{"id":314,"date":"2020-04-23T10:29:48","date_gmt":"2020-04-23T10:29:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lexforti.com\/legal-news\/?p=314"},"modified":"2021-01-17T12:14:21","modified_gmt":"2021-01-17T12:14:21","slug":"implementation-of-rpwd-2016-with-emphasis-on-accessibility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lexforti.com\/legal-news\/implementation-of-rpwd-2016-with-emphasis-on-accessibility\/","title":{"rendered":"Implementation of RPWD, 2016 with emphasis on Accessibility"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Swadhin Khatua | Centre for Rights of Differently-Abled (Symbiosis Law School, Hyderabad) | 6th November 2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The RPWD Act, 2016 has some important provisions which\nwill have a strengthening impact on inclusion for persons with disabilities.\nThe new legislation recognizes that accessibility is a necessity and should be\nprovided by the Government and it is a combined issue to be addressed\u00a0 by different stakeholders across different\ngovernment departments. The term accessibility appears 48 times in the specific\nlegal document while dealing with various aspects like education, housing, etc.\nto bring infrastructural reforms. One of the most important development under\nthis Act is that it mandatorily claims conformance as required by accessibility\nstandards and recognizes the importance of reasonable accommodation and that it\nis crucial for supporting access in equitable manner and to create an\naccessible framework for India to move forward. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The new Act has made it clear that accessibility is a\nmust and should include the private service providers or private establishments\nor the entire private sector within its domain for compliance with the Act.\nWhere the previous Act required governments to make facilities accessible to\nthe extent that it was possible within their economic limits, thus having\nprovided an exit option for most state governments and\u00a0 as a result an explanation or excuse for them\nto avoid compliance. The Act also elaborates the ambit of the definition of\npublic buildings and public services beyond the normal dictionary definition as\nthose which are used by the public at large, including those services and\nbuildings which belong to private sector and also clarified that these\ninstitutions are not as merely those which are government owned. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A public\nbuilding means<em> \u201ca Government or private building,\nused or accessed by the public at large, including a building used for\neducational or vocational purposes, workplace, commercial activities, public\nutilities, religious, cultural, leisure or recreational activities, medical or\nhealth services, law enforcement agencies, reformatories or judicial foras,\nrailway stations or platforms, roadways bus stands or terminus, airports or\nwaterway<\/em><em>\u201d<\/em>.<a href=\"#_ftn1\">[1]<\/a><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref1\">[1]<\/a> Section\n2(w), RPWD Act, 2016.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Swadhin Khatua | Centre for Rights of Differently-Abled (Symbiosis Law School, Hyderabad) | 6th November 2019 The RPWD Act, 2016 has some important provisions which will have a strengthening impact on inclusion for persons with disabilities. 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