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The number of people with disabilities in India was stated as 21 million in the 2001 Census of India. [2] In the 2011 census, the figure rose by 22.4% to 26.8 million. [3] According to the 2011 census, 20.3% of people with disabilities in India have movement disabilities, 18.9% have hearing impairments, and 18.8% have visual impairments.
Films about blind people in India (2 C, 91 P) Pages in category "Films about disability in India" The following 105 pages are in this category, out of 105 total.
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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 ...
Margarita with a Straw is a 2014 Indian Hindi-language drama film directed by Shonali Bose.It stars Kalki Koechlin as an Indian teenager with cerebral palsy who relocates to America for her undergraduate education and comes of age following her complex relationship with a blind girl, played by Sayani Gupta.
The story explores a mother/daughter relationship involving developmental disability and childlike behaviour. The directorial debut film is based on a true story of Gauri Gadgil, a child with special needs, who also plays herself in the film. The film was released on 4 April 2014 to critical acclaim.
Iqbal is a 2005 Indian Hindi-language coming-of-age sports drama film directed and co-written by Nagesh Kukunoor. [2] Produced by Subhash Ghai, under "Mukta Searchlight Films," the story follows a cricket-obsessed deaf and mute boy from a remote Indian village as he aims to overcome difficulties to become a cricketer and fulfill his dream of playing for the Indian national cricket team.
According to the 2011 Census of India, 2.21 per cent of the population or approximately 26.8 million Indians have a disability.The target is to make at least fifty percent government buildings accessible to disabled people under the campaign in each of the state capital and central capital till end of May 2018 and make 25 per cent of the public transport vehicles under government as disabled ...