Your 2nd point is not quite correct.
We estimate the disabled population to be around 70 million or about 5-6%
of
the population of India. Unfortunately and for whatever reason the latest
census has revealed that we are around 26million. So we are still less
than
3% of the population.
Therefore a reservation of 5% is really good.
The next point of ending it back to the Public may or may not be a good
idea but it is an expensive and time consuming matter.
I am looking at the draft law to understand its implication and will
revert
when I have more concrete thoughts on it.
Please read the law for yourself and understand it before accepting what
others say to you. The next 2 months are crucial for the Disability
sector.
Kanchan
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Of Raghuraman Kalyanaraman
Sent: 14 January 2014 13:55
To: sayeveryth...@sayeverything.org
Cc: accessindia; scholars_learners
Subject: Re: [AI] [SayEverything] please sign this pettition for passing
the
pwd bill.
Dear Friends,
to my knowledge, this new PWD bill is not a strong or effective one
because after going through some portions and after having discussions
with other disability groups, i came to understand that some of the
disabilities are not given full independance with reference to shaping
or deciding their rights.
moreover, 5% for whole disabled community is not an appreciatable
percentage when we take even the rough sensus into account.
so in my opinion, this bill should be again refered to the public
forum and should make necessary changes in line with UNCRPD
thanks
regards
raghu
On 1/11/14, Shireen Irani <shireen....@gmail.com> wrote:
hi all,
i received this mail from change.org to sign this pettition for the
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From: Pradeep Raj <m...@change.org>
Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2014 03:08:01 +0000
Subject: shireen, People With Disabilities
To: shireen....@gmail.com
I am a person with disability. After years of hard work, I am now an
international Para-Athlete representing India. There are 70 million
people with disabilities in India.
For the first time in Indian history, people with disabilities would
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shireen, the Bill was to be passed in the winter session of the
Parliament. But the Parliament session ended abruptly on 18th
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I started this petition on Change.org, telling the Minister of
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