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International day for persons with disabilities on 3rd December - Note on schemes for the welfare of persons with disabilities and concessions available to them. The Government of India is committed for the realization of full participation, protection of rights, and equal opportunities to all including persons with disabilities. India is a country where most of the population lives in the rural areas and accessing the health and rehabilitation services has always been a challenge. In a Backgrounder issued yesterday, a brief summary of the major steps initiated by the Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment in this direction were given. Following is the Background Note on the legislative and Institutional framework along with the major schemes of the Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment for the welfare of the People with Disabilities (PwDs). The Note also contains information on facilities and concessions available to PwDs under other central schemes which are being run by other Union Ministries. OFFER ON INTERNATIONAL DISABILITY DAY Wheelchair @ 4499 INR Tricycle @ 6500 INR Legislative Framework: There are four important legislations dealing on disabilities issues- The Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995, has laid the foundation of recognition of rights for Persons with Disabilities and has facilitated development of specific programmes for their education, rehabilitation, employment, non-discrimination and social security. The Rehabilitation Council of India Act, 1992 regulates and monitors training of rehabilitation professionals and personnel. The National Trust for the welfare of Persons with Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Mental Retardation and Multiple Disabilities Act, 1999, aims at enabling and empowering persons with disabilities to live independently as fully as possible in their community. Mental Health Act, 1987, address to the specific needs of persons with ment

Image via Wikipedia We lost $127-Million but we found a place to Hide ! - Detroit ! Which hides from the residents of the city more pick pocket executives than any city in the United States ! Why would you renew the contract of Joan McCray or Connie Galloway they blew the Detroit School System Away! The Detroit Board of Education is expected to vote Tuesday on whether to renew contracts for 47 key administrative staff including embattled Chief Financial Officer Joan McCray. Advertisement The board's human resources committee voted Friday to move the contracts to the full board for consideration. The vote comes as the district is suffering a $124-million deficit and state Mail Takeover threats because of its financial problems. LANSING - Gov. Jennifer Granholm is set to issue a midyear budget cutting order, but it won't include a reduction in aid for public schools, state officials said Friday.

According to media reports from the US Capitol Hill and Reuters, a group of three judges from the San Francisco based Federal Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit announced the verdict on the 7th, saying that we agree with the District Court opinion, that is Trang The government

Issuing the notices, the commission observed that it cannot be said to be a sane act by people to sit on railway tracks, but at the same time, the negligence on the part of the district authorities is apparent behind this bizarre and horrific incident. The National Human Rights Commission issued

According to the Yonhap News Agency, on the 28th, the Gwangju District Court of Korea sent a subpoena to Quan Dou Huan, saying that Alzheimer's disease was not a cause of absence, and asked Quan Douhuan to participate in the trial on October 1. If you refuse again, Quan Douhuan will face compulsory

Since entering the rainy season, the floods in Kerala, southern India, have been severe. Since the 8th, 14 districts of the state have been affected to varying degrees, and hundreds of thousands of people have been displaced. It is a disaster in a hundred years. Of the 39 reservoirs in the state, 33

A $59 million construction project was started in the Bundaberg Independent School District in Sugar Land, Texas. Who knows, during the construction process, people dug out 94 human remains. dozens of bodies were excavated in this mark-free cemetery, possibly belonging to African-American prisoner

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