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Schemes for disabled people need to be changed: Experts |
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Thursday, 22 October 2009 06:40 |
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Panaji, Oct 1: The Centre's flagship schemes to address the needs of disabled people have become less effective due to changing profile of the targeted population and lack of adequate focus on the rural masses, according to experts in the field. |
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"Rail facilities not user |
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Thursday, 22 October 2009 06:39 |
CHENNAI, Oct 4: "Pull the brake chain and make a hue and cry when nothing else helps." That is what advocate Vijay Kumar suggests persons with disability to do when confronted with passengers illegally crowding a special coach meant for them. "People simply stray into a coach for persons with disability without being questioned," he says.
Speaking at a national consultation for "Making the Railways inclusive," organised by the Disability Rights Alliance, here on Saturday, activists from across the country pointed out how persons with disability were treated with due care by railway staff and said facilities meant for them were not sufficient.
Members of the Alliance pointed out that most of the provisions of The Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995, had not been implemented by the Indian Railways. Under the 'non |
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West Bengal, Chhattisgarh give most jobs to disabled people under NREGA |
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Thursday, 22 October 2009 06:39 |
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New Delhi, 4 Oct: West Bengal and Chhattisgarh have emerged as the top states in implementing the Centre's ambitious flagship programme National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) for disabled people. |
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Govt to change education laws to better include disabled children |
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Thursday, 22 October 2009 06:38 |
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NEW DELHI, 5 Oct: The Manmohan Singh government plans to amend the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 to broaden the ambit of "disadvantaged" children to include children with disabilities. It would like to introduce the amendments in |
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