(Functional English Version translated by the National Forum of Organizations Working with the Disabled - NFOWD, Dhaka. )
[Bill for consideration in JS (Parliament)]
Bill introduced to protect and safeguard the rights and dignity of the Persons with Disability, ensure their participation in the national and social programmes and their general welfare; and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto:
Whereas it is expedient and necessary to enact laws to protect and safeguard the rights and dignity of the persons with disability, ensure their participation in the national and social programmes and their general welfare; and for that matters connected therewith or incidental thereto;
Now, therefore, the Act is made as follows ;-
1. Short title and commencement:
I. The Act may be called Bangladesh Persons with Disability
Welfare Act-2001.
II. It shall come into force on such date as the government determines
by a Gazette notification.
2. Definitions:
In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,-
a. "District Committee" means the District Committee
for Welfare of the Persons with Disability so constituted under
section 12 of this Act;
b. "Schedule" means the schedule incorporated to this
Act;
c. "Executive Committee" means the Persons with Disability
Welfare Executive Committee so constituted under Section 8 of
this Act;
d. "Disability" means a person so defined in Section
3 of this Act;
e. "Rules" means rules made under this Act;
f. "Coordination Committee" means the National Coordination
Committee for Welfare of Persons with Disability so constituted
under Section 4 of this Act.
3. Definition and identification of Disability:
I. "Disability" means any person who,
a. is physically crippled either congenitally or as result of
disease or being a victim of accident, or due to improper or maltreatment
or for any other reasons became physically incapaciated or mentally
imbalanced, and
b. as a result of such crippledness or mental impairedness,-
i. has become incapaciated, either partially or fully; and
ii. is unable to lead a normal life.
II. Any person having disability described hereunder shall be
included in the meaning and scope of the definition under subsection
(I) of this section.
a. "Visual impaired" means any person who has,-
i. No vision in any single eye, or
ii. in both the eyes, or
iii. visual acuity not exceeding 6/60 or 20/200 (Snellen) in
the better eye even with correcting lenses; or
iv. limitation of the 'field of vision' subtending an angle
of 20｡ (degree) or worse;
b. Physically handicapped refers to person who has, -
i. lost either one or both the hands, or
ii. lost sensation, partly or wholly, of either hand, or it
is so weaker in normal condition that the situations stated under
subsection I (a) and (b) are applicable to his case; or
iii. lost either one or both the feet, or
iv. lost sensation, partly or wholly, of either or both the
feet, or it is so weaker in normal condition that the situations
stated under subsection I (a) and (b) are applicable to his case;
or
v. has physical deformity and abnormality, or
vi. has permanently lost physical equilibrium owing to neuro-disequilibrium;
or
c. has "hearing impairment" meaning one's loss of hearing
capacity in better ear in the conversation range of frequencies
at 40 decibles (hearing unit) or more, or demaged or ineffective
otherwise; or
d. has "speech impairment" meaning loss of one's capacity
to utter/ pronounce meaningful vocabulary sounds, or damaged,
partly or wholly, or dysfunctional; or
e. has "mental disability" meaning,-
i. one whose mental development is not at par with his chronological
age or whose IQ (Intelligent Quotient) is far below the normal
range, or
ii. has lost mental balance or is damaged, partly or wholly;
or
f. has multiple disabilities, that is one who suffers from more
than one type of above stated impairments; or
g. any other type of impairment to be defined and declared by
the Coordination Committee.
4. Constitution of National Coordination Committee and regination of its members:-
I. In order to implement the objectives set in this Act a committee
called, 'National Coordination Committee for Welfare of the Persons
with Disabilities' should be constituted (hence the Committee
so constituted) with the followings:-
a. The Minister-In-Charge, Ministry (or Division) of Social Welfare
shall (by virtue of his post) be the President of this Committee;
ex-officio;
b. The Secretary of the Ministry (or Division) of Social Welfare
shall, by virtue of his post ; be the Vice- President of the Committee;
ex-officio;
Other members:
c. The Secretary, Ministry (or Division) of Health, ex- officio;
d. The Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs, ex- officio;
e. A Doctor, with the rank of a Professor, working at the Banga
Bandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Medical University Hospital, to be
nominated by the Vice-Chancellor of the said University;
f. President, Bangladesh Medical Association;
g. Five representatives, to be nominated by the Government; of
the Non-Government Organizations working for the welfare of the
persons with disability;
h. Director, Bangladesh Mentally Disabled Hospital; ex-officio,
i. The Director General, Department of Social Services, ex- officio;
j. Executive Secretary, Bangladesh National Social Welfare Council;
ex-officio,
k. Director, National Institute of Ophthomology; ex-officio,
l. Managing Director, National Foundation for the Persons with
Disability or an officer, not below the rank of a Joint Secretary
to the Government; to be so nominated by the Government; who shall
also act as the Ex-officio Secretary to this Committee.
