Very interesting!! It would be a learning experience for the surveyors, but would it help the actual mentally unwell. Fingers crossed.
On Sep 4, 1:37 pm, Vaishnavi Jayakumar <[email protected]> wrote: > Survey of disabled in Rajasthan > > *Jaipur:* The state government is carrying out a survey on physically and > mentally challenged persons for the first time. Under the new > provisions, mentally > ill patients — even those suffering from severe depression — would also be > included in the category. Those identified, will be eligible to avail > benefits under the provisions of Disability Act, after their scrutiny and > certification. > > A communiqué, directing all the district collectors, to make preparations > was sent from the office of chief secretary to all the districts recently. > Besides mental illness, six other categories—blindness, low vision, > leprosy-cured, hearing impairment, locomotor disability and mental > retardation—would be included in the survey as per the new provisions. > > "We have already drawn the modalities for the survey which is being carried > out for the first time in Rajasthan. Special training and orientation > programmes will soon be conducted all over the state for those to be > involved in carrying out the survey, which will help them identify the > disabled in accordance with the provisions," said Aditi Mehta principal > secretary department of social justice and empowerment. > > Those identified as mentally ill by the surveyors would be scrutinised by > the team of medical experts and would be later given a disability > certificate. The training for the programme would begin from September 30 > following which survey would be carried in the months of November and > December all across the state. > > *According to a rough estimate, the number physically and mentally > challenged persons could have reached up to 18 lakh by now in the state. In > fact the question on disability was first included in the 2001 census > schedule following suggestions from the ministries of social justice and > empowerment and planning and programme implementation as well as > non-government organisations. Subsequent census had placed Rajasthan on > sixth position in terms of number of disabled persons present.* -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Mental Health Advocacy (News 'N Views) India" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/MhaNewsViewsIndia?hl=en ------------- Affiliated Groups : MENTAL HEALTH ADVOCACY INDIA [email protected] Discussions on mental health law / policy / plan monitoring / human rights etc [email protected] India-specific news and views related to mental health [email protected] Information and support to carers of people with mental health issues [email protected] Mutual support and sharing of experiential knowledge, skills and social learning amongst peers
