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ACT, 1995, NATIONAL TRUST ACT.
3.0 Introduction
3.1 Objectives
3.2 Persons with Disabilities Act
3.3 National Trust Act
3.4 Reference

3.0 INTRODUCTION
This unit discusses the acts aimed at improving the status and equality of persons
with disability. The focus of these acts ie, PWD act and National trust act is to
strengthen rehabilitation work and provides guidelines and framework in order to
promote independent living of persons with disabilities.

3.1 OBJECTIVES
After going through this unit, you will be able to:
• Discuss in detail the aim, objective and terminologies of PWD acts and
National Trust act; and
• Explain the roles and functions of committees/ trust formed under PWD acts
and National Trust act respectively.

3.2 THE PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES ACT

This act defines the following terminologies in the preliminary section. Some of the
useful definitions are given for your reference
a. "blindness" refers to a condition where a person suffers from any of the
following conditions, namely:-
i. total absence of sight; or
ii. visual acuity not exceeding 6/60 or 20/200 (snellen) in the better eye
with correcting lenses; or
iii. Limitation of the field of vision subtending an angle of 20 degree or
worse;
b. "cerebral palsy" means a group of non-progressive conditions of a person
characterized by abnormal motor control posture resulting from brain insult
or injuries occurring in the pre-natal, peri-natal or infant period of development;
c. "disability" means -
i. blindness;
ii. low vision;

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v. locomotor disability;
vi. mental retardation;
vii. mental illness;
d. "hearing impairment" means loss of sixty decibels or more in the better ear
in the conversational range of frequencies;
e. "institution for persons with disabilities" means an institution for the reception,
care, protection, education, training, rehabilitation or any other service of
persons with disabilities;
f. "leprosy cured person" means any person who has been cured of leprosy but
is suffering from -
- loss of sensation in hands or feet as well as loss of sensation and paresis
in the eye and eye-lid but with no manifest deformity;
- manifest deformity and paresis but having sufficient mobility in their
hands and feet to enable them to engage in normal economic activity;
- extreme physical deformity as well as advanced age which prevents him
from undertaking any gainful occupation, and the expression "leprosy
cured" shall be construed accordingly;
g. "locomotor disability" means disability of the bones, joints or muscles leading
to substantial restriction of the movement of the limbs or any form of cerebral
palsy;
h. ""mental illness" means any mental disorder other than mental retardation;
i. "mental retardation" means a condition of arrested or incomplete development
of mind of a person which is specially characterised by subnormality of
intelligence;
j. ""person with disability" means a person suffering from not less than forty per
cent of any disability as certified by a medical authority;
k. "person with low vision" means a person with impairment of visual functioning
even after treatment or standard refractive correction but who uses or is
potentially capable of using vision for the planning or execution of a task with
appropriate assistive device;
l. "rehabilitation" refers to a process aimed at enabling persons with disabilities
to reach and maintain their optimal physical, sensory, intellectual, psychiatric
or social functional levels;
m. "special Employment Exchange" means any office or place established and
maintained by the Government for the collection and furnishing of information,
either by keeping of registers or otherwise, respecting -
 persons who seek to engage employees from amongst the persons suffering
from disabilities;
i. persons with disability who seek employment;
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appointed;
The Central Coordination Committee
The Central Government shall by notification constitute a body to be known as
the Central Coordination Committee to exercise the powers conferred on, and to
perform the functions assigned to it, under this Act.
The function of the Central Coordination Committee is to serve as the national
focal point on disability matters and facilitate the continuous evolution of a
comprehensive policy towards solving the problems faced by persons with
disabilities. In particular and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing,
the Central Coordination Committee may perform all or any of the following
functions, namely:
a. review and coordinate the activities of all the Departments of Government
and other Governmental and non-Governmental Organisations which are
dealing with matters relating to persons with disabilities;
b. develop a national policy to address issues faced by persons with disabilities;
c. advise the Central Government on the formulation of policies, programmes,
legislation and projects with respect to disability;
d. take up the cause of persons with disabilities with the concerned authorities
and the international organisations with a view to provide for schemes and
projects for the disabled in the national plans and other programmes and
policies evolved by the international agencies;
e. review in consultation with the donor agencies their funding policies from the
perspective of their impact on persons with disabilities;
f. take such other steps to ensure barrier free environment in Public places,
work places, public utilities, schools and other institutions;
g. monitor and evaluate the impact of policies and programmes designed for
achieving equality and full participation of persons with disabilities;
h. to perform such other functions as may be prescribed by the Central
Government.
The Central Government shall constitute a Committee to be known as the Central
Executive Committee to perform the functions assigned to it under this Act.
The State Coordination Committee
(1) Every State Government shall, by notification, constitute a body to be known
as the State Coordination Committee to exercise the powers conferred on, and
to perform the function assigned to it, under this Act.
(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, the function of the State Coordination
Committee shall be to serve as the state focal point on disability matters and
facilitate the continuous evolution of a comprehensive policy towards solving the
problems faced by persons with disabilities. State Coordination Committee may,
within the State perform all or any of the following functions, namely:-

