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The Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 is a disability law passed by the Parliament of India to fulfill its obligations under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, ratified by India in 2007. The Act replaces the Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full ...
A disability identity document is a document proving one's status as a person with disability. It may give access to benefits solely reserved for disabled people. It may give access to benefits solely reserved for disabled people.
The Act was amended by Parliament in 2000 to make it more broad-based. The mandate given to RCI is to regulate and monitor services given to persons with disability, to standardise syllabi and to maintain a Central Rehabilitation Register of all qualified professionals and personnel working in the field of Rehabilitation and Special Education.
Similarly, the Indira Gandhi National Disability Pension Scheme (IGNDPS) only covers individuals with more than 80% disability. To address this gap in coverage, states like Bihar [ 14 ] and Rajasthan [ 15 ] have launched State Disability Pension schemes that cover individuals with more than 40% disability.
A 2009 World Bank report estimated that 5-8% of India's population had a disability. [6] Two analyses of data from a 2004 study in a rural area of Karnataka have estimated the rate of disability to be 6.3% [7] and the rate of mental disability specifically to be around 2.3%. [8]
The Article obligates States Parties to safeguard and promote the realization of the right to work, including for those who acquire a disability during the course of employment, by taking appropriate steps, including through legislation, to prohibit discrimination on the basis of disability with regard to all matters concerning all forms of ...
Akbar Khan was born on 16 August 1962 [6] in a Muslim family to Kistoor Khan, a farmer and Rahmat Begum, a housewife, at Bangasar, located in the Indian state of Rajasthan with Leber's congenital amaurosis, a rare inherited eye disease that appears at birth or in the first few months of life, and occurs in 2 to 3 per 100,000 newborns of the population. [7]
Narayan Seva Sansthan is a non-profit charitable organisation based in Udaipur, Rajasthan, India. [1] It is known for providing philanthropic services in the field of treatment and rehabilitation of polio affected people without discrimination of religion, region, caste, or gender. [2]