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Cash for Rice Plan for PWDs

BHUBANESWAR: The State Government has decided to pay cash instead of providing cheap rice to physically challenged persons.

Disabled can Skip the Queue

Those voters who are suffering from physical ailments can be given relaxation from the Queue system and should not be kept waiting, said Election Commission in a notification.

Eye care deficit makes India the blind capital of the world

15 million people in India are blind, which is 50% of world’s blind population

Delhi: People with disabilities gear up for march on October 6

Aggrieved over “lack of action” by Delhi government on issues affecting people with disability, hundreds of disabled people plan to march towards the secretariat on October 6 to seek a meeting with Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and put forward their demands. Muralidharan, convenor of the Delhi Viklang Adhikar Manch shared the plans for the march, which will be held under the leadership of 16 organisations, at a press conference Wednesday.

75 RLY STATIONS, 21 AIRPORTS TO GET DISABLED-FRIENDLY BY JULY 2016

By July 2016, the Government plans to make 75 railway stations and all 21 international airports across India disabled-friendly, as part of its ‘Accessible India’ campaign.

Supreme Court criticised States for non implementation of PWD Act to the fullest extent

Bringing into focus the plight of disabled people, the Supreme Court today fumed at several states not filing responses as to steps taken to implement various provisions of the Disability Act.

Visually impaired college students demand implementation of schemes

Visually impaired college students staged a protest here on Friday alleging that the State government was meting out a step-motherly treatment to children with visual impairment.

Bank Directed to Block 4 Posts for Visually Impaired

CHENNAI: The Madras High Court has directed Pandyan Grama Bank to reserve four posts for visually impaired people.

Child Rights Panel Order: Fate of These Blind School Teachers is Undecided

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Kerala State Commission for Protection of Child Rights has issued an order to transfer teachers with specialisation in hearing impairment from the Government Blind School (GBS), Vazhuthacaud. While the order says that it is a grave child rights violation to allow teachers without proper specialisation to teach children with visual impairment, it is mum about the fate of the three teachers who have been serving the school since 2009.

Despite Campaigns, Cases of Blindness Rising in City

HYDERABAD: In spite of various campaigns and awareness initiatives taken by the health administration, the number of people suffering from blindness is rising in Hyderabad and more than 6,000 people are waiting for corneal transplantation in the district.