II. Termination/Resignation of member:
[ In case of members under sub-section I (g)]
a. The Government can relieve or terminate membership of any
person by cancellation of nomination under sub-section I (g) of
this Act;
b. Any member may tender registration in writings under his own
signature addressed to the President of the Committee,
III. The Government, if it deems so required, can nominated any
person as member of the Coordination Committee.
5. Disqualification of membership: Any person shall be deemed
to be disqualified as to be nominated as member, or retain his
membership so nominated; under Section 4 (I) (g) of this Act,
if he,-
a. is not a citizen of Bangladesh, or has rescinded his citizenship
or has lost it, or
b. is of unsound mind and stands so declared by a competent court,
or
c. is adjusted bankrupt/ insolvent by a competent court constituted
under any law now in effect or has not paid up his court adjusted
debts, or
d. is or has been convicted of an offence which involves moral
turpitules and sentenced for a period of more than two years jail
term by a Criminal Court; or
e. is or has been convicted for committing of an offence under
this Act or any of its provision.
6. Responsibilities and functions of the National Coordination
Committee:
I. The responsibilities and functions of the Co-ordination
Committee shall be as under:-
a. To review the existing policies of the Government to protect
and safeguard the rights and dignity of the persons with disabilities,
to ensure full participation of the disabled community in accordance
to their capacity/ability in the national and social programmes,
and to recommend corrective measures; or if needed be, put suggestion(s)
for formulation of a newer policy to this effect, in consideration
of the prevailing realistic situations related to the issues;
b. to advise the Government to undertake various projects and
programmes for implementing the policies on disability issues;
c. to review and coordinate the activities of the Executive Committee,
the District Committees and other concerned Government and Non-Government
agencies, engaged in the acts of welfare for the disabled community
under the purview of this Act or other laws so applicable, and
to pass on necessary directives, if deemed expedient, to that
effect;
d. to advise the Government on matters to protect the rights
of the disabled Community/ population and motivate other agencies/organizations
to that effect;
e. to arrange Skill Development Training for persons working
in disability sector programmes to raise their work efficiency;
f. to establish a Disability Information Centre and to provide
information to various mass media and arrange dissemination/media-coverage
of those information for the welfare of the persons with disability.
g. to advise the Government to initiate proper steps to up-grade
National policies and up-date concerned laws related to disability
issues to keep pace in line with the development on the agenda
that are taking place in the International arena and suggest for
their implementation;
h. to recommend to the Government for reviewing of the existing
laws and effect amendment, if so needed, from time to time, the
laws in force;
i. to collect statistical data related to disability issues and
arrange preservation of those data;
j. to undertake appropriately related steps/actions to implement
the activities stated in this sub-section.
II. In line with the generality of purview of the provisions detailed
in this subsection (I), the activities outlined in the schedule
of this Act, shall be deemed to come under the functional jurisdiction
of the Coordination Committee, and the said Coordination Committee
shall have the legal authority to advise, request, suggest any
Ministry or Division or Department of the Government or Statutory
Authority or Non-government Organisation for such actions deemed
necessary to implement the aforesaid actions programme and may
give policy guidelines or order or directives, if it is so expedient.
7. Meeting of the Coordination Committee:
I. Subject to the provisions laid in this section of this Act,
the Coordination Committee shall have the authority to determine
the mode of conducting business--modus operandi-- of its meetings.
II. The Coordination Committee shall at least meet once in a Calendar
Year.
III. The meeting of the Coordination Committee shall be held at
a place and time fixed by its President.
IV. The President of the Coordination Committee shall preside
at every meeting of the Committee and in his absence, the Vice-President
shall preside, but when both the President and the Vice-President
are absent from any meeting, a member so authorised by the President
shall preside, and in the event of absence of any such directive
or authorisation from the President, a member from amongst the
members present in the meeting is to be elected by the members
present who shall preside at that meeting.
