source: today's The Hindu: Visually challenged persons and members of the National Federation of the Blind staged a demonstration in front of the Swadeshi Mills to press for implementation of their charter of demands. Criticising the Puducherry government's failure to provide 3 per cent reservation to differently abled in government departments as per the directions of the Union Government, T. Manikandan, president of the National Federation of the Blind, urged the government to immediately fill the vacancies by employing people who are differently-abled. The Federation sought provision of free mobile phones to visually challenged persons and constitute a separate welfare board for the differently abled persons. The government should increase the monthly maintenance allowance for the differently abled to a minimum of Rs. 3,000, they added. The Federation sought increased allowance for those with a higher degree of disability and uniform criteria.
-- "THE OPPOSITE OF LOVE IS NOT HATRED, BUT INDIFFERENCE" MURUGANANDAN.K Ph.D Scholar, Department of English, Pondicherry University, puducherry-14 mobile:+919787871008. 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..
