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News ScanCourt raps Maharashtra for failure to fill disabled job quota The Bombay High Court orders the freezing of recruitment for Maharashtra state government jobs until the backlog of vacant posts earmarked for the disabled is filled More... Govt promises inclusive education for disabled childrenIn keeping with demands for a more inclusive system of education in India, the government promises to include disabled children in all its educational programmes More... The 'special children' trapIndian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh recently announced that positions in the Indian bureaucracy would be open to the disabled, a move that won many plaudits. Yet, writes Neera Kuckreja Sohoni, barriers persist in preventing variously challenged people from accessing education and other services http://www.indianexpress.com/More... Ministry reports neglect the disabled: shadow reportAccording to a shadow report on disability, released recently, the office of Chief Commissioner for Persons with Disability has been vacant for over nine months More... |