New department or no department, the bureaucrats and mindsets that will deal with the disabled people will be the same. I do not see any significant change in attitude or approach. It would be further perpetuation of the charity raj. Blind people will get jobs and salaries but no assignments (for example) 20 years down the line, we will be discussing the same issues.
Well, let us wait and see! George ----- Original Message ----- From: "Renuka Warriar" <[email protected]> To: "accessindia" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2012 11:16 AM Subject: [AI] Separate department for disability affairs Source: http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/article2989266.ece NEW DELHI, March 13, 2012 Separate department for disability affairs Aarti Dhar There was a ray of hope for differently-abled people in India on Monday when President Pratibha Devisingh Patil announced a separate Department of Disability Affairs in her speech on the first day of the Budget session of Parliament.The Ministry of Civil Aviation also decided to review the existing guidelines for persons with special needs in the wake of a spate of incidents of discrimination faced by them at airports across the country. A separate Department of Disability Affairs is proposed to be set up for greater focus on addressing issues confronting persons with disabilities and the government is considering a new legislation for persons with disabilities to replace the existing Act, the President said in her speech — bringing cheer among the groups working in the sector. At present, the disability sector is under the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, and partially under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. The Ministry of Civil Aviation has also decided to set up a committee to review the existing guidelines governing the screening process for differently-abled persons at the airports. Comments to : [email protected] Copyright © 2012, The Hindu 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 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