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and other Govern-mental and non-Governmental Organizations which are
dealing with matters relating to persons with disabilities;
b. develop a State policy to address issues faced by persons with disabilities;
c. advise the State Government on the formulation of policies, programmes,
legislation and projects with respect to disability;
d. review, in consultation with the donor agencies, their funding policies from
the perspective of their impact on persons with disabilities;
e. take such other steps to ensure barrier free environment in public places,
work places, public utilities, schools and other institutions;
f. monitor and evaluate the impact of policies and programmes designed for
achieving equality and full participation of persons with disabilities;
g. to perform such other functions as may be prescribed by the State
Government.
The State Government constitutes a committee and is known as the State Executive
Committee to perform the functions assigned to it under this Act
Prevention and Early Detection of Disabilities
Within the limits of their economic capacity and development, the appropriate
Governments and the local authorities, with a view to preventing the occurrence
of disabilities, shall -
a. undertake or cause to be undertaken surveys, investigations and research
concerning the cause of occurrence of disabilities;
b. promote various methods of preventing disabilities;
c. screen all the children at least once in a year for the purpose of identifying
"at-risk" cases;
d. provide facilities for training to the staff at the primary health centres;
e. sponsor or cause to be sponsored awareness campaigns and disseminate or
cause to be disseminated information for general hygiene, health and sanitation;
f. take measures for pre-natal, peri-natal and post-natal care of mother and
child;
g. educate the public through the pre-schools, primary health centres, village
level workers and anganwadi workers;
h. create awareness amongst the masses through television, radio and other
mass media on the causes of disabilities and the preventive measures to be
adopted.
Education
The appropriate Governments and the local authorities shall -
a. ensure that every child with a disability has access to free education in an
appropriate environment till he attains the age of eighteen years;
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schools;
c. promote setting up of special schools in Government and private sector for
those in need of special education, in such a manner that children with
disabilities living in any part of the country have access to such schools;
d. endeavour to equip the special schools for children with disabilities with
vocational training facilities.
The appropriate Governments and the local authorities shall by notification make
schemes for -
a. conducting part-time classes in respect of children with disabilities who having
completed education up to class fifth and could not continue their studies on
a whole-time basis;
b. conducting special part-time classes for providing functional literacy for children
in the age group of sixteen and above;
c. imparting non-formal education by utilizing the available manpower in rural
areas after giving them appropriate orientation;
d. imparting education through open schools or open universities;
e. conducting class and discussions through interactive electronic or other media;
f. providing every child with disability free of cost special books and equipments
needed for his education.
The appropriate Governments shall initiate or cause to be initiated research by
official and non-governmental agencies for the purpose of designing and developing
new assistive devices, teaching aids, special teaching materials or such other items
as are necessary to give a child with disability equal opportunities in education.
The appropriate Governments shall set up adequate number of teachers' training
institutions and assist the national institutes and other voluntary organizations to
develop teachers' training programmes specializing in disabilities so that requisite
trained manpower is available for special schools and integrated schools for
children with disabilities.
Without prejudice to the foregoing provisions, the appropriate Governments shall
by notification prepare a comprehensive education scheme which shall make
provision for -
a. transport facilities to the children with disabilities or in the alternative financial
incentives to parents or guardians to enable their children with disabilities to
attend schools;
b. the removal of architectural barriers from schools, colleges or other institutions
imparting vocational and professional training;
c. the supply of books, uniforms and other materials to children with disabilities
attending school;
d. the grant of scholarship to students with disabilities;
e. setting up of appropriate fora for the redressal of grievances of parents
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questions for the benefit of blind students and students with low vision;
g. restructuring of curriculum for the benefit of children with disabilities;
h. restructuring the curriculum for benefit of students with hearing impairment to
facilitate them to take only one language as part of their curriculum.
All educational institutions shall provide or cause to be provided amanuensis to
blind students and students with or low vision.
Employment
Appropriate Governments shall -
a. identify posts, in the establishments, which can be reserved for the persons
with disability;
b. at periodical intervals not exceeding three years, review the list of posts
identified and up-date the list taking into consideration the developments in
technology.