V. The quorum for any meeting of the Coordination Committee shall
require the presence of a minimum of five members of its total
number of members.
VI. Generally, all matters considered at the meeting of the Coordination
Committee shall be disposed of, decided by and decision arrived
at unanimously; but in the event of a division of opinion on any
matter that should be decided by the major of votes of the members
present in the meeting and in the process of such voting each
member shall have a single vote, however, in the event of equity
of votes, the member presiding at the meeting shall have a second
or casting vote.
VII. In order to facilitate its proceedings in deciding or arriving
at a decision on any agenda of its meeting, the Coordination Committee
shall have the authority to invite a specialist on the subject
or a well informed person for giving experts opinion or for presentation
of facts, but the person so invited shall have no right to vote.
VIII. No act, decision or proceeding of the Coordination Committee
shall be deemed to be invalid by reason only of the existence
of any vacancy in the Coordination Committee or any defect in
the Constitution of the said Committee or appointment of any of
its members and no legal action can be initiated in any Court
of Law nor that can be challenged to any other higher authority.
8. Constitution of the Executive Committee, Disqualification
of its members, and matters incidental thereto:-
I. In order to fulfil the objectives set in this Act, a committee,
called, The Persons with Disability Welfare Executive Committee;
shall be constituted (and hence constituted) consisting of the
persons named hereunder:
a. The Secretary, Ministry or Division of Social Welfare, ex-officio;
who shall also be the President of this Committee.
b. Six (6) Government officials, not below the rank of Joint
Secretary; who shall be nominated by their respective Ministry/Divison
viz. Primary and Mass Education Division, Finance Division, Roads
and Railways Division, Ministry of Housing and Public Works, Ministry
of Health and Family Welfare and Ministry of Social Welfare, ex-officio;
shall be its members.
c. Three(3) representatives from amongst the NGOs working for
the welfare of the persons with disability shall be nominated
by the Government as members;
d. The Director-General, Department of Social Services, ex-officio;
shall be a member;
e. The Member-Secretary of the Coordination Committee shall also
act as the Secretary to the Executive Committee; ex-officio.
II. Under sub-section I(c) of this section;
a. No person shall quality to be nominated or retain such post,
if so nominated; if the situations detailed in Section 5 of this
Act are applicable to him;
b. The Government shall have the right to cancel nomination of
any such member and declare the post vacant;
c. Any such nominated members may tender resignation in writing
under his/her own signature addressed to the President of the
Committee.
9. Responsibilities and functions of the Executive Committee:
The responsibilities and functions of the Executive Committee shall be as follows:-
a. To implement the decisions adopted by the Coordination
Committee properly;
b. To place appropriate recommendations to the Coordination Committee
for implementing actions in line with the provisions of this Act
and the National Policy on disability issues;
c. To prepare necessary project proposals to ensure education,
training, rehabilitation and other general welfare of the Persons
with Disability and place them to the Coordination Committee for
approval thereto;
d. To monitor the activities of the District Committees and supervise
and give necessary directives to the them, subject to approval
from the Coordination Committee;
e. To take all associated actions to execute the programmes detailed
in this sub-section.
10. Office of the Executive Committee:
I. To facilitate the proper functioing and discharging of the
responsibilities of the Executive Committee;
a. The Government may set up an office for it, or
b. The Government may nominate or appoint any institution or
organisation as the Office of the Executive Committee.
Note: Because of such appointment under this subsection (b), the
organization so selected, or any of its members or officers or
employees or any other person so authorised by the organisation,
shall have no claim to the status of being a government organisation
or employee respectively.
II. Consequent upon such appointment as the Office of the Executive
Committee under this Sub-section I(b), the Institution or Organisation,
so appointed, or any of its members, officers or employees or
any other person so authorised by the institution/organisation
concerned, shall be qualified to discharge such functions as directed
by the Executive Committee.
11. Meeting of the Executive Committee:
I. Subject to the provisions laid in this section of this Act,
the Executive Committee shall have the authority to determine
the mode of conducting/transacting its meetings.
II. The Executive Committee shall meet at least once in every
three months.
III. The meeting of the Executive Committee shall be held at a
place and time so fixed by its President.
