The board set up to ensure the welfare of thedifferently abledin the state have held no meetings for three and a half years now, though it is supposed to meet at least twice a year.
Thewelfare boardfor the differently abled, which now has chief minister M K Stalin as chairman, last met in August 2017. It was set up in 2007. A second body called the state advisory board (SAB) was constituted two years after the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (RPWD) Act 2016 came into force. Experts in rehabilitation of the disabled are supposed to be members of the board.
The objective of the welfare board and SAB is to facilitate framing of policies for the Empowerment of the differently abled, implement welfare schemes and support them to improve their socioeconomic status.