this seams the right and positive attitude to me. I know with my day to day experience that if we can co-ordinate with visual persons with equal and positive attitude those people help us. concession and reservation are only helping tool not a solution. If anybody is giving concession or reservation we should welcome it but we should not take as right. remember other's duty is not our rights Abhijit Hyderabad ----- Original Message ----- From: "RAJAT" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, August 10, 2006 2:57 PM Subject: Re: [AI] Who should pay for concessions?
> Hi all, > > Aren't we coming to somewhere near the concept of creamy layer among > ourselves. Those who require and those who do not. But, one thing for sure > we all want the disabled friendly/fully accessible environment. Can this > happen with concessions? > > Its a common practice that if you want additional features./facilities you > have to pay more for that. And if we are getting the facilities we demand > then we should come forward and pay for that. > > We should also not forget that Income tax department, Govt. of India gives > tax deduction under section 80u of Rs. 75,000 or 50,000 as the case may be > and its also for those parents who have a disabled child. This is given to > compensate for the hardship we face in our day to day life. Is this not a > big relief? > > Also if I am not wrong persons under VH and OH category but not HH, get > double the conveyance/transport allowance then other govt. employees get. > > I believe we should demand for more and more facilities/equal > participation > in education, transport, banking, building by laws, .... And concessions > should be for those who really need them. > > Correct me if I am wrong. > > Regards > > Rajat agarwal > New Delhi > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kiran Kaja" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2006 11:33 PM > Subject: [AI] Who should pay for concessions? > > >> Hi all, >> >> Having followed the thread on DGCA guidelines and the subsequent > discussion >> of concessions for the blind or escorts, I have been thinking about it >> for > a >> couple of days. >> >> I feel that in our country, the existence of public sector in businesses >> like transport and education has benifitted persons with blindness. If >> all >> the industry and utility services were run by private firms, I don't > imagine >> they would come forward with so many concessions and exemptions for us. >> Providing concessions is much simpler for public sector or government. >> However, this raises a big question of who should eventually pay for the >> concessions? >> >> As citizens of the country, we are entitled to lead a life which closely >> resembles a sighted or normal person who doesn't have a disability. This >> obviously entails extra expenditure because of various reasons. To offset >> this additional cost, concessions and exemptions are provided. I strongly >> feel that since the government collects taxes from individuals as well as >> businesses in the private sector, it should be the one paying for these >> concessions. If the Railways were privatised, the cost of providing >> concession to blind persons should be born by the government and not by > the >> private company which runs the railways. If a private company voluntarily >> comes forward with concessions, it is a very good gesture on their part. > But >> if concessions are imposed by law, the cost of these concessions should >> be >> reimbursed. >> >> For instance, when most of the other passengers of airlines were paying > full >> fair for their tickets, blind persons were only paying half. If we put >> the >> social argument of concession aside for a while, the airline company was >> loozing money by carrying blind passengers. The airline company in > question >> also pays the same tax irrespective of offering concessions. So, there is > no >> insentive at all for the airline company by carrying blind passengers. On >> the contrary, the company gets less money. >> >> I think it is the responsibility of the government to provide or pay for > the >> concessions as they should look after the welfare of its citizens. >> Private >> companies or public sector companies for that matter should never be > forced >> to bear the cost of concessions. >> >> What do you all think about this? I know this is never going to happen in >> India. >> >> Regards, >> Kiran. >> >> >> To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 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 >> > > To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 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 To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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
