TaxTMI 
TaxTMI 
PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES (EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES, PROTECTION OF RIGHTS & FULL PARTICIPATION) ACT, 1995*
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....ernment" means,- (i) in relation to the Central Government or any establishment wholly or substantially financed by that Government, or a Cantonment Board constituted under the Cantonment Act, 1924 (2 of 1924), the Central Government; (ii) in relation to a State Government or any establishment wholly or substantially financed by that Government, or any local authority, other than a Canton....
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....i) mental illness; ** ** ** (l) "hearing impairment" means loss of sixty decibels or more in the better ear in the conversational range of frequencies; ** ** ** (n) "leprosy-cured person" means any person who has been cured of leprosy but is suffering from- (i) loss of sensation in hands or feet as well as loss of sensation and paresis in the eye and eye-lid but with no....
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.... "mental retardation" means a condition of arrested or incomplete development of mind of a person which is specially characterised by subnormality of intelligence; ** ** ** (t) "person with disability" means a person suffering from not less than forty per cent of any disability as certified by a medical authority; (u) "person with low vision" means a person with ....
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....on that any institution other than an institution, established under sub-section (1), is fit for the rehabilitation of the persons with severe disabilities, the Government may recognise such institution as an institution for persons with severe disabilities for the purposes of this Act : Provided that no institution shall be recognised under this section unless such institution has complied with ....