Department of Empowerment of Persons With Disabilities (DEPWD)

The Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities in the Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment facilitates empowerment of the persons with disabilities, who as per Census 2011 are 2.68 crore and are 2.21 percent of the total population of the Country. These include persons with Seeing, Hearing, Speech, Movement, Mental Retardation, Mental Illness, Multiple Disability and any other disabilities. Location.5th Floor, Paryavaran Bhawan, CGO Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi – 110003