarship/ Stipend | Coverage of beneficiaries | |||
| 2002-2003 | 2003-2004 | 2004-2005 | 2007-2008 | |||
| East Khasi Hills | Knitting, cane, bamboo work and tailoring | Rs 500/- per trainee per month | 8 | 18 | 15 | 6 |
| West Garo Hills | 4 | 20 | 12 | 7 | ||
| Jaintia Hills | 5 | 7 | 8 | 8 | ||
| West Khasi Hills | 5 | 7 | 10 | 6 | ||
| Ri Bhoi | 5 | 14 | 15 | 8 | ||
| East Garo Hills | 10 | 12 | 11 | 6 | ||
| South Garo Hills | 4 | 0 | 10 | 8 | ||
| Total beneficiaries | 41 | 78 | 81 | 49 | ||
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