IV. The President of the Executive Committee shall preside at
every meeting of the Committee and in his absence, any other member
so authorised/directed by the President (of EC) shall preside,
but in the absence of any such directive or authorisation from
the President a member from amongst the members present in the
meeting shall be elected by the members present in the meeting
to preside at the meeting.
V. The quorum for any meeting of the Executive Committee shall
require the presence of at least 1/3 members of the total members.
VI. Generally, all matters considered at the meeting of the Executive
Committee shall be decided unanimously; but in the event of a
division of opinion that should be decided by the majority of
votes of the members present in the meeting and in the process
of such voting each member shall have a single vote, and however,
in the event of equity of votes, the member presiding at the meeting
shall have a second or casting vote.
VII. No act, decision or proceeding of the Executive Committee
shall be deemed to be invalid by reason only of the existence
of any vacancy in the Executive Committee or only on grounds of
defect in the constitution of the Committee and no legal action
can be initiated in any Court of Law nor that can be challenged
to any other higher authority.
12. Constitution of the District Committee, disqualification
of its members and matters incidental thereto:-
I. In order to fulfil the objectives set in this Act, a committee
called, District Committee for Welfare of Persons with Disability,
nomencultured at the name of the district concerned, shall be
constituted.
II. The following persons shall be the members of the District
Committee,-
a. The Deputy Commissioner shall be the ex-officio President
of the District Committee.
b. The Civil Surgeon, ex-officio;
c. Two(2) representatives from the organisations working for
the welfare of the Persons with Disability shall be nominated
as members by the Deputy Commissioner;
d. The District Education Officer, ex-officio;
e. The Executive Engineer, Public Works Department of the District,
ex-officio;
f. District Public Relations Officer, ex-officio;
g. President, District Bus-owners Association;
h. The Deputy Director, District Social Services Office, shall
act as the ex-officio Member-Secretary to the Committee.
III. Under sub-section II(c) of this section:
a. No person shall qualify to be nominated or retain his post,
so nominated; if such situation as detailed in Section 5 of this
Act, are applicable to him/her;
b. The Deputy Commission shall have the authority to terminate
membership of any person by cancelling the nomination;
c. Any nominated member may tender his designation through a
written letter, duly signed by him, addressed to the Committee
President.
13. Responsibilities and functions of the District Committee.
The responsibilities and functions of the District Committee shall be as follows:
a. To implement the projects and programmes and execute and
carry out the policy-decisions, directives and orders of the National
Coordination Committee, Executive Committee or of the Government
at the district level;
b. Registration and issuance of Identify Cards to the persons
with disabilities of the district;
c. To submit report, at least once in a year; on the activities
undertaken for the welfare of the persons with disabilities of
the district to the Executive Committee;
d. To carry out any other special duties delegated/assigned to
it by the Executive Committee;
e. Any other duties assigned under these regulations;
f. To perform such other duties/activities so required for fulfilling
the responsibilities vested under this Act.
14. Meeting of the District Committee:
I. Subject to the provisions laid in this section of this Act,
the District Committee shall have the authority to determine the
mode of conducting business of its meetings.
II. The District Committee shall meet at least once in every two-month.
III. The President of the District Committee shall preside at
every meeting of the Committee and in the event of his absence
a member, so authorised by the Committee President, shall preside
at the meeting.
IV. The quorum for any meeting of the District Committee shall
require the presence of a minimum of 1/3 members of the total
members of the Committee.
15. Registration and issuance of Identity Cards to the Persons
with disability:
I. The District Committee shall arrange registration of all
the persons with disability residing within the territorial jurisdiction
of the respective district and shall maintain a Book of Register
for this purpose.
II. Any person registered as a Person with Disability under subsection
(I) of this section, he/she should be provided with an Identity
Card to that effect under the signature of the Member-Secretary
of the District Committee.
16. Sub-Committee:
The Coordination Committee, the Executive Committee or the District Committee shall have the authority, if it is deemed expedient; to constitute Sub-Committee(s) comprising of one or more than one member or any other person, to assist the respective committee in discharging their functions and it (the committee concerned) shall also have the authority to determine the number of members of such sub-committee, its responsibilities and functions and the terms of reference (TOR) of its operation.
17. Responsibilities of the Government, Non-Government Organisations and the Local Authority:
It would be the responsibilities of the Government, Non-Government Organisations and the Local Authorities to extend all out cooperation to implement the projects and programmes taken up by the National Coordination Committee at the field level operation and also to execute the decisions and directives of the said Committee.
