The Rights of Persons with Disabilities (RPwD) Act, 2016

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The Rights of Persons with Disabilities (RPwD) Act, 2016 is a critical topic for the UPSC Civil Services Examination, particularly under GS Paper II (Social Justice and Governance) . It replaced the PwD Act of 1995 to comply with the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD). Key Highlights of the RPwD Act, 2016 1. Expanded Definition of Disability The Act increased the number of recognized disabilities from 7 to 21.   Added Disabilities : Cerebral Palsy, Dwarfism, Muscular Dystrophy, Acid Attack victims, Speech and Language disability, Specific Learning Disabilities, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Chronic Neurological conditions (Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson’s), Blood Disorders (Haemophilia, Thalassemia, Sickle Cell disease), and Multiple Disabilities.   The Central Government maintains the power to add more types of disabilities to this list. 2. Rights and Entitlements  ✅  Education : Children with "benchmark disabilities...
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Music

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What is music for you? For me its my life,oxygen for boosting  my life and also a lifeline whitout music my life doesn't  take a single step.i love music and writing  songs ,i have always learned a lot by listening  and this is my true experience. .when someone  says something  i listen  it carefully  and take the positive thing with which i can make my life more easy and beautiful. Everyone  has some passion in their  lives ..,i think passion is that thing which is a part of your life ,without which your single moment  of life is difficult  to live,with which you start smiling,be happy and lost in another world...i love creativeness and find creativity  in everything whether it is clouds in the sky.greenery in the nature,weather,cute sounds of birds,flowers  each thing seems  to be extremely helpful for making my life more easier  to  live.

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