---------- Forwarded message --------- From: National Platform For The Rights of the Disabled <nprd...@gmail.com> Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2019, 3:21 pm Subject: audio link to CPI(M) Manifesto To: Shampa Sengupta <shampa.sgu...@gmail.com>
*March 28, 2019* It is a historic occasion for the disability movement in India. For the first time a political party has released an audio version of its Election manifesto. The Communist Party of India (Marxist) which released the printed version of its manifesto in English today, also simultaneously released an audio version of the manifesto. The audio version is available at: https://cpim.org/pressbriefs/audio-cpim-election-manifesto *The specific section on disabled persons in the manifesto is given below:* *Persons with Disabilities* The CPI(M) stands for: · Implementation of the provisions of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act and the Mental Health Care Act supported by adequate budgetary allocations. · Harmonising all laws in the country in tune with the United Nations Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities. · Reviewing and amending the National Disability Policy. · Simplifying the process of certification. Speeding up the issuing of UDID. · Clearing backlog in vacancies in all government departments in a time bound manner. Creation of newer employment avenues taking the capabilities of disabled persons into account. · Making all buildings, public places, all modes of transport, information and other avenues fully accessible and barrier free for people with disabilities; provision of sign language interpreters; making TV and other broadcast media accessible for the deaf /hard of hearing and the visually impaired. · Ensuring Dignified Life for persons with disabilities. Zero tolerance for abuse of disability/disabled persons. Enhancing the pension to at least Rs. 6,000/- and link it up with the price index. Provision of caregiver allowance. · Free provision of aids and appliances. Zero GST with input tax credit on aids, appliances and vehicles used by disabled persons. · Making education at all levels inclusive. Make school infrastructure and curriculum inclusive. Making Health facilities accessible and free for persons with disabilities. · Extending the assistance under the MPLADS fund to all assistive devices and facilities for the disabled. · Proper enumeration of all persons with disabilities as listed in the schedule of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016. · Households with PwDs should have first claim on all land distribution programmes of government surplus land as well as ceiling surplus land. *Mention in other places in the manifesto* · Special measures like free kitchens for vulnerable sections of the population such as migrant workers, destitutes, widows, disabled persons. · Expansion of The Right to Education Act to include all children from the age of 3-18 years. Special provisions for the inclusion of children with disabilities. We sincerely hope other political parties will follow suit and address genuine concerns of one of the most stigmatized and marginalized sections of our society. Muralidharan -- National Platform for the Rights of the Disabled (NPRD) 36, Pt. Ravishankar Shukla Lane New Delhi 110 001 Tel. 11-23387674; 9868768543 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. 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..
