Yes, the CPIM people will do you a favour only if you obey them and you have the capacity to work for them in a substantial way. They have not done anything in West Bengal for visually handicapped as, according to their conception, we, the vh people, do not belong to the physically handicapped category. They are in power in West Bengal for 30 years now and they have not recruited a single vh person before Blind Persons' Association sued the high court. They have not yet carried on any survey of jobs for us. Yes, some orthopaedically handicapped persons have got jobs, but the credit goes to the central legislation, not to the state government. Please, forgive me, if it sounds political. It's true, and we are suffering from the conscientiously thought-out decisions.
Best regards, Amiyo Biswas. Cell: +91-9433464329 Skype ID: amiyo11 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pradeep banakar" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2009 11:26 AM Subject: [AI] Governments, parties neglecting disabled citizens: CPI-M > 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