18. Delegation of Power:
The Coordination Committee, the Executive Committee or the District Committee may delegate its power(except provision of this section) to any of its constituent member or such other person to the extent and manner as it is deemed appropriate by the Committee concerned to facilitate efficient discharging of the responsibilities and functions of the respective Committee.
19. Offences, Trial and Punishment:
I. In order to execute the provisions of this Act, the Government,
by notification, may define committing of certain acts as offences
and the contravenes shall be guilty of an offence, prosecuted
and punished for imprisonment of a minimum of three (3) months,
or a fine of Taka 5,000 (Five thousand) or both.
II. The trial of such offences shall take place under established
procedures of the Court of Law.
20. Offences committed by Company:
In case of any offence under this Act is committed by a company or bodies of persons then every director, or manager, or secretary or any officer or agent assigned thereto shall each be deemed to be guilty of that offence.
Provided that, no such person shall be deemed to be guilty of an offence under this Act, if he proves that the offence was committed without his knowledge or that he exercised all diligence to prevent the commission of the offence.
Note: In this section,-
a. "Company" means a Statutory Government Authority,
Commercial Establishment (Association or organizations inclusive)
;
b. In case of "Commercial Establishment" "Director"
means every partner of the firm or every members of the Board
of Directors.
22. Freeing from personal liabilities/ Protection against being
sued:
No suit or prosecution shall lie in any civil or criminal courts against the Government, or any member of the Coordination Committee, or the Executive Committee or the District Committee or any officer, employee or any other person, so authorised or assigned, for his actions in discharging the assigned duties so done in good faith under this Act or at the order of the competent authority to that effect even if such act has either caused; or has reasons to be caused that happen, damages to any one in the process.
23. Power to formulate regulation:
The Government shall have the power to formulate such regulations, by Government notification; required to fulfil the objectives set in this Act.
24. Removal of inconsistencies:
Should there be any inconsistency, of any type or manner; in this Act; the Government shall have the authority to pass on such orders or directives for removal of the extent of inconsistencies or to enforce that provision of this Act by lawful order.
Schedule
[Section 2(b) and 6(II) are in reference]
Part - A Prevention of Disabilities:
1. To launch media campaign through the mass media channels
in order to create awareness amongst the masses about the causative
factors of disabilities and measures to avert occurrence of disabilities.
2. To motivate and organise the social workers and the voluntary
organisations to participate in the disabilities preventive programmes.
3. To extent cooperation in implementing the concerned immunization
programmes for preventing disabilities.
4. To disseminate information on measures to avert accidents causing
disabilities.
5. To disseminate information about pre-natal, perinatal and during-delivery
and post-delivery care of the mother and the child, and in a view
to preventing disabilities the expecting mother(s) be provided
with the required assistive devices.
6. To collect data, conduct survey and research on factors causing
disabilities and treatment thereof.
7. To undertake programmes supportive to prevention of sound pollution.
8. To undertake supportive programmes for stopping plying of defective
vehicles on roads.
Part - B Identification of Disability:
1. To arrange proper identification of persons with disability
during the Population Census and preparing a seperate list for
them.
2. To arrange identification of such children who are at-risk
to be the victims of disability.
Part - C Curative Treatment of Disability:
1. To supply supportive logistics/materials for curative treatment
(or considered cure - friendly) to the persons with disabilities
from the Hospitals, Health Complexes and Rehabilitative Centres
either cost-free or at low-cost.
2. Introducing Counseling Services for physical and mental development,
education and employment of the children with disabilities.
3. To extent supports/assistances for production and distribution
of articles used in the All Day Livings of the PWDs and education
materials used by them.
4. Undertake measures to allow remmission of import duties on
equipments and accessories to be used by the persons with disabilities.
Part - D Education of the PWDs:
1. To encourage establishment of Specialised Education Institutions
to catar to the special needs of the special catetories of children
with disabilities, to design and develop specialised cirriculum
and write special text books and to introduce Special Examination
System, if situations so demand.
2. Create opportunities for free education to all children with
disabilities below 18 years of age and provide them books and
equipments free of cost or at low-cost.
3. Endeavour to create opportunities for intregation of students
with disabilities in the usual class-set-up of regular normal
schools wherever possible.