Every appropriate Government shall appoint in every establishment such percentage
of vacancies not less than three per cent for persons or class of persons with
disability of which one per cent each shall be reserved for persons suffering from :
i. blindness or low vision;
ii. hearing impairment;
iii. locomotor disability or cerebral palsy, in the posts identified for each disability:
Provided, that the appropriate Government may, having regard to the type
of work carried on in any department or establishment, by notification subject
to such conditions, if any, as may be specified in such notification, exempt
any establishment from the provisions of this section.
1) The appropriate Government may, by notification, require that from such
date as may be specified, by notification, the employer in every establishment
shall furnish such information or return as may be prescribed in relation to
vacancies appointed for persons with disability that have occurred or are
about to occur in that establishment to such Special Employment Exchange
as may be prescribed and the establishment shall thereupon comply with
such requisition.
2) The form in which and the intervals of time for which information or returns
shall be furnished and the particulars, they shall contain shall be such as may
be prescribed.
Any person authorised by the Special Employment Exchange in writing, shall have
access to any relevant record or document in the possession of any establishment
and may enter at any reasonable time and premises where he believes such
record or document to be, and inspect or take copies of relevant records or
documents or ask any question necessary for obtaining any information.
Where in any recruitment year any vacancy under section 33, cannot be filled up
due to non-availability of a suitable person with disability or, for any other sufficient
reason, such vacancy shall be carried forward in the succeeding recruitment year
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when there is no person with disability available for the post in that year, the
employer shall fill up the vacancy by appointment of a person, other than a person
with disability: Provided that if the nature of vacancies in an establishment is such
that a given category of person can not be employed, the vacancies may be
interchanged among the three categories with the prior approval of the appropriate
Government.
1) Every employer shall maintain such record in relation to the person with
disability employed in his establishment in such form and in such manner as
may be prescribed by the appropriate government.
2) The records maintained under sub-section (1) shall be open to inspection at
all reasonable hours by such persons as may be authorized in this behalf by
general or special order by the appropriate Government.
1) The appropriate Governments and local authorities shall by notification
formulate schemes for ensuring employment of persons with disabilities, and
such schemes may provide:
a. the training and welfare of persons with disabilities;
b. the relaxation of upper age limit;
c. regulating the employment;
d. health and safety measures and creation of a non-handicapping
environment in places where persons with disabilities are employed;
e. the manner in which and the persons by whom the cost of operating the
schemes is to be defrayed; and
f. constituting the authority responsible for the administration of the scheme.
All Government educational institutions and other educational institutions receiving
aid from the Government shall reserve not less than three per cent seats for
persons with disabilities.
The appropriate Governments and local authorities shall reserve not less than
three per cent in all poverty alleviation schemes for the benefit of persons with
disabilities.
The appropriate Governments and the local authorities shall, within the limits of
their economic capacity and development, provide incentives to employers both
in public and private sectors to ensure that at least five per cent of their work
force is composed of persons with disabilities.
Affirmative Action
The appropriate Governments shall by notification make schemes to provide aids
and appliances to persons with disabilities.
The appropriate Governments and local authorities shall by notification frame
schemes in favour of persons with disabilities, for the preferential allotment of land
at concessional rates for -
a. house;
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c. setting up of special recreation centres;
d. establishment of special schools;
e. establishment of research centres;
f. establishment of factories by entrepreneurs with disabilities.
Non-Discrimination
Establishments in the transport sector shall, within the limits of their economic
capacity and development for the benefit of persons with disabilities, take special
measures to-
a. adapt rail compartments, buses, vessels and aircrafts in such a way as to
permit easy access to such persons;
b. adapt toilets in rail compartments, vessels, aircrafts and waiting rooms in
such a way as to permit the wheel chair users to use them conveniently.
The appropriate Governments and the local authorities shall, within the limits of
their economic capacity and development, provide for -
a. installation of auditory signals at red lights in the public roads for the benefit
of persons with visual handicap;
b. causing curb cuts and slopes to be made in pavements for the easy access
of wheel chair users;
c. engraving on the surface of the zebra crossing for the blind or for persons
with low vision;
d. engraving on the edges of railway platforms for the blind or for persons with
low vision;
e. devising appropriate symbols of disability;
f. warning signals at appropriate places.
The appropriate Governments and the local authorities shall, within the limits of
