Transcription of People with Disabilities in India: Some selected issues
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People with Disabilities in People with Disabilities in india : From Commitments to india : From Commitments to OutcomesOutcomes The problem is not how to wipe out the The problem is not how to wipe out the differences but how to unite with the differences differences but how to unite with the differences intactintact .. RabindranathRabindranathTagoreTagorePhil ip OPhilip O KeefeKeefeLead Social Protection SpecialistLead Social Protection SpecialistWorld Bank, November 2007 World Bank, November 2007 The disability study The disability study Background and sourcesBackground and sourcesMain sourcesMain sources --Analysis of NSS disability rounds and Analysis of NSS disability rounds and censuscensus--Administrative dataAdministrative data--Commissioned survey of villages in UP and Commissioned survey of villages in UP and
The number of people with disabilities in India is substantial and likely to grow Official disability rates remarkably low – as in most of SAR –– 2.13 % of individuals in census and 1.8 % NSS BUT – even with this, NSS says 8.4 % of rural HH and 6.1 % of urban have a disabled member
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