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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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Chandrayaan 2

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CHNDRAYAAN 2  Chandrayaan 2  why it is so important for everyone that not only our country but the whole worlds eye is on this mission. so let me tell you that India is the first country that is going to lend on the south polar region of the moon. if we talk about human exploration of the moon, there are several missions which have undertaken for exploring the moon.  the  earth's natural satellite  that is the moon has the key to open the secrets of its birth and for finding the answers to all these questions of the human mind man started his journey towards the moon and in this way, the story of the journey towards the moon started.  Luna 2 , originally named the  Second Soviet Cosmic Rocket  and nicknamed   Lunik 2  in contemporaneous media was the sixth of the Soviet Union's Luna program spacecraft launched to the Moon. Luna 2  of the Soviet Union  was the first spacecraft to reach to the moon's surface successf...
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