Among the 2.68 crore disabled people, which includes 1.18 crore lakh women, Uttar Pradesh houses the most number of disabled (41.57 lakh), followed by Maharashtra (29.63 lakh) and Bihar (23.31 lakh). Karnataka, with 13.24 lakh disabled, is eighth on the list, while national capital Delhi has 2.34 lakh people with disabilities.
Five states — UP, Maharashtra, Andhra, Bihar and Bengal — alone account for more than 50 per cent of disabled women in the country. Read more: http://www.deccanherald.com/content/486770/number-disabled-rises-18-pc.html -- Avinash Shahi Doctoral student at Centre for Law and Governance JNU 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..
