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People With Disabilities Can't Be Too Joyful Over Rollback of Amendments to the RPWD Act -Shameer Rishad

-TheWire.in

The Centre attempted to take blatant advantage of the COVID-19 situation. And those that stood to lose the most have been saved by a whisker.

On July 2, 2020, the disability sector in India received a shock as the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment (MSJE) came out with a draft proposing amendments to the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (RPWD) Act of 2016 to ‘decriminalise minor offences’.

Further, only select disability rights organisations were asked by MSJE to send their recommendations by July 10. As of July 9, people with disabilities can breathe a sigh of relief, thanks to the efforts of disability rights activists and organisations as the proposed amendments have been rolled back.

But we can’t be too joyful just as yet.

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