their economic capacity and development, provide for -
a. ramps in public building;
b. adaptation of toilets for wheel chair users;
c. braille symbols and auditory signals in elevators or lifts;
d. ramps in hospitals, primary health centres and other medical care and
rehabilitation institutions.
(1) No establishment shall dispense with, or reduce in rank, an employee who
acquires a disability during his service:
Provided that, if an employee, after acquiring disability is not suitable for the post
he was holding, could be shifted to some other post with the same pay scale and
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he may be kept on a supernumerary post until a suitable post is available or he
attains the age of superannuation, whichever is earlier.
(2) No promotion shall be denied to a person merely on the ground of his
disability:
Provided that the appropriate Government may, having regard to the type of
work carried on in any establishment, by notification and subject to such conditions,
if any, as may be specified in such notification, exempt any establishment from the
provisions of this section.
Research And Manpower Development
The appropriate Governments and local authorities shall promote and sponsor
research, inter alia, in the following areas: -
a. prevention of disability;
b. rehabilitation including community based rehabilitation;
c. development of assistive devices including their psycho-social aspects;
d. job identification;
e. on site modifications in offices and factories.
To provide financial assistance to universities, other institutions of higher learning,
professional bodies and non-governmental research-units or institutions, for
undertaking research for special education, rehabilitation and manpower
development.
Recognition of Institutions for Persons with Disabilities
The State Government shall appoint any authority as it deems fit to be a competent
authority for the purposes of this Act.
This acts prohibits that no person shall establish or maintain any institution for
persons with disabilities except under and in accordance with a certificate of
registration issued in this behalf by the competent authority. This act provides
guidelines for the certification of registration of such institute.
Institution for Persons with Severe Disabilities
The appropriate Government may establish and maintain institutions for persons
with severe disabilities at such places as it think fit.
Evaluation of such institutions is as per the requirements and rule of this act to
check if it is fit for the rehabilitation of the persons with severe disabilities; the
Government may recognize such institution as an institution for persons with severe
disabilities for the purposes of this Act:
In this section "person with severe disability" means a person with eighty percent
or more of one or more disabilities.
The Chief Commissioner and Commissioners for Persons with Disabilities
It deals with the appointment of Chief Commissioner for persons with disabilities
at both central and state government. This section provides guidelines for the role
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Social Security Group Dynamics and
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This section deals with development of rehabilitation work in terms of financial
assistance to non-government organization; authorities while formulating rehabilitation
policies shall consult the non-governmental organisations working for the cause of
persons with disabilities; also frame an insurance scheme for the benefit of its
employees with disabilities.
In addition to this the appropriate Government may instead of framing an insurance
scheme frame an alternative security scheme for its employees with disabilities.
And also frame a scheme for payment of an unemployment allowance to persons
with disabilities registered with the Special Employment Exchange for more than
two years and who could not be placed in any gainful occupation.
Miscellaneous
This section deals with an attempt to curb and punishment of whosoever,
fraudulently avails or attempts to avail, any benefit meant for persons with disabilities,
it also deals with allowances, rules and procedure of central coordination committee,
central executive committee and state executive committee. It also regulates salary
and other service term and conditions of service of officers and employees under
various sub-sections of these acts. Every notification made by central government
and state government, every scheme and every rule that comes under various
subsections of this act should be laid down before the house of parliament.
The National Trust for Welfare of Persons with Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Mental
Retardation and Multiple Disabilities Act, 1999
An Act to provide for the constitution of a body at the national level for the
Welfare of Persons with Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Mental Retardation and Multiple
Disabilities and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
Chapter 1 Preliminary: Discuss the title and gives explanation to the terminologies
used in the act. Some terms will be explained as follows
• "autism" means a condition of uneven skill development primarily affecting
the communication and social abilities of a person, marked by repetitive and
ritualistic behavior;
• "cerebral palsy" means a group of non-progressive condition of a person
characterized by abnormal motor control posture resulting from brain insult
or injuries occurring in the pre-natal, perinatal or infant period of development;
• "Mental retardation" means a condition of arrested or incomplete development
of mind of person, which is specially characterized by sub-normality of
intelligence;
