Good News coming! In its last Cabinet meeting before the General Elections, UPA Govt today decided not to press the ordinance route for any of the Bills including the #RPDBill2014<https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/rpdbill2014?source=feed_text>!. Congratulations to one and all!
Hard efforts paid off, else they had all decided to go the ordinance route. There were also rumours that they might agree to bring an ordinance just to bring in the remaining disabilities. But even that did not occur! Truth triumphs! But it took its toll on the sufferings of so many of our colleagues stationed there amids heavy down pour! The last minute BJP and AAP candidate joining in seemed only dramatic since they perhaps came to know that it might not be passed now given the fact that PM is flying out tomorrow and today's cabinet meeting was the last meeting of the UPA govt. The model code comes in to force after tomorrow with the declaration of the general elections. Thanks again for remaining united all this while! regards Subhash On 28 February 2014 15:10, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > Totally. Mr. Pincha, thank you so much. Much appreciated. > > Best regards, > > Srinivasu Chakravarthula > Mobile: +91 990 081 0881 > Website: http://www.srinivasu.org |http://sgaccessibility.com > Follow me on Twitter:http://twitter.com/CSrinivasu > > Sr. Accessibility Lead at PayPal > Founder at Sai Gagan Accessibility Solutions > Hon. Joint Secretary at The National Association for the Blind, Karnataka > Branch > http://about.me/srinivasuc > > Sent from my iPhone 4S > > > On 28-Feb-2014, at 14:18, Radha <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > just a single word of thanks can't express our gratitude chief > > commissioner sir. > > you really rock! > > > >> On 2/28/14, Mahesh S. Panicker <[email protected]> wrote: > >> This is why they don't want to appoint a disabled to head the proposed > >> national Commission!!. > >> Bravo, Chief Commissioner!. Proud of the power of your conviction and > >> courage, even at the face of the mainstream media blanking out the > >> police crackdown and the legitimate protest by the disabled activists. > >> > >>> On 2/28/14, Poonam <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> vow! Mr. chief commissioner! great! > >>> > >>>> On 2/28/14, SC Vashishth <[email protected]> wrote: > >>>> From reliable sources, I have obtained the following letter sent by > the > >>>> Chief Commissioner- Disabilities to the Hon'ble Prime Minister today > >>>> morning in light of the Cabinet Meeting, on the lathicharge and also > >>>> move > >>>> to bring in an ordinance. Worth reading... > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> Ref.No.01-9/CCD/2011 Dated: 28th > February, > >>>> 2014 > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> Respected Prime Minister > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> I am the Chief Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities appointed by > >>>> your > >>>> government. I am writing to you because of certain recent > developments, > >>>> which could cause both national and international embarrassment to the > >>>> country and therefore your personal intervention is necessary. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment introduced the Rights > to > >>>> Persons with Disabilities Bill 2014 in the Rajya Sabha in January. The > >>>> Bill > >>>> was introduced in fulfilment of our international commitment to bring > >>>> the > >>>> Indian law in conformity with the United Nations Convention on the > >>>> Rights > >>>> of Persons with Disabilities which India has since ratified. A large > >>>> number > >>>> of disability rights activists found the Bill to fail on the CRPD > >>>> standard > >>>> and consequently the Chairperson of the Rajya Sabha referred the Bill > to > >>>> a > >>>> House Committee. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> Subsequently, a number of rumours started to float that the government > >>>> intends to bring the Bill in the shape of an ordinance, which was > >>>> problematic because disability rights is not an unoccupied legislative > >>>> field. The Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection > of > >>>> Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995 already controls the area. If > >>>> the > >>>> Bill of 2014 is promulgated as Ordinance, it cannot become operable > >>>> unless > >>>> the Act of 1995 is repealed. The Act of 1995 has empowered a series of > >>>> individuals, bodies and authorities to implement the statute; all > these > >>>> entities would become dysfunctional if the Act of 1995 is repealed but > >>>> there would be no time to establish and render functional the new > >>>> authorities because an ordinance can remain operable for a maximum > >>>> period > >>>> of seven and a half months without obtaining parliamentary approval. > The > >>>> enactment of the Bill through the Ordinance route will obtain no > benefit > >>>> to > >>>> the 13 new impairments, which the Government intends to include in the > >>>> Ordinance; but would create an enforcement vacuum even for the > >>>> disabilities > >>>> already included in the 1995 Act. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> I have also come to know that the government is not planning to > >>>> promulgate > >>>> the Disability Bill of 2014 as an Ordinance but is planning to > >>>> promulgate > >>>> an Ordinance for the limited purpose of amending the Persons with > >>>> Disabilities Act of 1995 by including impairments which have been long > >>>> excluded from the benefit of the law. This amendment of the definition > >>>> of > >>>> disability in the Act of 1995 will be supported by the entire > disability > >>>> community. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> However since no statement has been issued by the government on the > >>>> substantive content of the Ordinance that is to be promulgated and > the > >>>> enactment of Bill as Ordinance would cause irreparable harm to persons > >>>> with > >>>> disabilities, they have been agitating against the Ordinance in the > >>>> length > >>>> and breadth of the country. Some of them I am given to understand were > >>>> injured in police lathi charge whist agitating outside the AICC and > the > >>>> Congress Vice-President's office. Whilst the Indian media has not > >>>> covered > >>>> the occurrence (except The Hindu dated 28.02.2014), it has been widely > >>>> covered in the social media and I am receiving innumerable calls and > >>>> e-mails from colleagues outside the country as to how a country which > >>>> has > >>>> ratified the CRPD can so deal with its persons with disabilities. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> In the circumstances, I am writing to urge your office to issue a > >>>> statement > >>>> that the proposed Ordinance only aims to amend the Act of 1995 and not > >>>> to > >>>> enact the Disability Rights Bill of 2014. This statement from your > >>>> office > >>>> will restore peace and assuage the tempers of a highly agitated > >>>> community > >>>> and also give out a clear message to the international community that > >>>> India > >>>> is totally sworn to its international commitments. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> I am sir, the first person with disability who has been appointed as > the > >>>> Chief Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities and am committed to > the > >>>> cause both personally and officially. I would be more than willing to > >>>> brief > >>>> you in person in the matter, if I am granted an appointment. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> With warm regards, > >>>> > >>>> Yours Sincerely, > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> ( P .K. Pincha ) > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> Shri Manmohan Singh > >>>> > >>>> Hon'ble Prime Minister of India, > >>>> > >>>> South Block, Raisina Hill, > >>>> > >>>> *New Delhi - 110 011* > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> Copy to: Hon'ble Minister for Social Justice & Empowerment, Govt. of > >>>> India, Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi-110001 > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> -- > >>>> Warm regards, > >>>> > >>>> Subhash Chandra Vashishth > >>>> Mobile: +91 (11) 9811125521 > >>>> Please don't print this e-mail unless you really need to. Consider > >>>> environment! > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> 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.. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> 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.. > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Mahesh S. Panicker > >> Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, > >> Lady Shri Ram College, Lajpat Nagar > >> New Delhi 110024 > >> > >> > >> > >> 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.. > > > > > > -- > > Cheers, > > Radha > > "Everything you want in your life is waiting for you an inch outside > > your comfort zone, and an inch inside your effort." > > > > > > > > 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.. > > > 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.. > -- Warm regards, Subhash Chandra Vashishth Mobile: +91 (11) 9811125521 Please don't print this e-mail unless you really need to. Consider environment! 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..
