Muralidharan sir, I am with you. Definitely all taxes and duties should be removed on aid and appliances used by disable people.
On 5/31/17, PAULMUDDHA <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Muralidharan, > We are with you to fight against atrocious decision affecting millions of > differently abled in India. > > Regards > Paul > > -----Original Message----- > From: AccessIndia [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of National Platform For The Rights of the Disabled > Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2017 6:55 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [AI] Fwd: Protest GST on Aids & Appliances > > *National Platform for the Rights of the Disabled* > > *36, Pt. Ravi Shankar Shukla Lane, New Delhi 110001* > > *Email: [email protected] <[email protected]>; Tel. 9868768543* > > > > *May 30, 2017* > > > > *Press Statement* > > > > The National Platform for the Rights of the Disabled (NPRD) registers its > strong protest against the decision of the GST Council to impose taxes on a > range of aids and appliances used by persons with disabilities. The recently > held meeting of the GST council has proposed to levy GST ranging from 5 to > 18 per cent on a number of items that the disabled use. > > > > While crutches, wheel chairs, walking frames, tricycles, braillers, > artificial limbs, assistive devices, rehabilitation aids and carriages for > disabled persons will attract a GST of 5 per cent; 12 per cent GST would be > levied on Braille Paper, Braille watches and hearing aids; whereas those > purchasing Braille Typewriters and cars for physically disabled persons > would now have to pay a GST of 18 per cent. All these appliances and devices > which are essential for a large number of persons with disabilities are > currently exempt from all duties and taxes. > > > > The levying of such taxes would lead to a manifold increase in the costs of > these items, which even now are out of reach of the common disabled in the > country. As compared to a printed book, a Braille version costs around five > times more. This will impose additional burdens and have adverse > consequences for persons with disabilities. Apart from having a distressing > effect on education, impeding mobility, deprivation of employment > opportunities etc., it would also snatch away the rights of disabled persons > to lead a dignified life. > > > > Besides, these proposals militate against the provisions of the recently > enacted Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 as also the United > Nations Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities to which India is > a signatory, which recognizes the principle of 'reasonable accommodation', > provision of access, equality etc. While the Modi government has sought to > bestow divinity on the disabled by coining terms like *divyang,* in practice > it is depriving a section of Indian citizens of even the limited > entitlements and opportunities that they avail today. Strangely, despite the > passage of the RPD Act, which uses the term “persons with disabilities” > to denote disabled persons, the notification uses derogatory terms like > “handicapped”. > > > > The NPRD urges the Finance Minister to withdraw the proposed GST on aids, > appliances and assistive devices used by persons with disabilities, before > they are finalised. 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