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India's Disability Act gets delayed by over a month due to 'procedural lapse'

The process for implementation of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act has been delayed by over a month after the Social Justice Ministry, “in a procedural lapse”, tried to notify the rules before the Act came into force. New Delhi: The process for implementation of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act has been delayed by over a month after the Social Justice Ministry, “in a procedural lapse”, tried to notify the rules before the Act came into force. “But, the law ministry pointed out that the rules cannot be notified as the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act was yet to come into force,” the source said. “The draft rules were then sent to the law ministry which then informed that the Act was yet to be brought into force,” the source said.

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