18. Administrative Arrangement Relating to Disabled Person:
(1) The Government of Nepal shall make arrangement relating to disability
through the Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare (hereinafter refereed
as “Ministry”).
(2) For the purpose of subsection (1), the Government of Nepal
may appoint Social Welfare Officer in the District realized as necessary
or the Government of Nepal may specify any Officer for that purpose.
(3) The Ministry shall register the name of the disabled persons
throughout the country and shall maintain record as per their nature. The
Ministry may publish by collecting the statistics in this regard in each
five year.
(4) The Ministry shall make coordination in the program of the
agencies relating to the disabled persons.
(5) The Ministry may make or cause to be made research of
different technologies in regard to provide more facilities to the disabled
persons and make them self-reliant.