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Nikhil Cariappa
'Struggling to Make a Living': Teachers of Disabled Students Protest for pay Hike in Karnataka
30 Jun 2022
While the teachers are paid a paltry sum of Rs 13,500/month, they are forced to pay from their own pockets for renewing their teaching certificates every five years.
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National Disability Policy Draft Lacks Budgetary Allocations Towards Welfare of Disabled People: NPRD
15 Jun 2022
NPRD has expressed disappointment that 15 years after India signed the United Nations Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD), the policy document didn't go far enough to address…
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Disability Rights Organisations, Activists Write to Amit Shah, Ask that NCRB Maintains ‘Disaggregated Data’ on Violence Against Disabled Women
22 Jan 2021
They added that in an advisory issued on September 28, 2020 the National Human Rights Commission had recommended that the NCRB maintain data on PwDs too.
Sruti M.D.
TN: Differently-Abled Claim Discrimination by State Government in Pongal Cash Gift
08 Jan 2021
The state revenue department officials had earlier turned down the demand on grounds that the Pongal cash amount is given for celebrations and does not come under any social security scheme.
Seema Sharma
Growing Need for Inclusive Community Village for Mentally Disabled Persons in Chandigarh
30 Dec 2020
Many family members have approached the administration to allot the four-acre green campus of Indira Holiday Home for mentally disabled people.
Sandip Chakraborty
Kolkata: Nearly 700 Participate in Blood Donation Camp Organised by Differentially Abled Persons on World Disability Day
04 Dec 2020
Along with blood donation, the participants in the camp also took a pledge for organ donation and eye donation post their demise.