National Platform for the Rights of the Disabled
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RT @EkDiary59334: Sociologist @KK_Kannabiran ma'am and I write that Divyang and Harijan are based on Hindu epistemic privilege. However, th….
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NPRD GS writes about new weapons in Israel's arsenal of #GenocideinGaza Thanks to @thewire_in @SNAMBURAJAN @EkDiary59334 @drsitu @pradeepbagival @vjayakumar @mkssindia @AmbikaPanditTOI .
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This is not collateral damage. It is the deliberate, systematic creation of disability.
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#NPRD GS @Muralid74950521 speaking at the Meeting held at #Hyderabad to mark the 145th birth anniversary of Helen Keller. He stressed that when disability rights, healthcare access, and economic inequality are still pressing issues, Keller’s work remains highly relevant.
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NPRD GS writes for @thewire_in on the Relevance of #HelenKeller's Revolutionary Legacy. Keller was a revolutionary – someone who did not simply overcome personal barriers, but who used her experience and views to challenge the barriers faced by others.
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Keller was a revolutionary – someone who did not simply overcome personal barriers, but who used her experience and views to challenge the barriers faced by others.
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#disability #advocacy #india #gaza #palestine #madleen.Gaza had 15% disabled population before the genocide. The number is rising rapidly and it currently has the largest number of child amputees in the world.
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RT @RemaNagarajan: Announce grand targets, keep missing them?.2018-Govt announced aim to eliminate leprosy as public health problem by 2020….
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On August 20, Mr Jagat Prakash Nadda, Hon’ble Minister of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, announced at a function in Chennai that the government has decided to launch Mycobacterium...
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Condemn arrest and detention of thousands of disabled protesters in Tamilnadu demanding enhancement in disability pensions, work under MNREGS and other livelihood issues. Photos of NPRD Working President, Vice President and other leaders of @TARATDAC1 being arrested in Chennai.
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Condemn TN govt’s repression of disabled rights activists protesting in Chennai today for enhanced disabiilty pension & work under #MNREGS. Thousands detained, deboarded, or put under house arrest. Crackdown will not be tolerated. #TNProtest @UzmiAthar1 @SNAMBURAJAN @TARATDAC1.
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RT @RemaNagarajan: Israelis continue to deliberately target children.Killing children every day even as doctors/health workers struggle to….
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Over 3,000 disabled people gathered in Delhi on Feb. 10 at the call of National Platform for the Rights of the Disabled (NPRD) in a Disabled People's Assembly. A report from Deshabhimani Report @SNAMBURAJAN @AnjaliB_ @nikhilmkss @jan_sarokar .
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Over 3,000 people with disabilities gathered in Delhi to protest the government’s neglect and broken promises. From stagnant pensions to exclusionary policies, the rally highlighted systemic failures...
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The venue for the February 10 Disabled People's Assembly has been shifted to Jantar Mantar. Time: 11.00 to 1.00 p.m. Increase Central Share of Pension to Rs. 5,000 .Enact a law Making Pension a Legal Right .Pension to all those with 40% & Above of Disability.
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Assembly of Disabled People in Delhi.February 10, 2025.11.00 to 1.00 p.m. Cricket Grounds, Dyanchand Stadium, India Gate.Universal Pension 4 All with 40% & Above Disability.Remove Exclusionary Criteria in National Disability Pension Scheme.#NPRD @MSJEGOI @socialpwds @MoRD_GoI
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Join Delhi Assembly of Disabled Persons.February 10, 2025 from 11 a.m. to 1.00 p.m. Cricket Grounds, Dyanchand Stadium, India Gate Circle.Make Pension a Legal Right.Ensure Annual Increase in Pension.Call by NPRD.@MoRD_GoI @socialpwds @MSJEGOI
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Demanding the enactment of a Right to Pension Act, increasing the pension from Rs. 300 to Rs. 5000/- and widening its coverage to include all disabled persons recognised by the RPD Act, the NPRD will hold an assembly of disabled persons in Delhi on February 10, 2025.
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Economic Survey sounds second consecutive warning on mental health. But #Budget2025 reduces allocations for the telemental health programme from Rs. 90 crore allotted last year to Rs. 79.60 crore this year. @vjayakumar @banyanbalm.
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Allocation for Scheme for the Implementation of Persons with Disabilities Act (SIPDA), has been cut from 135.33 last year to Rs. 115.10 this year. The total allocations for various Central Sector Schemes/Projects have also been reduced from 758.01 to Rs. 741.80 @DisabilityIndia.
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#NPRD records its strong protest over the continued disdain shown towards India’s disabled population by the Modi government in #Budget2025 Allocations fall short of requirements to give dignified living for ppl with #disabilities. @UzmiAthar1 @AmbikaPanditTOI @SNAMBURAJAN.
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RT @SNAMBURAJAN: Jan:22 @TARATDAC1 hold state wide picketing in nearly 150 centres and around 30,000 disabled expected to participate in de….
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Love to see birds. But when you spot it as you prepare to board an already delayed #Indigoairlines flight to kolkata for which you receive no prior intimation until you reach the Delh airport, it can send a shrill down your spine.
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