• "Multiple disabilities" means a combination of two or more disabilities as
defined in clause (i) of section 2 of the Persons with Disabilities (Equal
Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995;
• "Persons" with disability" means a person suffering from any of the conditions
relating to autism, cerebral palsy, mental retardation or a combination of any
two or more of such conditions and includes a person suffering from severe
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Legislative framework/ • "Professional" means a person who is having special expertise in a field,
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which would promote the welfare of persons with disability;
• "Registered organization" means an association of persons with disability or
an association of parents of persons with disability or a voluntary, as the case
may be, registered under section 12;
• "Regulation" means the regulations made by the Board under this Act;
• "Severe disability" means disability with eighty percent or more of one or
more of multiple disabilities;
Chapter 2 The National Trust For Welfare of Persons with Autism, Cerebral
Palsy, Mental Retardation and Multiple Disability
This section deals with the notification and appointment for the constitution of the
National Trust for Welfare of persons with Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Mental
Retardation and Multiple Disabilities. with power, subject to the provision of this
Act, to acquire, hold and dispose of property, and both movable and immovable,
and contact, and shall, by the said name, sure or be sued. It constitutes a board
which may exercise all powers and do all acts and things which may be exercised
or done by the Trust.
The Board consist of chairperson having expertise and experience in the field of
autism, cerebral palsy, mental retardation and multiple disabilities;
nine persons to be appointed in accordance with such procedure as may be
prescribed from amongst the registered organization out of which three members
each shall be from voluntary organization, association of persons with autism,
cerebral palsy, mental retardation and multiple disability and from associations of
persons with disability, members:
eight persons not be below the rank of joint Secretary to the Government of India
representing the Ministries or Departments of Social Justice and Empowerment,
Women and Child Development, Health and Family Welfare, Finance, Labor,
Education, Urban Affairs and Employment and Rural Employment and Poverty
Alleviation, Members, ex-offico; three persons representing the associations of
trade, commerce and industry engaged in philanthropic activities;the Chief Executive
Officer, of the rank of Joint Secretary to the Government of India, Member
Secretary, ex-officio;
The Chairperson or a Member shall hold office for a term of three years, it also
provide guidelines for the appointment and resignation or disqualification of
chairpersons or a member.
Chapter 3 Objects of the Trusts
The objects of the trust are as follows
• to enable and empower persons with disability to live as independently and
as fully as possible within and as close to the community to which they
belong;
• to strengthen facilities to provide support to persons with disability to live
within their own families;
• to extend support to registered organization to provide need based services
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support;
• to promote measures for the care and protraction of persons with disability
in the event of death of their parent or guardian;
• to evolve procedure for the appointment of guardians and trustees for persons
with disability requiring such protection;
• to facilitate the realization of equal opportunities, protection of right and full
participation of persons with disability; and
• to do any other act which is incidental to the aforesaid object.
Chapter 4 Powers and Duties of the Board
The Board receive from the Central Government a one-time contribution of rupees
one hundred crores to provide for adequate standard of living for persons with
disability; receive bequest of movable property any person for the benefit of the
person with disability in general and for furtherance of the objectives of the Trust
in particular: receive from the Central Government such sums as may be considered
necessary in each financial year for providing financial assistance to registered
organization for carrying out any approved Programme. The expression "approved
Programme" means
a. any Programme which promote independent living in the community for
persons with disability by-
i. creating a conducive environment in the community;
ii. counseling and training of family members of persons with disability;
iii. setting up of adult training units, individual and group homes;
b. any programme which promotes respite care, foster family care or day care
service for persons with disability;
c. Setting up residential hostels and residential homes for persons with disability;
d. Development of self-help group persons with disability to pursue the realization
of their rights;
e. setting up of local committee to grant approval fir guardianship and
f. such other programmes which promote the objective of the Trust.
While earmarking funds, preference shall be given to woman with disability or to
persons with severe disability and to senior citizen with disability.
Chapter 5 Procedure for Registration
Any association of person with disability or any association of parents of persons
with disability or a voluntary organization whose main object is promotion of
welfare of persons with disability may make an application for registration to the
Board. It provides information and procedure regarding the form and manner of
application for registration.

