
National Platform for the Rights of the Disabled
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Cross Disability Rights Organisation
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26-06-2017 12:17:24
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It's 4 select few. Explicitly exclusionary & Discriminatory. Concern of majority who may require the services aren't heeded. skewed priorities make Welfare not a concern. DRA India (Disability Rights Alliance) Vaishnavi Jayakumar The Banyan S. NAMBURAJAN | எஸ்.நம்புராஜன் Ambika Pandit Uzmi Athar tribuneindia.com/news/chandigar…


Jan:22 TARATDAC hold state wide picketing in nearly 150 centres and around 30,000 disabled expected to participate in demand to increase minimum monthly aid to ₹6000 as in AP & withdraw the autocratic new order that PWDs to be there for 8hrs in the MNREGS work site. National Platform for the Rights of the Disabled


#NPRD records its strong protest over the continued disdain shown towards India’s disabled population by the Modi government in #Budget2025 Allocations fall short of requirements to give dignified living for ppl with #disabilities. Uzmi Athar Ambika Pandit S. NAMBURAJAN | எஸ்.நம்புராஜன்

Allocation for Scheme for the Implementation of Persons with Disabilities Act (SIPDA), has been cut from 135.33 last year to Rs. 115.10 this year. The total allocations for various Central Sector Schemes/Projects have also been reduced from 758.01 to Rs. 741.80 DRA India (Disability Rights Alliance)

Economic Survey sounds second consecutive warning on mental health. But #Budget2025 reduces allocations for the telemental health programme from Rs. 90 crore allotted last year to Rs. 79.60 crore this year. Vaishnavi Jayakumar The Banyan



Join Delhi Assembly of Disabled Persons February 10, 2025 from 11 a.m. to 1.00 p.m. Cricket Grounds, Dyanchand Stadium, India Gate Circle Make Pension a Legal Right Ensure Annual Increase in Pension Call by NPRD Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India Divyang Empowerment Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment, GOI


Assembly of Disabled People in Delhi February 10, 2025 11.00 to 1.00 p.m. Cricket Grounds, Dyanchand Stadium, India Gate Universal Pension 4 All with 40% & Above Disability Remove Exclusionary Criteria in National Disability Pension Scheme #NPRD Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment, GOI Divyang Empowerment Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India



Over 3,000 disabled people gathered in Delhi on Feb. 10 at the call of National Platform for the Rights of the Disabled (NPRD) in a Disabled People's Assembly. A report from Deshabhimani Report S. NAMBURAJAN | எஸ்.நம்புராஜன் Anjali Bhardwaj Nikhil Dey Jan Sarokar - People's Agenda deshabhimani.com/english/people…


Condemn TN govt’s repression of disabled rights activists protesting in Chennai today for enhanced disabiilty pension & work under #MNREGS. Thousands detained, deboarded, or put under house arrest. Crackdown will not be tolerated. #TNProtest Uzmi Athar S. NAMBURAJAN | எஸ்.நம்புராஜன் TARATDAC


Announce grand targets, keep missing them? 2018-Govt announced aim to eliminate leprosy as public health problem by 2020 Started new initiative –Leprosy Case Detection Campaign-LCDC for 100% detection+treatment of leprosy cases It's 2025 Leprosy still here leprosymission.in/a-promising-va…



#NPRD GS Muralidharan speaking at the Meeting held at #Hyderabad to mark the 145th birth anniversary of Helen Keller. He stressed that when disability rights, healthcare access, and economic inequality are still pressing issues, Keller’s work remains highly relevant.
