Dear Shri Javed abidi,
I am enclosing a recent letter issued by the Ministry of Health about
disability benefits. Before the Disability act of 1995 was passed, the
pensionary benfits
as well as CGHS benefits used to be available to totally blind, lunatics and
mentally retarded who are dependent on their Central government parents with
one
single certificate from a government doctor. After 1995 act was passed, various
new letters were issued and I am posting one of the recent ones issued for your
information.Ofcourse this is a step forward compared to earlier ones
but then when you read80% disablity certificate is required, then you know it
is actually NIL. Government is afraid of the numbers of disabled and they donot
have money and so restrict the doles but actually it affects the pensioners who
are OLD and also have to care for a disabled son who is mentally ill. Just
imagine the cost of
maintenance dosage for a mentally ill child on an old pensioner who is 78%
disabled or even 30% disabled?
As you know all these acts have no meaning when it comes to implementation
and the IAS babus run the show whichever ministry one takes.In MOSJE
the case will be similar with Joint Secretary(disabilities ) running the show
and he wants to be CEO of the national trust and also the JS(disabilites)
and so the power of granting the dole cannot be shared and also the
beneficiaries.So the National trust act 1998 and Rehabilitation council act
1992cannot be changed while the 1995 disabilites act which had seen Amendment
committees sitting over it from the time it was framed in various forms
continues to be morfhing in various forms.
Just imagine a 30% disabled child(due to mental illness) getting family pension
from banks, medicines from CGHS without both prents and you will
understand what I mean.Government will NOT allow the disabled to be included in
the family pension(they included the wife only 6 years back). You must have
heard the case of a decorated army subedars' 90 year old continue to get rupees
70 as pension while she is entitled to rupees 18,000/- because she never heard
what
is 2nd,3rd4th or 6th pay commissions.But the IAS bureacracy is heartless and
they are happy to continu as it is if when one sees the socalled 12th plan
documents and focus (which does not have a section for Disabled, mental
health,Geriatric health care).Can you convince the bureaucracy in MH,
that disability certificate under PWDEA act alone should suffice.
Monday, February 07, 2011
Eligibility of permanently disabled son of a CGHS beneficiary to avail CGHS
facility
Eligibility of permanently disabled son of a CGHS beneficiary to avail CGHS
facility.
The undersigned is directed to refer to the Office Memorandum, of even
number, dated the 31st May, 2007 and 29th August, 2007, vide which the
entitlement of the son of a CGHS beneficiary beyond the age of 25 years was
conveyed. As per the two Office Memoranda under reference, it was indicated
that a son of a CGHS beneficiary suffering from any permanent disability of any
kind (physical or mental) will be entitled to CGHS beneficiary even after
attaining the age of 25 years. It was clarified that the following will be the
disabilities, as defined in Section 2(i) of "The persons with Disabilities
(Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995
(No.1 of 1996)" to entitle a son of a CGHS beneficiary to avail CGHS facility
irrespective of his age:-
(i) Blindness:
(ii) Low-vision
(iii) Leprosy-cured
(iv) hearing impairment
(v) locomotor disability
(vi) mental retardation: and
(vii) mental illness
2. Subsequent to the issue of the Office Memoranda under reference, the
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has been receiving requests for inclusion
of ailments like renal failure, autism, etc., within the definition of
"disability" so that sons of CGHS beneficiaries could avail CGHS facility
irrespective of the age of the son.
3. After careful examination of the matter, it has been decided that the
definition of permanent disabilities, of sons of CGHS beneficiaries, to avail
CGHS facility be expanded as below:-
(i) Blindness:
(ii) Low-vision
(iii) Leprosy-cured
(iv) hearing impairment
(v) locomotor disability
(vi) mental retardation: and
(vii) mental illness
(ii) Disabilities defined in Clause (i) of Section 2 of National Trust for
Welfare of Persons with Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Mental Retardation and Multiple
Disabilities Act, 1999 (No.44 of 1999), which presently covers a person
suffering from any of the condition relating to autism, cerebral palsy, mental
retardation or a combination of any two or more of such conditions and includes
a person suffering from several multiple disability.
it is clarified that Permanent Disability" means a person with eighty per cent
or more of one or more disabilities. In order for the son of the CGHS with
permanent disability to avail CGHS facility, the other normal condition of
dependency and normally residing with the CGHS beneficiary will continue to
apply.
"Greatness lies not in never falling but in rising everytime we fall"
Captain Johann samuhanand, BANGALORE INDIA
91 80 42023252
www.captainjohann.blogspot.com
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