4. Undertake programmes for imparting vocational training for
the disabled.
5. Arrange trainings for the teachers and other employees working
with the disabled.
6. To incorporate/include appropriate articles and other related
subjects in the introductory social science subjects aiming to
create public awareness about the lifestyle and associated problems
faced by the persons with disabilities.
7. To arrange easy transport facilities for up-down journey to
school for the students with disabilities.
Part - E Health Care Services for the Persons with Disability:
1. To introduce Health Care Services for the persons with disabilitt
at Government and Non-Government initiatives.
2. To ensure adequate supply of medical utilities for treatment
of the PWDs and arrange training of physicians/medicos attending
the PWDs.
3. To supply nutrients for the persons with disabilities
4. To include subjects/topics related to treatment of PWDs while
arranging the said training for the medicos.
Part - F Rehabilitation and Employment of the Persons with
Disability:
1. To undertake appropriate Schemes including Credit-Support
programmes for rehabilitation of the persons with disabilities.
2. Establishment and maintenance of Rehabilitation Centres both
at Government and Non-Government level.
3. Design and develop Training Mannual for Vocational Training
of the PWDs and undertake and carry-out such Training Programmes
according to the Mannual so developed.
4. Identification of appropriate job/employment areas for the
PWDs and arrange employment opportunities thereto.
5. To ensure equity of opportunities for employment while recruiting
employees in the Government Departments, Statutory Bodies and
Local Authorities for suitably qualified persons with disabilities.
6. Subject to formulation of Government Policy, actions be taken
to relax the prescribed minimum age limit for recruitment of PWDs
in the Government Departments, Statutory Bodies and Local Authorities.
7. To ensure reserve quota in the recruitment of posts to the
Government Departments, Statutory Bodies and Local Authorities.
8. To disseminate information on job-opportunities for the PWDs.
Part - G Transport Facilities:
1. To set up appropriate facilities at all buildings and establishments
and transports belonging to the Government, Statutory Bodies and
private organizations to facilitate easy movements and communications
for the PWDs.
2. To take measures to adopt toilets at rail compartments, water-vessels,
bus- terminals and waiting rooms so that the persons with disabilities
can also use it alike others.
3. To install auditory signals at all main road-crossings in the
cities.
4. To devise out suitable signs and symbols to facilitate safe
and hazard-free movements of persons with disabilities.
5. To facilitate easy access to and movement of the wheel chair
users making appropriate curb cuts and slopes and ramps are to
be made at public buildings and toilets are also to be adapted
for them.
6. The persons with disabilities carrying duly issued Identity
Card are to be allowed to travel by train, buses, water-vassels,
Airways along with an escort at concessional fare and also to
make arrangement for carrying portable laugages alongside.
Part - H Culture:
1. To take measures to disseminate information through the
national mass-media channels on life and livings, employments,
education and recretional activities of the persons with disabilities.
2. To take actions to disseminate information through the media
on preventive measures that help averting the risk-factors, physical
and psychological; for the PWDs and members of their families.
3. To broadcast programmes on National TV Channel in Sign Languages
understandable to the speech and hearing impaired persons.
4. To include disability issues in the general education curriculum.
5. To introduce games and sports for the persons with disabilities
and arrange their participation thereto.
6. To encourage the concerned institutions to prepare and publish
books in Braillee and audio cassettes for the visually impaired
persons.
7. To make provisions for representation of the persons with disability
in the National Sports and Cultural Bodies, wherever applicable.
8. To send delegation of the PWDs at National and International
level cultural and sports events and provide financial supports
to that end.
Part - I Social Security:
1. To encourage the Insurance Companies to launch Insurance
Schemes for the persons with disability.
2. To provide allowances for the old, unemployed and vulnerable
ones with disability.
3. To ensure early actions by the law enforcing agencies to safeguard
the persons with disability from being victimised, tortured and
defrauded or cheated.
Part - J Organisations of the Persons with Disability:
1. To arrange Leadership Development Training for the persons
with disability at National, Division, District and Upa-Zilla
level.
2. Create opportunities for formation of Self-reliant Organizations
of the Persons with Disability.
3. To organise seminars, workshops and such other similar activities
for experience sharing and exchanging ideas for the representatives
of the Self-help Organisations of the Persons with Disability
.