nageswarayya may be quite right in this connection as ours is not a large
vote bank community.
fortunately or unfortunately if it happened to set up, all of us have to try
to not to repeat the case of Andhra Pradesh.
Padmanabham Muppa.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kakarla Nageswaraiah" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2012 9:44 PM
Subject: Re: [AI] Separate department for disability affairs
Separate department? It'll do more harm than good to the disabled
community. The government will not allocate adequate funds for the
proper functioning of the institutes for the disabled. In Andhra
Pradesh, we were part of the social welfare department and there was
no dearth of funds. When a separate department was created for the
disabled, there were many expectations but the department has become
dull now.
On 3/13/12, Amit Bhatt <[email protected]> wrote:
If the proposed separate department really comes in to existance, this
step
of the Government would be highly appreciated, however, this should have
been done long time ago.
Better late than never.
In my personal opinion, problem arises when the non-disabled officials
frame
out the policies for the disabled. there should be at least some disabled
officers or policy makers in such department where the things are
planned
out for persons with disabilities.
Regards,
Amit Bhatt
----- 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.
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