Silly idea of Decriminalizing RPWD act 2016 for Enhancement
of Ease of Doing Business in India.
Ministry of corporate affair’s, government of India has plan
to decriminalize and dilute the provisions of RPWD act 2016 to enhance ease of
doing business and attract forign direct investment in India. I am Unable to understand who has shared this
idea with the union government and how government has taken it’s cognizance
without understanding its impact. I would like to ask that how many businesses
have suffered by the provisions of RPWD act since last 4 years? And what level?
Do the provisions of RPWD act are really becoming hurdles before businesses?
Answer is obvious no.
So we have to register protest against the Union
government’s decision of
dechriminalising RPWD act and diluting it’s penal provisions in the interest of
improvising ease of doing business in India.
Several developed nations like USA, UK, Canada, Japan,
Australia, European nations are having high ranking of ease of doing business
despite of their disability laws are stronger than India.
The RPWD act 2016 it self is having soft penalties against
its non compliance result of which no government, non government or corporate
organizations adhere any compliances enforced by the act. Even 5 percent of its
provisions are not yet implemented since last 4 and half years due to which
millions of persons with disabilities who are already are marginalized and suffering
alot.
None of the banking services, e-learning services,
E-commerse services, transport services, organizational Built infrastructure
are even partially accessible for persons with disabilities. Almost Corporate
organizations falsely Clame that their
products and services are accessible for persons with disabilities. No employees with disabilities in india is
getting farely good accessible environment and facilities from corporate
organizations. Research revealed that only few industries have equal employment
opportunities policy that to only on paper. Its implementation is hardly
observed on ground. No organization or individuals have fear of non compliance
of RPWD act 2016. Data revealed that very few cases are filed against
government or corporate organizations since enactment of the law and industries
are least suffered.
Hence i firmly believe that the current provisions of RPWD
act 2016 will not be hurdle for ease of doing business and decriminalizing the
act will not affect positively. On the contrary persons with disabilities will
be suffered a lot specially in accessible products and services, inaccessible
environment for employees with disabilities. Persons with disabilities will
become agrasive and protest against industries if they will not get firm legal
solutions and infact such messed
environment will discourage investment and ease of doing business. The
development should be sustainable and holistic. Not in the interest of
deterioration of life of individuals with disabilities.
Considering these crucial points, the concern authorities should
drop the decision of decriminalizing and diluting the penal provisions of RPWD
act 2016 in the interest of improvising ease of doing business.
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