--------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Facem India <[email protected]> Date: Wed, Jun 10, 2015 at 10:12 AM Subject: DROPPING MI out of SKILLS DEVELOPMENT TRAINING SCHEMES To: [email protected] Cc: [email protected], "K. V. S Rao" <[email protected]>, Facem India < [email protected]>, Nirmala Srinivasan <[email protected]>, raghavendra rao <[email protected]>
*Mr.Lov Verma I.A.S.* *Sec. Dept of Disability Affairs, MoSJE, GOI* *10.05.15* *Dear Mr.Verma* *Greetings from FACEMI- the national families alliance on mental illness (www.facemindia.org.in <http://www.facemindia.org.in>) * *Are persons with Mental illness (PMI) , citizens of India or no? If yes, may I know the reason they have been excluded from the Central Sector Scheme of Financial Assistance for Skills Training of Persons with Disabilities vide office memorandum of the Ministry dt. 22.05.15? Other PWDs including MR have been included ; further, the Trade for skills training, incentives etc. have been mentioned for each disability separately in tabulated form. The Office memorandum has also invited applications from Skills training NGOs etc. * *Sir, it is indeed ironical to note that the said Memorandum refers to **discrimination to disabled persons vide **UN CRPD and yet your Ministry itself is discriminating against PMI. we are sadly disappointed to see that they are left out of this empowering program. This discrimination is even more puzzling in view of the fact that your Ministry has been given the responsibility of setting up the National Rehab Institute for Mental Health in Bhopal. * *Unless your Ministry practices Inclusivity of PMI, this category of most marginalized persons shall be left out of all other programs as well. **Through this mail, I take the liberty of voicing the anguish of the PMI across the country who are desperately in need of skills empowerment before exposure to employment opportunities. * *Sir, may I remind you that but for your intervention, PMI would have been left out of the facilities to be provided by UPSC for written exams. Thank you for your support and we look forward to similar success in this request as well. * *Your official reply can be addressed to [email protected] <[email protected]>* *Your's Sincerely* *ns(Nirmala Srinivasan) * -- Nirmala Srinivasan Ph.D. ( Ashoka Fellow) Project Head, FACEMI Executive Trustee , Action for Mental Illness, Bangalore www.acmindia.org.in www.facemindia.org.in -- -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Mental Health Advocacy (News 'N Views) India" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/MhaNewsViewsIndia. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/MhaNewsViewsIndia/CAN7%2BzvqBsRC1%2BuqmWUdJHx04-q5tnq9b_9cvZDn5PN0wvyyn_w%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
