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  1. Disability in India

    The overall prevalence of people with disabilities is 4.52% of the population, i.e., 63.28 million, according to the ICMR's publication from the NFHS-5 survey 2019-21. India is a party to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Legislation that affects people with disabilities in India includes the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016, the Mental Health Care Act, 2017, the National Trust Act, 1999, and the Rehabilitation Council of India Act, 1992. People with disabilities in India are faced with negative social attitudes in the wider population. Wikipedia

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  2. en.wikipedia.org

    The overall prevalence of people with disabilities is 4.52% of the population, i.e., 63.28 million, according to the ICMR 's publication from the NFHS-5 survey 2019-21. [1] India is a party to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Legislation that affects people with disabilities in India includes the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016, the Mental ...
  3. disabilityin.org

    Disability Definition A disabled person is a person with long-term physical, mental, intellectual and sensory impairment, which in interaction with barriers (social, communicational, cultural, economic, environmental, institutional, political,attitudinal or structural) hinders his/her effective participation in society equally with others. 21 conditions are considered to be disabilities ...
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  5. depwd.gov.in

    The Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities in the Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment aims to facilitates empowerment of the Persons with Disabilities. As per Census 2011, the number of Persons with Disabilities in the country are 2.68 crore , which is 2.21 percent of the total population of the Country.
  6. ruralindiaonline.org

    This report was published on March 31, 2021, by the National Statistical Office (NSO), Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, government of India. It contains statistical information on persons with disabilities in India based on Census 2011 as well as National Sample Survey (NSS) data from 2018. The NSS (76th round) defines a person with disability as someone who faces long term ...
  7. pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

    There is a need to provide an overview of the disability burden in India as there are limited studies. The present study aimed to estimate the prevalence and assess the pattern and determinants of disability in India. We analyzed National Family ...
  8. pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

    Disability is an important public health problem especially in developing countries like India. The problem will increase in future because of increase in trend of non-communicable diseases and change in age structure with an increase in life ...
  9. barandbench.com

    This article traces the journey of the disability rights movement in India from the 1980s to the present, highlighting the challenges and achievements of the activists and the legislation. It also explores the gaps and barriers that remain in the implementation of the rights of persons with disabilities.
  10. mospi.gov.in

    4.1 Estimates of Disabled Persons The official estimates of disabled persons in India, obtained through the latest Population Census and National Sample Survey Organisation‟s comprehensive surveys on disability, put the figure as about 21 million (roughly around 2 percent of the population) at the beginning of the new millennium. However, estimates vary across sources and a new World Bank ...
  11. drishtiias.com

    India signed the United Nations Convention on Rights of Persons with Disability. and subsequently ratified the same on October 1, 2007. Enactment of a new disability legislation (Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act 2016) increased the number of disabilities from 7 conditions to 21.

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