National Trust

The National Trust is a statutory body of the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Government of India, set up under the “National Trust for the Welfare of Persons with Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Mental Retardation and Multiple Disabilities” Act (Act 44 of 1999).

The National Trust’s mission, our fundamental purpose, is to create an enabling environment, i.e. providing opportunities for Persons with Disabilities through comprehensive support systems which can also be done by collaborating with other Ministries, etc., which will lead towards the development of an inclusive society.

Objectives

The objectives of the National Trust in particular are:

• to enable and empower persons with disability to live as independently and as fully as possible within and as close to their community as possible;

• to facilitate the realisation of equal opportunities, protection of rights and full participation of persons with a disability;

• to extend support to its registered organisations to provide need-based services; and

• to evolve procedures for appointments of guardians and trustees for persons with disabilities.