Whether there is any provision to safeguard rights and facilities made available to persons with disabilities?
Ans:- The Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation Act, 1995 safe-guards rights and facilities made available to persons with disabilities and also looks into complaints with respect to deprivation of rights of persons with disabilities. The Implementation of provisions of the Act require a multi-sectoral collaborative approach of all concerned Ministries of the Central Government, the State Government and the Union Territories and other appropriate authorities. While in the area of prevention, early detection and intervention, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare and Department of Women & Child Development have to play a major role, in the area of education, the Department of Education has to initiate programmes such a transport facility, financial incentives, etc. to promote education among the children with disabilities. The department of Education has to integrate these programmes within their schemes/programmes. For the creation of
