hi rajesh sir, please send me final draft of the bill. On 11/27/15, Asudani, Rajesh <rajeshasud...@rbi.org.in> wrote: > Yes. > LV are, as a rule, preferred. > > I had vehemently championed for separate reservation to these two > categories, or rather separate reservation for every disability, moderate > and severe. > > For a while, it was included in the draft as well. > > However, the point does not seem to have made it into the final version. > > सादर / With thanks & Regards > राजेश आसुदानी Rajesh Asudani > सहायक महाप्रबन्धक AGM > बाजार आसूचना ईकाई MIU > भारतीय रिजर्व बैंक Reserve Bank of India > नागपुर Nagpur > > 0712 2806846 > > President > VIBEWA > Co-Moderator > VIB-India > > A-pilll = Action coupled with Positivity, Interest, Love, Logic and > laughter. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf > Of Vedprakash > Sent: Friday, November 27, 2015 5:08 PM > To: 'AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues concerning > the disabled.'; 'jnuvision' > Subject: Re: [AI] RPD Bill Update: Diabetes, cancer off bill > > One more important point needs attention. > Low vision and visually candidates fall in the same category in the new > bill, which may create problem for totally blind individuals. > In Delhi Government schools, such problems have come to notice. > For the principal's post just one year back, intensity of visual impairment > and not the merit was considered. > > Exciting Offers to Grab Vedprakash Sharma > > > -----Original Message----- > From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf > Of avinash shahi > Sent: Friday, November 27, 2015 2:50 PM > To: jnuvision <jnuvis...@yahoogroups.com>; accessindia > <accessindia@accessindia.org.in> > Subject: [AI] RPD Bill Update: Diabetes, cancer off bill > > The Bill is listed in the business of parliament for winter session, we > could hope it functions smoothly? > http://www.telegraphindia.com/1151127/jsp/nation/story_55361.jsp > Govt rejects House panel suggestions on disability Ananya Sengupta New > Delhi, Nov. 26: The government has junked a parliamentary panel's > recommendations to include diabetes and cancer in a disability bill pending > for two years now, finally agreeing with most stakeholders that these were > medical conditions and not disabilities. > > Sources in the ministry of social justice and empowerment said it was > possibly the first since the 1995 Disability Act was framed that the > government and the sector appeared to be on the same page. > > "We have conveyed to the committee that we wouldn't be able to include > diabetes and other such things under the bill as they are not disabilities, > but medical conditions. Even the disability sector is with us on this > issue," a senior ministry official said. > > The Rights of Persons with Disability Bill, aimed at amending the 1995 law, > was introduced in the Rajya Sabha in 2013 before being referred to the > panel > following disagreements. > > In May this year, the committee, in a report to Parliament, recommended > that > "prominent and permanent disabilities" like diabetes, blood cancer and > kidney failure be listed in the bill, following demands from a section of > the disability sector. > > The House panel also suggested that dyslexia (reading disorder), dysgraphia > (writing disorder), dyscalculia (difficulty in learning or comprehending > arithmetic), dyspraxia (a condition that affects co-ordination), dwarfism, > epilepsy, dementia and paralysis of the limbs caused by injuries to the > spinal cord or other reasons be included. > > Following the committee's report, dyslexia, dysgraphia, dyscalculia, > dyspraxia and dwarfism were included in the draft bill. > > "The broad category of chronic neurological conditions includes paralysis, > spinal injury, stroke and dementia. Of course, a social sector bill cannot > ever be all-encompassing, it will evolve," the ministry official said. > > The ministry has also redefined "discrimination" in accordance with the UN > Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disability, which calls for > unconditional right to equality on a par with others. In an earlier draft, > the right to equality had been curtailed under Section 3(3). It said the > right against discrimination existed, "unless" it could be shown that the > "impugned act or omission is a proportionate means of achieving a > legitimate > aim". > > "The government has accepted most of our demands. We demanded that the bill > follow the definitions of the UNCRPD and the government has done it," said > S.K. Rungta of the National Federation of the Blind. Rungta had protested > against the amended bill two years ago, eventually pushing it to the > committee. > > In the new draft, the government has expanded the definition of > disabilities > to include autism spectrum disorder, chronic neurological conditions, > haemophilia, leprosy-cured persons, locomotor disability, mental illness, > muscular dystrophy, multiple sclerosis, thalassaemia and sickle-cell > disease, a hereditary blood disorder. > > The ministry has also included a section on women with disabilities, > recognising equal rights, including those to reproduction and family > planning. > > "These are positive changes. 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