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Reception / felicitation ceremony held
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, December 17 2023:
Wheelchair Basketball Association Manipur (WBAM) and Disabled Development Association Manipur (DDAM) today organised a reception function of "Men & women teams participated at 7th National Wheelchair Basketball Championship held at Rajnandgaon (Chhattisgarh) 2023" at Thangapat Mapal, Community Hall near IPC Club.
Additionally, a felicitation ceremony for Lokeshwari Devi and Yunus Khan who were selected as a player & first assistant coach respectively in the Indian team which will be participating in the ASIAN Oceanic Championship 2024 to be held at Bangkok, Thailand from January 9-21, 2024 .
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The programme was attended by W Birahari, Commissioner, Persons with Disabilities (PwD), Government of Manipur; K Chingkham, advisor CYLL; Aribam Surendra Sharma, retired Assistant Commandant; L Dhaneshwor Singh, Deputy Director, Social Welfare Department; Chongsing Koireng, Member, Women State Women Commision and Y Kiran Meetei among others.
Speaking on the occasion, W Birahari said that as per the guidelines of Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 (RPwD), all the Departments of the State Government have been notified to provide some percentage of reservation/ quota for PwDs in recruitment of various posts.
He also stressed on the need to strictly implement the guidelines of RPwD Act 2016 to ensure that people with disability have access to the same rights and opportunities as everybody else.
Highlighting that the RPwD Act lays down various provisions to uphold the rights of PwDs, Birahari said, "All the Departments of the Government of Manipur should clearly understand the RPwD Act to protect the rights of PwDs and formulate schemes/ programmes to ensure that PwDs can lead their lives with dignity, without discrimination and with equal opportunities" .
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