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MS and RPWD Act

By March 11, 2018April 30th, 2018Mumbai

Trinayani founded by Ritika Sahni in the year 2006 works towards Disability Awareness and Support. Their mission is to empower persons with Disabilities.

The National Center for Promotion of Employment for Disabled People in partnership with Trinayani had organised a free one-day Seminar on the RPWD Act on Saturday 10th March 2018 from 9.00 AM to 5.00 PM at Prabhodhan Thackarey Krida Sankul, Vile Parle East, Mumbai.

It was a State level seminar. On behalf of MSSI, National Hon Vice President Sandeep Chitnis & National Hon.Jt Secretary Jyoti Ronghe were present. Also from Mumbai Hon. Chairperson Sheela Chitnis, Hon. Treasurer Surekha Nerurkar & from Pune Asha Merchant were present.

The Rights to Persons with Disabilities Act was passed unanimously in the winter session of the Parliament. The objective of the Seminar was discussion on the prominent features of the Disability Act and its implementation.

The first session of the Seminar on understood salient features of the newer Disabilities included in the Act. MS being newly included in the Act, representatives of MSSI were invited & Sheela Chitnis was invited as a speaker. She gave a presentation on problems faced by MS patients in general & what the MSSI is doing to make their lives better by various welfare projects & by MS Awareness projects for general public. She emphasised for the need to create a barrier free environment & to ensure that they get proper support they deserve from the community at large.

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