Press Information Bureau Government of India Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment 07-February-2014 20:46 IST Cabinet Approves Amendment to Rights of Persons with Disabilities Bill 2014 The Cabinet on 6 February, 2014 approved the proposal of the Department of Disability Affairs to incorporate amendments in the proposed Rights of the Persons with Disabilities Bill, 2014, which are:-
- Definition of person with disability in terms of interaction with barriers also; - High support needs person enabled to take independent and inform decision also; - Definition of low vision will be notified by the Government; - The appropriate Government to take necessary steps to ensure reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities; - No person with disability will be discriminated on grounds of disability; - Appropriate Governments to ensure that the persons with disabilities enjoy legal capacity on an equal basis with others, in all aspects of life to have equal rights as any other person before law; - Recognizing legal capacity of person with disability, limited guardianship would be the norm, to enable the person with disability to take joint decision with legal guardian; - Person with disability would also have the right to appeal against the decision of appointment of legal guardian; - Disability Certificate to be valid across the country; - Educational institutions funded and recognized will have to provide inclusive education for children with disability; - The appropriate Governments to constitute to expert committee with representation of persons with disabilities for identification of posts for Government employment for persons with disabilities; - Review period shortened from 5 years to 3 years in case of identified posts; - 5 per cent vacancies reserved for persons with disabilities will be computed against the total number of vacancies in the cadre strength; - National Commission and State Commission will have power to exempt any post in an establishment from the purview of reservation for persons with disabilities; - For greater coverage and employability in Government sector, the appropriate Governments to prescribe relaxation for upper age limit for employment of PwDs; - National Commission shall formulate and enforce regulations. On 2/8/14, Mahesh S. Panicker <maheshspanic...@gmail.com> wrote: > Just came across this link. > http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=103259 > Now what does this imply as far as the immediate future of the > legislation is concerned? Will it be pushed through in this Parliament > session itself? The Cabinet interestingly, has refused to accept the > legitimate demand regarding the need for a disabled person to head the > proposed Disability Commission. > > -- > Mahesh S. Panicker > Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, > Lady Shri Ram College, Lajpat Nagar > New Delhi 110024 > > Time to meet up again! > Register for AccessIndia Convention 2014: > http://accessindia.org.in/harish/convention.htm > > > > Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of > mobile phones / Tabs on: > http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > > Search for old postings at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ > > 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 > > > Disclaimer: > 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the > person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; > > 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails > sent through this mailing list.. > Time to meet up again! Register for AccessIndia Convention 2014: http://accessindia.org.in/harish/convention.htm Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ 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 Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list..
