Union Budget 2023: Budget execution is an opportunity to list expectations from the government. Industry and associations are busy preparing their wishlists, fueling the consultative process of budgeting.for us hindrance This moment is no exception and we would like to call attention to and support from the Government of India for the 2023-24 budget.
The life of a physically disabled person is full of difficulties. Their entire ecosystem, from home to education, occupation and other fields, is riddled with obstacles, causing moral, psychological, spiritual, economic and social hardships. The budget should take these into account and allocate appropriate fiscal expenditures to ensure the overall improvement of the disabled community, which comprises about 30 million people, or 1 in 40, her.
budget and situation handicapped
Despite progress made in many sectors of society, the challenge of persons with disabilities remains, perhaps due to insufficient focus on the range of union budgets.Healthcare and education. , as well as barriers to access to basic food supplies, continue to be a challenge. One reason for this is the ‘welfare and cost-based approach’ to disability, which imposes financial expenditures on some welfare programs. Much like an ‘investment’ in education or health care, disability also requires a long-term perspective to contribute to society’s social and human capital.
disability costs
Researchers from the University of Melbourne used a standard life approach and found that having a disabled member in the family increased the income a household needed to achieve the same standard of living by 17%. Poverty rates for households with disabilities increase from 18% to 34%, so there is a significant and intensive increase in poverty when the additional cost of living with disabilities is taken into account. Poor households with members with disabilities fall 7% below the poverty line, ignoring the cost of disability. Imagine the plight of Indian citizens (very inaccessible and not adequate infrastructure) — we need a holistic approach to analyzing the cost of living with disability in India.
Obstacles in successive budgets
The federal budget in recent years has been a series of disappointments. For example, the implementation of the plan under the Disabled Persons Act 1995 had a modest increase of Rs.1.5 crore. Union budget for 2019-20. The Finance Minister’s pledge to raise the budget for the elderly and Divyan to his Rs 900 crore is a modest increase of Rs 127.7 crore from the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (DePwD) budget estimate in the 2020 federal budget. disappeared. -21.In the 2021-22 budget, DePwD’s allocation was reduced from Rs.132.539 crore to Rs.117.176 crore. From 2022 he didn’t have much budget for disabled people even in 2023 budget.
Indeed, disability organizations have long sought dedicated quotas to effectively and sustainably implement the provisions under the RPWD Act 2016. The need remains. Governments need to consider the costs of disability and the obligations of the RPWD Act 2016 to ensure a fair distribution of finances for the nation’s inclusive development.
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To minimize the increase in the cost of living for people with disabilities, there is a strong desire to completely eliminate GST on items such as assistive technology and disability aids. The tax cap for disabled persons will be maintained at his Rs.5 million. Governments must know that exemptions for persons with disabilities contribute to the ease of living for them by enabling them to have more disposable income.
The government should implement the provisions of the RPWD Act and consider providing specific incentives for private organizations with 4% of disabled employees. Universal access requires contributing to building accessible infrastructure, products, and services for all stakeholders. We believe that the Government of India will encourage public-private partnerships under Schedule VII of the Companies Act, 2013 to expand accessible infrastructure across the country, accessible india motion. The disability must be part of the CSR items required pursuant to Schedule 7 of the Companies Act 2013.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has turned his collective attention to the removal of outdated laws. Likewise, all legislation must be harmonized and aligned with his RPWD Act of 2016. For example, the Income Tax Act still refers to the Disabled Persons (Equal Opportunity of Rights and Full Participation) Act 1995, which allows seven disabilities. listed below. The 2016 RPWD Act allows for a total of 21 disabilities.
Procedures for availing tariff relief or exemption should be linked with self-declaration to alleviate difficulties in accessing disability relief.
To ensure sufficient liquidity, persons with disabilities should be given a benefit interest of at least 0.5%, and should be increased according to the degree of disability, similar to that given to the elderly because of the rising cost of living. am. Also, under the visionary leadership of Prime Minister Modi, the Government of India has created a model, like the Philippines, where all persons with disabilities are automatically covered under the National Health Insurance Program of the Philippine Health Corporation (PhilHealth). I am also sure that we are working on India’s state-owned LIC should take the lead towards this, and the government could consider making it mandatory for private insurers.
Cooperation between medical welfare and insurance is also important. A database of taxpayers who take advantage of the 80U deduction must be maintained. This reveals the number of taxpayers with disabilities. A maximum deduction of Rs 40,000 is allowed for treatment of certain diseases such as thalassemia. This should be increased to the actual cost or at least Rs 20,000.
