New Delhi, Apr 26 (PTI) The Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (DEPwD) and e-commerce firm Flipkart have signed a tripartite Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to jointly provide skill training and employment opportunities for persons with disabilities.

In a statement, the Social Justice Ministry said it also envisages mobilisation of persons with disabilities for skill training by the DEPwD, designing of job roles for e-commerce sector by the Skill Council for Persons with Disability (SCPwD) and providing skill training and hiring of such persons.

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The ministry said under this initiative, for the first time, the DEPwD has come in association with Flipkart for inclusion of persons with disabilities (PwDs) in the e-commerce sector.

This joint initiative would create better opportunities for PwDs by imparting job specific, practical and e-commerce skills in the supply chain sector to enhance their employability as well as enable them to become entrepreneurs, it added.

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