Great work CPM!Manifesto is a formal document of any political party. At least we can ask questions if CPI(M) comes to power under the umbrella of third front. Other politicals parties consider disabled people and their concerns untouchables... Let us wait and hear what Congress comes up along with BJP for disabled in their manifestos.
On 3/20/14, National Platform For The Rights of the Disabled (NPRD) <[email protected]> wrote: > From the CPI(M) Manifesto released today > > *Persons with Disabilities* > > > > The CPI(M) stands for: > > > > - Amending and passing the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Bill and > other laws in consonance with the United Nations Convention on Rights of > Persons with Disabilities taking into consideration various concerns > expressed by the disability sector. Reviewing and amending the National > Disability Policy > - Simplifying the process of certification. Providing a universally > valid Identity Card for the disabled that would be valid across states > and > departments. > - Clearing backlog in vacancies in all government departments in a time > bound manner. > - Making all buildings, public places, transport, information and other > avenues fully accessible and barrier free for people with disabilities; > provision of sign language interpreters; making TV accessible for the > deaf > and hard of hearing through same language captioning > - Enhancing the pension to at least Rs. 4000/- for the disabled > - Free provision of aids and appliances > - Making education at all levels inclusive > - Making Health facilities accessible and free for persons with > disabilities. > - Extending the assistance under the MPLADS fund to other assistive > devices and facilities for the disabled and not restricting it only to > the > purchase of tricycles, wheelchairs and artificial limbs for the > disabled. > > > 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.. > -- Avinash Shahi M.Phil Research Scholar Centre for The Study of Law and Governance Jawaharlal Nehru University New Delhi India 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..
