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SBI, RIL, Infy among top listed companies to hire differently abled
While the number of PWDs employed by Nifty-50 companies during the Covid-impacted year of 2021-22 was 10.6% higher than the preceding year of FY21, the proportion of differently-abled people employed by these firms is still less than half a percentage of their total permanent workforce
Source | economictimes.indiatimes.com | Kiran Kabtta Somvanshi
India’s leading 50 listed companies together employed 12,295 people with disabilities (PWDs) on a permanent basis in FY22, an analysis of their annual report disclosures on the International Day of Persons with Disabilities shows.
While the number of PWDs employed by Nifty-50 companies during the Covid-impacted year of 2021-22 was 10.6% higher than the preceding year of FY21, the proportion of differently-abled people employed by these firms is still less than half a percentage of their total