Section 8(7) in The National Award for the Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities Rules, 2013
(7)For best applied research / innovation / product development aimed at improving the life of persons with disabilities: - (a) One National Award shall be given to the best applied research or technological innovation aimed at improving the life of persons with disabilities and two awards shall be given for the development of new cost effective product for manufacture aimed at improving the life of persons with disabilities.(b)The selection criteria for the innovative projects or technology shall be:(i)Development of an outstanding device, aid or adaptation which substantially improves the chances of the persons with disabilities in receiving education, obtaining or retaining employment and in being totally integrated in the socio-economic life of the community; and(ii)The effectiveness of the device in increasing the mobility, productivity and employment prospects of the persons with disability, maintainability of the device and its reparability.(c)The criteria for easy and most cost-effective adaptability of technology shall be as follows:-i) Its effectiveness in increasing the mobility of disabled people using low cost resources.ii) Its effectiveness to assist in utilizing the best of their inherent potentials for increasing productivity and self-employment of disabled people using low cost resources.iii) Its effectiveness in facilitating communication of disabled people using low cost resources.iv) Its effectiveness in imparting education to disabled people using low cost resources.v) Its effectiveness in providing entertainment to disabled people using low cost resources.vi) Any other criteria, which may be adopted by a high level committee appointed by the Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment. The decision of the committee shall be final.(d)The applications shall be invited in the prescribed format attached at Annexure-G.
