in my opinion, someone visually impaired person has to become union minister then only our problems may be solved. we have to put pressure on president to nominate v i p to parliament. regards. m.chandru
On 3/31/09, Pradeep banakar <[email protected]> wrote: > Governments, parties neglecting disabled citizens: CPI-M > > Thaindian News > New Delhi, March 30 (IANS) The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) > Monday accused the successive governments and the mainstream political > parties of neglecting disabled citizens. > "Successive governments and mainstream political parties have utterly failed > disabled citizens by ignoring and neglecting their issues," said CPI-M > politburo member Brinda Karat, while releasing the party's pamphlets for > women, Dalits, tribals and disabled here. > > "The Congress-led government's slogan of 'inclusive growth' rings hollow > when seen in relation to the rights, needs and requirements of the disabled > or differently abled population in India, even though they constitute at > least six percent of the population," she said. > > According to the CPI-M, the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government's > record on providing job opportunities for the disabled had been dismal. > > It noted Finance Minister P. Chidambaram had announced a scheme of providing > 100,000 jobs per annum to persons with disabilities, with a proposed outlay > of Rs.18 billion (Rs.1800 crore) during the 11th Plan in the 2006-07 Budget. > > However, Chidambaram himself admitted some time later that "not a single > recruitment has been made six months after the scheme was announced," the > CPI-M said. > > The CPI-M called for a special employment guarantee scheme to be designed > for disabled people in all parts of the country that provides them suitable > employment, ensuring at least minimum wages throughout the year. > > The Persons With Disabilities (PWD) Act provides three percent reservation > in jobs in all government and public sector units for the disabled. The > share of the disabled against the total strength in actual terms is barely > 0.44 percent as against their estimated population of 5-6 percent, it said. > > > > 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
