Rights group to protest non-implementation of 11th plan

New Delhi: A rights group Thursday announced a protest rally in the capital to protest the non-implementation of the welfare measures for the disabled in the 11th five-year plan (2007-2011).

"The government has started its preparations for the 12th plan (2012-2017). But everyone seems to have forgotten about the unfulfilled decisions that were taken for the welfare of the disabled in the 11th plan," Javed Abidi, convenor of the disabled rights group, said in a statement.

The group will protest Friday morning at 10.30 a.m. at Yojana Bhawan, the statement said.

The 11th five-year plan included strengthening of the 'disability division' in the ministry of social justice and empowerment, set up monitoring mechanisms to review systems, new policies in the health ministry for the disabled.

"It all appears very hollow. We cannot possibly talk about the 12th plan without making the government accountable for what it had committed in the 11th Plan," Abidi added.

 

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