Status of the Assistive Technology Market for the Physically Challenged in India Dinesh K Kapila CGM (Retd) NABARD, (Published in The Business Sandesh on 02/10/2026) Assistive Technology (AT) is defined as the application of organized scientific knowledge and skills related to assistive products (APs), which includes systems and services to improve the functioning and independent living of a person with at least one or more functional difficulties or disabilities. T he UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have focused on the need for social inclusion with the affirmation that “no one should be left behind”, and that the governments should make efforts to reach the unreached . Assistive technology (AT) is essential to minimize functional limitations for the physically challenged. Few studies are there to estimate the prevalence of the needs, met and unmet for AT a...
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