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Category: Laws and Policies
Disability Pension Amount in Different States of India
Details of the monthly disability pension amounts given by various state governments in India. Let’s find the lowest and highest pension amounts.
Service Animals and the ADA Regulations
Learn ADA regulations for Service Animals. These animals should be accompanied by their handlers and they are allowed in restaurants even with no-pets policy.
Reservation in Promotion: Supreme Court Order
The Supreme Court of India has ordered that the Persons with Disabilities must get reservation in promotion. Learn what it means.
Americans with Disabilities Act: Employer’s Responsibilities
Learn how employers are supposed to act in order to be compliant with Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) with respect to the employees with disabilities.
Disability Laws / Acts of All the Countries Around the World
View the PDF files of the disability laws and acts in all the countries around the world. These documents are also helpful in comparing disability laws.
Motor Vehicles Act: Disability-Related Amendments
Learn about the disability related amendments made in the Motor Vehicle Act 1988 in India.
Meaning of Invalid Carriage or Adapted Vehicle
Learn the meaning of invalid carriage and adapted vehicle. Modified vehicles of people with disabilities need this tag for getting driving license and free fastag.
Free FASTag for Physically Challenged Persons for Toll Exemption
Learn how to get free fastag for handicapped people. It is easy for disabled persons with Invalid Carriage to get exempted fastag for toll plazas.
Disability and India’s New Education Policy (NEP) 2020
Nidhi Agrawal summarizes salient disability related features of New Education Policy (NEP) 2020 enacted by India to give students with disabilities their rights.
Persons with Disabilities Get Same Benefits as SC/ST Candidates
The Supreme Court of India has declared that Persons with Disabilities are also socially backward and they should be given benefits same as SC/ST candidates, Nidhi Agarwal reports.
Acid Attack Punishment under Indian Penal Code (IPC)
Learn about the extent of punishment for acid attack perpetrators under Indian Penal Code (IPC). Both male and female acid attack victims are protected under IPC.
27 Hospitals Can Issue Disability Certificate in Delhi
Learn how to get disability certificate in Delhi. Here is the updated list of all the hospitals in Delhi which provide disability certificate for RPWD Act disabilities.
Elections 2019: BJP, Congress, CPM Manifestos for Disabled Persons
Learn what’s there in the Congress, BJP and CPM manifestos for persons with disabilities. Various political parties have promised many things for PwDs.
Election Duty and Persons with Disabilities
Learn what the Election Commission of India says about deployment of physically challenged persons on election duty. Learn the rights of PwD in such cases.
Accessibility of Private Entities for Disabled People
Petitioned by Arman Ali, the Gauhati High Court ordered that private entities also need to provide accessible locations and services for disabled people.
Extra Time Given to Disabled Students for Writing Exams
Learn all about the extra time given to disabled students during the examination. Additional or compensatory time is allowed to the blind students, candidates with locomotor disability and others.
Incentive for Marrying a Disabled Person in India
Various states in India provide monetary incentive to the people who marry a disabled person. Let’s find out amount given by different states.
What is the Meaning of Benchmark Disability?
Are you a person with benchmark disability? Let’s learn the meaning of benchmark disability and the list of conditions that come under it.
In Hindi: Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act (RPWD) 2016
Learn the salient features of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act (RPWD) or the Divyangjan Adhikaar Kanoon 2016 in Hindi language.
Compensation for Road Accident Victims in India
Government has increased the compensation given to the victims of road accidents. Know about the revised amount and the option of getting even higher amount in damages.