I could not find any release on this for 30th of Nov. Sent from my iPhone
> On 01-Dec-2016, at 12:00 PM, avinash shahi <shahi88avin...@gmail.com> wrote: > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: National Platform For The Rights of the Disabled <nprd...@gmail.com> > Date: Thu, 1 Dec 2016 11:53:21 +0530 > Subject: RPD Bill -- PIB release -- for information > To: > > Government of India > Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment > 30-November-2016 19:38 IST > > Cabinet Approves Proposal to Make Important Changes in The Rights of > Persons With Disabilities Bill, 2014 During Ongoing Winter Session Of > Parliament > > The Cabinet approved the proposal of the Department of Empowerment of > Persons with Disabilities (Divyangjan), Ministry of Social Justice and > Empowerment to make important changes in the Rights of Persons with > Disabilities Bill, 2014 during the ongoing winter Session of Parliament. > The new Bill with amendments proposes to repeal the existing Persons with > Disabilities (Equal opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full > Participation) Act, 1995. > > India signed the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with > Disabilities (UNCRPD) and subsequently ratified the same on 1st October, > 2007. The Convention came into effect on 3rd May 2008. Being a signatory to > the Convention, India has an international obligation to comply with the > provisions of the Convention. > > Keeping in view the fact that the existing Act of 1995 is not fully in > conformity with the UNCRPD, a need has been felt to have a rights-based > legislation with a strong institutional mechanism. The Bill had been mooted > by the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment after extensive > consultation with various stakeholders, State Governments/UTs and concerned > Central Ministries and Departments. Now after another round of > consultations and inputs from the Standing Committee of Parliament, > Amendments have been proposed. This shall ensure enjoyment of rights by the > Persons with Disabilities. > As a result, now the salient features of the proposed Bill with amendments > are: > i. Responsibility has been cast upon the appropriate governments to take > effective measures to ensure that the persons with disabilities enjoy their > rights equally with others. > > ii. Disability has been defined based on an evolving and dynamic concept. > > iii. The types of disabilities have been increased from existing 7 to 21 > and the Central Government will have the power to add more types of > disabilities. The 21 disabilities are given below:- > > 1. Blindness > > 2. Low-vision > > 3. Leprosy Cured persons > > 4. Hearing Impairment (deaf and hard of hearing) > > 5. Locomotor Disability > > 6. Dwarfism > > 7. Intellectual Disability > > 8. Mental Illness > > 9. Autism Spectrum Disorder > > 10. Cerebral Palsy > > 11. Muscular Dystrophy > > 12. Chronic Neurological conditions > > 13. Specific Learning Disabilities > > 14. Multiple Sclerosis > > 15. Speech and Language disability > > 16. Thalassemia > > 17. Hemophilia > > 18. Sickle Cell disease > > 19. Multiple Disabilities > > 20. Acid Attack victim > > 21. Parkinson's disease > > iv. Hence, Speech and Language Disability and Specific Learning Disability > have been added for the first time. Acid Attack Victims have been included. > New categories within three blood disorders, Thalassemia, Hemophilia and > Sickle Cell disease have been added. > > v. Additional benefits have been provided for persons with benchmark > disabilities and those with high support needs. > > vi. Every child with benchmark disability between the age group of 6 and 18 > years shall have the right to free education. > > vii. For strengthening the Prime Minister's Accessible India Campaign, > stress on ensuring accessibility in public buildings has to be ensured in a > prescribed time-frame. > > viii. Increase in reservation from 3% to 4% for students with benchmark > disabilities in higher educational institutions has been proposed. > > ix. It has been proposed to Increase in reservation from 3% to 4% in > Government jobs for certain persons or class of persons with benchmark > disability. > > x. The Bill provides for grant of guardianship by District Court under > which there will be joint decision – making between the guardian and the > persons with disabilities. > > xi. Broad based Central & State Advisory Boards on Disability have been > proposed to be set up as policy making bodies. > > xii. Strengthening of the Office of Chief Commissioner of Persons with > Disabilities and State Commissioners of Disabilities has been proposed, > which will act as regulatory bodies and Grievance Redressal agencies and > also monitor implementation of the Act. > > xiii. National Fund has been proposed to be created to provide financial > support to the persons with disabilities. > > xiv. The Bill provides for penalties for offences committed against persons > with disabilities. > > It is expected that the proposed rights based legislation with more Rights > and Entitlements and strong monitoring agencies at the National and State > Levels will achieve empowerment and inclusion of Persons with Disabilities > in the society in a satisfactory manner. > > > > -- > Avinash Shahi > Doctoral student at Centre for Law and Governance JNU > > > 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. 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