"Just 15% of India’s disabled employed in regular jobs", 3 December 2019

...People with disabilities (PwDs)...constitute 2.2% of the country's total population... In the last few years, the government has rolled out several welfare and special schemes for PwDs to integrate them into the mainstream...

...But when it comes to jobs, there still exists a huge disparity between the disabled and non-disabled population...effectively over a crore are out of work force.

In 1995, India passed a law requiring Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) to hire 3% of their employees from the PwD segment. The cap was later increased to 4%. Despite this, integration of people with disabilities into the labor market remains woefully low — not even one fourth of their overall population.

A greater proportion of PwDs are left to fend for themselves and have to be their own boss. On all India levels, 22.8% of people are employed as salaried workers, but merely 15% of PwDs have regular jobs.

Further, more than three-fourths of India’s disabled population receives no help from the government or non-governmental organisations (NGOs)..Women with disabilities are the worst off as a greater proportion don’t any aid when compared to men...

...Low literacy levels too hampers the employability of disabled population. Among persons with disabilities of age 7 years and above, only 52.2% are found to be literate, while those 15 years and above, only 19.3% had highest educational level as secondary and above...