Rights of disabled people 2013 Deadline for states on rights of disabled people
Concerned over the delay in response from some states to the
draft bill on the rights of people with disabilities, Minister for Social
Justice and Empowerment Selja has shot off a letter setting a deadline for
feedback on the legislation, which seeks to remove gaps in existing law.
In her letter to seven chief ministers and a governor late last month, Selja said that lack of comments from states had led to a delay in giving final shape to the "important" Rights of Persons with Disabilities (RPwD) Bill.
She urged the concerned states to send their view and noted that in the absence of comments, it will be presumed that the state has no comments to offer.
Sources said letters has been written to the chief ministers of Uttar Pradesh (Akhilesh Yadav), Punjab (Parkash Singh Badal), Bihar (Nitish Kumar), Andhra Pradesh (N. Kiran Kumar Reddy), Tamil Nadu (J. Jayalalithaa), Assam (Tarun Gogoi) and Tripura (Manik Sarkar).
In her letter to seven chief ministers and a governor late last month, Selja said that lack of comments from states had led to a delay in giving final shape to the "important" Rights of Persons with Disabilities (RPwD) Bill.
She urged the concerned states to send their view and noted that in the absence of comments, it will be presumed that the state has no comments to offer.
Sources said letters has been written to the chief ministers of Uttar Pradesh (Akhilesh Yadav), Punjab (Parkash Singh Badal), Bihar (Nitish Kumar), Andhra Pradesh (N. Kiran Kumar Reddy), Tamil Nadu (J. Jayalalithaa), Assam (Tarun Gogoi) and Tripura (Manik Sarkar).
The letter has also been sent to Jharkhand
Governor Syed Ahmed as the state is under president's rule.
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