Disability rights groups raise concern over Census enumeration framework
NEW DELHI: Disability rights organizations and activists have expressed concern over the way persons with disabilities will be enumerated in the upcoming Census 2027. The National Platform for Rights of Disabled, backed by 405 signatories, argues that the proposed nine-category framework fails to adequately capture the 21 disabilities legally recognized under the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (RPwD) Act, 2016.
This categorization could result in inaccurate data and leave entire groups of people with disabilities invisible in official statistics. The statement demands that the Census 2027 disability questionnaire should individually capture each of the 21 disabilities recognized under the RPwD Act.
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