RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES ACT 2016
Winter session 2016 of the Parliament was a complete wash out due the several issues, one of them was the demonetization. The Parliament witnessed heated arguments between the opposition and the government on the issue of demonetization. Only two bills were passed during the entire winter session. One is the "Taxation Laws (Second Amendment) Bill 2016", which was introduced as 'money bill' in Lok Sabha and the other bill is "Rights of Persons with Disabilities Bill 2016". The "Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act 2016" will replace the existing "People with Disabilities (Equal opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act 1995". The disability bill was originally introduced by the UPA-2 government in 2014 as the "Rights of Persons with Disabilities Bill 2014". To replace the 1995 act with new bill the then UPA government formed a committee. The committee was set up by the Ministry of Social Justi...