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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Leaked disability bill doesn’t match with website version

Leaked disability bill doesn’t match with website version

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published Published on Feb 2, 2014   modified Modified on Feb 2, 2014
-The Times of India


NEW DELHI: Disability rights activists from across the country have come together to demand that the government incorporate crucial amendments to the new Disability Rights Bill before introducing it in Parliament on February 5 and passing it. A leaked copy of the bill created a furore as activists realised that the Bill readied to be passed was not the draft available on the ministry of social justice and empowerment (MSJE) website, but a diluted version.

"The Bill in the current form is not just a negation of already won rights and the recent judgment of the Supreme Court in the matter of jobs for persons with disabilities but militates against the United Nations Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD), which it claims to harmonise with," said a statement issued by a Joint Forum for Disability Rights at a press conference held on Saturday morning. The Joint Forum comprises several disability rights organizations who have come together to fight for bringing about amendments in the proposed Bill.

"The government seems by and large in agreement with the 20 recommendations we have given for amending the Bill and seems willing to incorporate them. The MSJE has sent the recommendations to the Law Ministry. We hope our belief and trust is not betrayed by the government,' said S K Runta of the National Association of the Blind (NAB), who added that the disability sector was never taken into confidence when the changes to the draft of the Bill available on MSJE website were made.

The definition of disability in keeping with the UNCRPD, legal capacity and provision for guardianship, especially for persons with psycho-social and intellectual disabilities and provision for an effective grievance redressal mechanism were some of the aspects of the Bill on which the activists sought amendment.

Javed Abidi of the Disability Rights Group pointed out that activists across the country were holding candle light vigils and dharnas to press for the passing of the Bill without realizing that it had been diluted and many changes were made because a copy of the Bill was not shared with the disability sector.

He added that political leaders across party lines, including BJP's Arun Jaitley, CPM's Prakash Karat, UPA chairperson, Sonia Gandhi and several others had promised that since the Bill was non-political, they would ensure that it was passed, if it was introduced in Parliament. "We are extremely nervous. We hope before the Telengana issue comes to Parliament, and other controversies happen, the political parties, both ruling parties and those in the opposition will ensure passage of this bill. The fate of millions of persons with disability depends on the new law coming into force," said Abidi. The disability rights activists were also assured of support in getting the amendments incorporated and in passing the Bill by Congress vice president, Rahul Gandhi, who met them on Saturday morning.

Persons with disability from across the country are coming to Delhi to hold a huge demonstration on February 3 under the auspices of the Joint Forum for Disability Rights to urge the government to pass the Bill after incorporating the amendments.


The Times of India, 2 February, 2014, http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Leaked-disability-bill-doesnt-match-with-website-version/articleshow/29736186.cms


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