Date of enactment:
Monday, January 1, 1996
Eyeway Synopsis:
This act was enacted to give effect to a proclamation signed by India in 1992 . The act emphasises on the socio-economic and civil rights of persons with disabilities in all the states of India except the state of Jammu & Kashmir .Somw of the rights been governed and ensured by this act are as follows :-
o Constitutional rights (life with dignity , equality etc).
o Employment
o Education
o Social rights (non-discrimination at public places , public transport etc)
Source:
http://www.socialjustice.nic.in/pwdact1995.php
Introduction to Act:
An Act to give effect to the Proclamation on the Full Participation and Equality of the People with Disabilities in the Asian and Pacific Region.
WHEREAS the Meeting to Launch the Asian and Pacific Decade of Disabled Persons 1993-2002 convened by the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and Pacific held at Beijing on 1st to 5th December, 1992, adopted the Proclamation on the Full Participation and Equality of People with Disabilities in the Asian and Pacific Region;
AND WHEREAS India is a signatory to the said Proclamation;
AND WHEREAS it is considered necessary to implement the Proclamation aforesaid.
Be it enacted by Parliament in the Forty-sixth Year of the Republic of India as follows: -
Original Act:
issuing body:
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