-The Hindu Today, as the Marrakesh Treaty comes into force, India’s multi-stakeholder approach to providing texts for the blind/print-Disabled offers an excellent model for other countries to follow. Today is an important day for blind and other print-Disabled people across the globe, as it marks the entry into force of an international treaty designed to help deliver specially adapted texts to those affected by a range of disabilities that interfere with the...
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Dead come back to life in Rajasthan
-CivilSocietyOnline.com New Delhi: The 100-day Accountability Yatra across Rajasthan led by the Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan (MKSS) has had an impact. The state government has issued orders to re-verify all one million pensions that had been stopped, including the 688,875 pensions that had been cancelled. From December 2015 to March this year the yatra had travelled to 33 districts in Rajasthan to assess how government schemes were functioning, find out people’s grievances...
More »Census data reveals educational backwardness among the impaired
The education level among the Disabled stands far below that of the general population. Latest data from the Census 2011 confirms this. It shows that only 54.5 percent of the Disabled aged seven years or above could read and write with understanding. (Please see table 1). As per the Census 2011, the population of Disabled in the country is 2.68 crore, out of which about 1.22 crore are illiterate and 1.46...
More »Rise in number of literates among Disabled
-The Indian Express Of the total Disabled population of 2.68 crore in Census 2011, 1.46 crore or 54.5 per cent were literates The percentage of literates in the Disabled population increased for both males and females between 2001 and 2011 as compared to during 1991-2001, with their levels of attaining higher education also seeing a rise, according to Census 2011 data released by the Registrar General of India (RGI) on Friday. Of the...
More »Census 2011 records rise in literacy among Disabled -Samarth Bansal
-The Hindu More than half of the total Disabled population in India are now literate, new numbers released from Census 2011 show. The literacy rate among the Disabled has increased from 49.3 per cent in 2001 to 54.5 per cent in 2011. However, this is significantly lower than the overall literacy level of India which stands at 74 per cent. Both rural and urban areas saw an increase of around four percentage...
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