(Arman Ali is Executive Director of the National Center for Promotion of Employment of Persons with Disabilities. Opinions are personal.)
The life of a physically disabled person is full of difficulties. Their entire ecosystem, from home to education, occupation and other fields, is riddled with obstacles, causing moral, psychological, spiritual, economic and social hardships. The budget should take these into account and allocate appropriate fiscal expenditures to ensure the overall improvement of the disabled community, which comprises about 30 million people, or 1 in 40, her.
budget and situation handicapped
Despite progress made in many sectors of society, the challenge of persons with disabilities remains, perhaps due to insufficient focus on the range of union budgets.Healthcare and education. , as well as barriers to access to basic food supplies, continue to be a challenge. One reason for this is the ‘welfare and cost-based approach’ to disability, which imposes financial expenditures on some welfare programs. Much like an ‘investment’ in education or health care, disability also requires a long-term perspective to contribute to society’s social and human capital.
disability costs
Researchers from the University of Melbourne used a standard life approach and found that having a disabled member in the family increased the income a household needed to achieve the same standard of living by 17%. Poverty rates for households with disabilities increase from 18% to 34%, so there is a significant and intensive increase in poverty when the additional cost of living with disabilities is taken into account. Poor households with members with disabilities fall 7% below the poverty line, ignoring the cost of disability. Imagine the plight of Indian citizens (very inaccessible and not adequate infrastructure) — we need a holistic approach to analyzing the cost of living with disability in India.
Obstacles in successive budgets
The federal budget in recent years has been a series of disappointments. For example, the implementation of the plan under the Disabled Persons Act 1995 had a modest increase of Rs.1.5 crore. Union budget for 2019-20. The Finance Minister’s pledge to raise the budget for the elderly and Divyan to his Rs 900 crore is a modest increase of Rs 127.7 crore from the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (DePwD) budget estimate in the 2020 federal budget. disappeared. -21.In the 2021-22 budget, DePwD’s allocation was reduced from Rs.132.539 crore to Rs.117.176 crore. From 2022 he didn’t have much budget for disabled people even in 2023 budget.
Indeed, disability organizations have long sought dedicated quotas to effectively and sustainably implement the provisions under the RPWD Act 2016. The need remains. Governments need to consider the costs of disability and the obligations of the RPWD Act 2016 to ensure a fair distribution of finances for the nation’s inclusive development.
ask for budget
To minimize the increase in the cost of living for people with disabilities, there is a strong desire to completely eliminate GST on items such as assistive technology and disability aids. The tax cap for disabled persons will be maintained at his Rs.5 million. Governments must know that exemptions for persons with disabilities contribute to the ease of living for them by enabling them to have more disposable income.
The government should implement the provisions of the RPWD Act and consider providing specific incentives for private organizations with 4% of disabled employees. Universal access requires contributing to building accessible infrastructure, products, and services for all stakeholders. We believe that the Government of India will encourage public-private partnerships under Schedule VII of the Companies Act, 2013 to expand accessible infrastructure across the country, accessible india motion. The disability must be part of the CSR items required pursuant to Schedule 7 of the Companies Act 2013.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has turned his collective attention to the removal of outdated laws. Likewise, all legislation must be harmonized and aligned with his RPWD Act of 2016. For example, the Income Tax Act still refers to the Disabled Persons (Equal Opportunity of Rights and Full Participation) Act 1995, which allows seven disabilities. listed below. The 2016 RPWD Act allows for a total of 21 disabilities.
Procedures for availing tariff relief or exemption should be linked with self-declaration to alleviate difficulties in accessing disability relief.
To ensure sufficient liquidity, persons with disabilities should be given a benefit interest of at least 0.5%, and should be increased according to the degree of disability, similar to that given to the elderly because of the rising cost of living. am. Also, under the visionary leadership of Prime Minister Modi, the Government of India has created a model, like the Philippines, where all persons with disabilities are automatically covered under the National Health Insurance Program of the Philippine Health Corporation (PhilHealth). I am also sure that we are working on India’s state-owned LIC should take the lead towards this, and the government could consider making it mandatory for private insurers.
Cooperation between medical welfare and insurance is also important. A database of taxpayers who take advantage of the 80U deduction must be maintained. This reveals the number of taxpayers with disabilities. A maximum deduction of Rs 40,000 is allowed for treatment of certain diseases such as thalassemia. This should be increased to the actual cost or at least Rs 20,000.
(Arman Ali is Executive Director of the National Center for Promotion of Employment of Persons with Disabilities. Opinions are personal.)