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Legislative framework/ Chapter 6 Local level Committees
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A local committee consists of:-

 an officer of the civil service of the Union or of the State, not below the rank
of a District Magistrate or a District Commissioner of a district;

 a representative of a registered organization; and

 a person with disability

A local level committee shall continue to work for a period of three years

A parent of a person with disability or his relative or any registered organization

may make an application to the local level committee for appointment of any
person of his choice to act as a guardian of the persons with disability. The local
level committee then, consider, whether the person with disability needs a guardian;
and the purpose for which the guardianship is required for person with disability.
Every person appointed as a guardian of a person with disability, wherever required,
either have the care of such person of disability and his property or be responsible
for the maintenance of the person with disability. The guardian is directed to
provide an inventory of immovable property belonging to the person with disability
and all assets and other movable property received on behalf of the person with
disability, together with a statement of all claims due to and all debts and liabilities
due by such person with disability. Whenever a parent or a relative of a person
with disability or a registered organization find that the guardian is abusing or
neglecting a person with disability; or misappropriating or neglecting the property,
it may in accordance with the prescribed procedure apply to the committee for
the removal of such guardian.

Chapter 7 Accountability and Monitoring

The books and documents in the procession of the Board shall be open to
inspection by any registered organization. The Board determines the procedure
for evaluating the prefunding status of registered organization seeking financial
assistance from it and such regulations may also provide for the guidelines for
monitoring and evaluating the activities of the registered organizations who are
receiving financial assistance from the Trust. The Board holds an annual general
meeting of registered organizations. A notice of the annual general meeting along
with a statement of accounts and records of its activities during the preceding year
be sent by the Board to every registered organization at such time as may be
determined by regulations.

Chapter 8 Finance, Accounts and Audit

The Central Government may, make to the Trust a one-time contribution of

rupees one hundred crores for a corpus, the income may be utilized the objects
of the Trust under this Act.

A fund called the National Trust for Welfare of persons with Autism, Cerebral
Palsy, Mental Retardation and Multiple disabilities and is credited to- all money
received from the Central government; all moneys received by the trust by way
of grants, gifts, donation, benefaction, bequests or transfers; all moneys received
by the Trust in any other manner or from any other source.
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an annual statement of accounts of the Trust including the income and expenditure
accounts in such form as the Central Government may prescribe and in accordance
with such general direction as may be issued by that Government in constitution
with the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India.

The Board shall prepare every year, in such form within such time as may be
prescribed an annual report giving a true and full accounts of its activities during
the previous year and copies thereof shall be forward to the Central Government
and that Government shall cause the same to be laid before each House of
Parliament.

The Board shall furnish to the Central Government such reports, returns and other
information as that Government may require time to time.

Chapter 9 Miscellaneous

Without prejudice to the foregoing provisions of this Act, the Board in exercise
of its power or the performance of its duties under this Act is bound by such
direction on questions of policy as the Central Government may give in writing it
from time to time. The decision of the Central Government whether a question is
one if policy or not shall be final.

If the Central Government on the complaint of a registered organization or otherwise

has reason to believe that the Board in unable to perform or has persistently made
default in the performance of the duties imposed on it, the Central Government
may issue notice to the Board asking why it should not be superseded: Provide
that no order superseding the Board shall be made by the Central Government,
unless a notice affording reasonable opportunity to the Board has been given in
writing that why it should not be superseded.

The Central Government after recording reasons in writing and by issuing a

notification in the Official Gazette supersede the Board for a period of not more
than six months: provided that on the expiration of the period of super session
Central Government may reconstitute the Board

The Trust is not liable to pay income-tax or any other tax in respect of its income,
profits or gains derived. No suit, prosecution or other legal proceeding shall lie
against the Central Government or the Trust or any member of the Board or Chief
Executive officer or any officer or other employee of the Trust or any other
person authorized by the Board to perform duties under this Act for any loss or
damage caused or likely to be caused by anything which is done in good faith.
The Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, make rules
for carrying out the provisions of this Act. The Board may, with the previous
approval of the Central Government, by notification in the Official Gazette, make
regulations consistent with this Act and rules generally to carry out the purpose
of this Act.

Every rule and every regulation made under this Act shall be laid. as soon as may
be after it is made, before each House of Parliament, while it is in session, for a
total period of thirty days which may be comprised in one session or in two or
more successive session, and if, before the expiry of the session immediately
following the session or successive session aforesaid, both House agree in making
any modification, in the rule or regulation or both House agree that the rule pr
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regulation should not be made, the rule or regulation shall thereafter have effect
Legislative framework/ only in such modified form or be no effect, as the case may be, so, however, that
Schemes/ policies
any such modification or annulment shall be without prejudice to the validity of
anything previously done under that rule or regulation.

REFERENCES
http://www.disabilityindia.org/

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