Context:
Supreme Court expressed disappointment at inadequate implementation of Rights of Persons with Disabilities (RPwD) Act 2016 across states.
Rights of Persons with Disabilities (RPwD) Act 2016 Act:
- Objective – To give effect to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
- Administered by – Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment
- Salient Features –
- Act covers 21 disabilities including physical and intellectual disabilities, mental illness, blood disorders, neurological conditions etc.
- Right to free education for child (6 to 18 years) with benchmark disability.
- 5% reservation in Government and Government aided higher educational institutions and 4% reservation in Government jobs.
- Penalties for offences committed against PwDs.
- Chief Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities and the State Commissioners to act as regulatory bodies and Grievance Redressal agencies, monitoring implementation of the Act.
- A separate National and State Fund be created to provide financial support to the persons with disabilities.
- Ensure accessibility in public buildings in a prescribed time frame along with Accessible India Campaign.
Accessible India Campaign (AIC):
- Launched by – Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (DEPwD), Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.
- Aim – To make a barrier free and conducive environment for Divyangjans all over the country.
- Launched on – International Day of Persons with Disabilities on 3rd December, 2015.
Source: Press Trust of India
Previous Year Question
Consider the following:
1. Right to education
2. Right to equal access to public service
3. Right to food
Which of the above is/are Human Right/ Human Rights under “Universal Declaration of Human Rights”?
[UPSC Civil Service Exam – 2011 Prelims]
(a) 1 only
(b) 1 and 2 only
(c) 3 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3
Answer: (d)
