dear all, I'm sharing with you the letter sent by Mr. SK rungta to all the possible disability rights activists, seeking their support for the below mentioned points. there are five attachments below for your perusal. let me also mention that Mr. rungta today had a meeting with the secretary of social justice and empowerment ministry. where the concerned officials have requested him not to move ahead with the protest on 27th, because they have assured that minister is ready for a meeting on 28th of this month. However, advocate sk Rungta has conveyed that on 28th we will go in large numbers for the meeting and peaceful mass demonstration and if there does not appear to be any outcome forthcoming, we will start our massive protest from 29th of this month.
---------- Forwarded message ----------From: Santosh Kumar Rungta <[email protected]> Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2014 14:28:17 +0530 Subject: Fwd: To: Goutam Agarwal <[email protected]>, [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Santosh Kumar Rungta <[email protected]> Date: Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 1:26 PM Subject: To: Dipendra Manocha <[email protected]>, "National Platform For The Rights of the Disabled (NPRD)" <[email protected]>, J L Kaul < [email protected]>, "A.K. Mittal 2" <[email protected]>, NAB < [email protected]>, [email protected] To All the colleagues Disability Sector Dear sir/Madam, As you are aware that Cabinet has approved the Bill on the rights of Persons with disabilities which will replace the existing Persons With Disabilities Act, 1995. Most of us started lobbying for its passage in the Coming Session of the Parliament believing that the Govt. would be bringing the Bill exactly in line with the spirit of UNCRPD and also by adhering to the principals that it will not curtail the existing rights flowing either from the existing Act or other Laws and Rules or Executive Instructions. At that stage, we did not have access to the Bill as approved. However, as soon as we could access the Bill, our belief about the commitment of the Govt. and adherence to the above principal was shattered. Certain serious issues which are non-negotiable arise from the provisions of the proposed Bill which have compelled us to think twice before its passage. Some of these issues include: a) Dilution of the scheme of reservation in employment and judicial pronouncements around it (sections 32 & 33 of the Bill) b) Representation in the National Commission and State Commission as well as the strength of the orders passed by the National Commission (Sections 73 & 83 of the Bill); c) Absence of judicial fora for adjudication of rights of persons with disabilities or discrimination on the ground of disability having civil consequences; d) Definitions of certain disability such as low vision and autism etc. I have raised these issues with the Minister for social Justice & Empowerment vide my letter dt. 21.1.14 (copy of which is attached herewith ). I am also attaching herewith the copy of the Bill for you to go through it personally and form your opinion. It is possible that you may also find some other issues which I could not notice. I feel that we should not lobby for its passage hurriedly without addressing the serious issues raised by me and likely to be raised by you as well. I am, therefore, attaching herewith a draft of the letter to be addressed to the Minister for Social Justice & Empowerment and if you subscribe to this, please send this letter on behalf of your organization through male duly signed so that the same may be presented to the Hon’ble Minister. I would also request you to make it possible to join us for presenting these letters to the minister in case you subscribe to the views expressed hereinabove which meeting is likely to take place on 28.1.14. If your response could be received by us by 24.1.14, I will be very grateful. Thanking you and hoping to working with you all on this important issue. Yours Sincerely, S.K. Rungta General Secretary, NFB India & Senior Advocate -- Ajay Arora phd research scholar Board member NAPSIPAG Conference Organizing Team NAPSIPAG Secretariat Centre for the Study of Law and Governance JNU Nelson Mandela Marg New Delhi Contact Mobile +91-8826360111. Office: +91-11-26704761 email: [email protected] -- Best Regards Secretariat Network of Asia-Pacific Schools and Institutes of Public Administration and Governance (NAPSIPAG) Center for the Study of Law and Governance, Jawaharlal Nehru University India. www.napsipag.org t: 91 11 6466 6856 Time to meet up again! Register for AccessIndia Convention 2014: http://accessindia.org.in/harish/convention.htm Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.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 Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list..
