Looking at Rajya Sabha's proceedings this morning - it's clear the only political party who thought discussion on disabled people's life is important in the Parliament is CPI(M).
Others want to pass the Bill which affects million lives without any discussion at all!!! One feels ashamed that one political party prefers the term "differently abled". We should realize as a sector, we have not given enough importance to advocacy with political parties. Shampa Sengupta On Wed, Dec 14, 2016 at 12:28 PM, avinash shahi <[email protected]> wrote: > The house is adjourned till 2:00pm > Rajya Sabha | 11.45 a.m. > > Discussion on amendments to the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Bill > begins. > > "Remove the clause that this does not apply to posts that require > people who aren't disabled," says Sitaram Yechury. Minister ensures > that Rules will make sure that this is diluted. Clause by clause > consideration continues. > > "Reservation should be based on cadre strength, not on number of > vacancies meant to be filled," says Mr. yechury. Mr. Gehlot says he > will try to ensure this in the Rules. The rest of the amendments will > be taken up at 2 p.m. says the Chair. > > Rajya Sabha | 11.30 a.m. > > > The House takes up the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Bill, moved > by Thaawar Chand Gehlot. "59 suggestions from standing commitee have > been accepted. The number of categories of disabled are to be > increased for physical as well as mental disabilities. I thank House > for agreeing to pass it even without discussion," says Mr. Gehlot. > > "We are fulfilling a national and global commitment. I myself have > lived with a locomotive disability," says Karan Singh. "People should > realise that the disabled need to be treated with special courtesy." > > Naresh Agrawal says, "Simplify the definition of disabled. It should > be easier to attain the certificate. I support the Bill." > > Nadimul Haque of the Trinamool Congress, "We welcome the number of > disabled categories being increased from seven to 21. We support the > Bill." > > C.P. Narayanan of the CPI(M) says, "Though the conditions of the Bill > are good, government seems to have brought in clauses that may curtail > the rights of the disabled. That is my fear." > > Narendra Kumar Swain of the BJD says he supports the Bill. Satish > Mishra of the BSP says that the term should be "differently abled" and > not "disabled." The Mayawati government in UP, he says, was the first > to give 50 per cent reservation for persons with disabilities at > Shakuntala Mishra University. He supports the Bill. > > Vijaysai Reddy of the YSR Congress says reservation should be > increased to five per cent from four per cent. > > Mr. Gehlot replies that 12,672 of 15,691 vacancies for persons with > disabilities have been filled since 2014. "We are making universal > identity cards for them. They will get their rights. We have given > four per cent reservation, up from three per cent." > > Clause by clause consideration of the Bill begins. > http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/Rajya-Sabha-takes-up- > Disabilities-Bill/article16803919.ece > Rajya Sabha | 11.15 a.m. > -- > Avinash Shahi > Doctoral student at Centre for Law and Governance JNU > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Disability Studies 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 disability-studies-india@ > googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/ > group/disability-studies-india. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > 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/[email protected]/ 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 Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list..
