With India being a signatory to United National Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD), the government at the centre on December 2016 passed the ”The Rights of Persons with Disabilities Bill – 2016″ to ensure true inclusion in the society as well as fulfil the obligation on the part of India in terms of UNCRPD. The new law rolled out many provisions from expanding the types of disability from existing 7 to 21 along with the inclusion of speech and language disability and specific learning Disability, increasing reservation from 3% to 4% among others. This is a move toward giving them the right share in the society as well as in economic development.
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