Volume : 8, Issue : 1, JAN 2022

ACID ATTACK SURVIVORS IN THE LIGHT OF RPWD ACT 2016- A CRITICAL STUDY

MR. SHANKHA SHEKHAR RAKSHIT

Abstract

The Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Act (2016), an important step in the history of Indian Constitution, implemented for the up liftment of Individual with Disabilities. This law protects disabled person's rights in all aspects of their lives, including social life, education, and employment. The number of recognized disabilities has risen from seven to twenty-one, with acid attack victims becoming one of them. The (RPWD) Act of 2016 addresses some of the long-standing requests of disabled people in India. According to the National Crimes Record Beauro (NCRB) 2016 annual report revealed that there were 283 acid attacks reported in India. A total of 307 people were affected by these incidents. West Bengal topped the list with 76 incidences and 60 survivors out of all the states. In government jobs, this Act allows for a 4% reservation for persons with disabilities. Acid attack survivors are lumped into the loco motor disability category for work quota purposes, which receives a 1% reserve. This study aims to critically examine the Acid Attack victim in the lights of (RPWD) Act 2016, based on research articles, reports, literature reviews etc. As it is adopted by the govt of India recently, there are a smaller number of studies were found and no study have been conducted on the Acid Attack Victims in the Light of (RPWD) Act 2016.

Keywords

ACID ATTACK SURVIVORS, RPWD ACT, RIGHTS, MAJOR SHIFTS, PROVISIONS.

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