Parliamentary panel seeks to accurately enumerate all disabled people in census
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April 5, 2026
NEW DELHI: A parliamentary panel has stressed the need for a robust and reliable database of persons with disabilities (PwD) in line with the 2016 law recognizing 21 categories of persons with disabilities and recommended the government to emphasize to…
Census 2027 offers historic opportunity to record disability data: Athawale
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March 17, 2026
New Delhi: Union Minister Ramdas Athawale on Tuesday said the upcoming census 2027 provides a “historic opportunity” to obtain accurate data on all 21 recognized categories of persons with disabilities and formulate targeted policies for…