Decade on, disability policy rejig in limbo

Join conversation View All Comments → Share your thoughts in the comments Insightful Agree Disagree Skeptical Concerning Promising Worth Reading Big Development Post Comment Be respectful · TOI community guidelinesNEW DELHI: Ten years after the current disability law was passed, govt is yet to frame a revised National Policy for Persons with Disabilities. The existing National Policy for Persons with Disabilities was adopted 20 years ago. The task force constituted to draft the policy had submitted the draft on Oct 12, 2021, and the deadline for stakeholder comments was Sept 30, 2022. "As an organisation led by and representing health professionals with disabilities, we are particularly concerned about the gaps that arise when disability policy is not effectively integrated across health, social protection and other sectors. The medicalisation of disability in professional assessment and eligibility has also been challenged .

Source: Times of India September 13, 2026 22:28 UTC