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Regards "If you believe that there is a God, a God that made your body, and yet you think that you can do anything with that body that's dirty, then the fault lies with the manufacturer." --Lenny Bruce (Rajesh Asudani) Assistant General Manager, Reserve Bank of India Nagpur 09420397185 O: 0712 2806676 Res: 0712 2591349 -----Original Message----- From: accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of Gopalakrishnan Sent: Thursday, August 26, 2010 10:16 PM To: Access India Subject: [AI] Draft Legislation for the Disabled will be Ready by December India News New Delhi Thursday, Aug 26 2010 IST Agreeing that 2.19 crore disabled population in the country needed a better legal and administrative framework to ameliorate their lot, the Government today held out hope that a draft legislation harmonising the general principles of the UN body for disabilities would be in place by the end of the year. An experts and stakeholders group has been studying and collating 100 proposed amendments for drafting a holistic and forward-looking legislation to benefit the disabled sections of society since May this year and a comprehensive legislation may be in place by December, Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment Mukul Wasnik told the Rajya Sabha. He was making a statement on a Call Attention Motion on the 'discrimination faced by disabled citizens' and the urgent need to place an appropriate administrative and legal framework to address the requirements. He said as per the Census 2001, there were 2.19 crore persons with disabilities ranging from visual impairment, speech, loc omotor and mental disabilities constituting 2.13 per cent of the population. Voice your thoughts in the blog to discuss the Rights of persons with disability bill at: http://www.accessindia.org.in/harish/blog.htm To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Notice: This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, any dissemination, use, review, distribution, printing or copying of the information contained in this e-mail message and/or attachments to it are strictly prohibited. If you have received this email by error, please notify us by return e-mail or telephone and immediately and permanently delete the message and any attachments. The recipient should check this email and any attachments for the presence of viruses. The Reserve Bank of India accepts no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this email. Voice your thoughts in the blog to discuss the Rights of persons with disability bill at: http://www.accessindia.org.in/harish/blog.htm To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in