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RPwDs Bill 2016 – an Overview

RPwDs Bill 2016 – an Overview

RPwDs Bill 2016 – an Overview – Types of Disabilities, Education, Accessibility, Employment, Security, Administration and Funds

Employment and Persons With Disability

Employment and Persons With Disability

Every appropriate Government shall appoint in every establishment such percentage of vacancies, not less than 3% for persons or classes of PWDs, of which 1% each shall be reserved for persons suffering from – blindness or low vision, hearing impairment and locomotor disability

Multiple Disabilities Act, 1999

Multiple Disabilities Act, 1999

An Act to provide for the constitution of a body at the national level for the Welfare of Persons with Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Mental Retardation and Multiple Disabilities and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.

Disability Rights Movements

Disability Rights Movements

The disability rights movements in India have achieved laudable goals on various fronts, but its greatest drawback has been neglect of the rights of persons with mental illness. The Government of India has passed two acts, Mental Health Act 1987 and Persons