District Level Committee under Section 72 of RPwD Act, 2016

Haryana Government Gazette Published by Authority © Government of Haryana No. 31-2019]  CHANDIGARH, TUESDAY, JULY 30, 2019 (SRAVANA 8, 1941 SAKA) PART-I Notifications, Orders and Declarations by Haryana Government HARYANA GOVERNMENT SOCIAL JUSTICE & EMPOWERMENT DEPARTMENT Notification The 22nd, July, 2019 No. 961-SW(4)-2019.— As mandated by Section 72 of the “The Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Act of 2016”, the Governor of Haryana is pleased to constitute a District Level Committee on disability consisting of the following members:- (i) Deputy Commissioner. Chairperson (iii) A psychiatrist from the District Hospital. Member (iv) A Public Prosecutor of the district to be nominated by the Chairperson. Member (v) An eminent person of an organization registered under section 50 of the Member Act in the district as nominated by the Chairperson. (vi) A person with disability as defined in clause (s) of section 2 of the Act as Member nominated by the Chairperson. (vii) District Social Welfare Officer. Member-Secretary The District Level Committee shall perform the following functions, namely:- (i) To implement all activities mandated by the State Government for the benefit of the persons with disabilities under the Act; (ii) To spread awareness regarding the provisions of the Act; (iii) To effectively implement the Unique Identity for disabled persons in the shortest possible time; HARYANA GOVT. GAZ., JULY 30, 2019 (SRVN. 8, 1941 SAKA) [PART I 640 (iv) To direct the Executive Engineer, Public Works Department or the Superintending Engineer as the case may be to make an assessment of all Government buildings in order to make these accessible to disabled persons. The District Level Committee shall monitor implementation of Accessible India Campaign in the district regularly and ensure that the work is done in a time-bound manner. It shall also issue directions to all owners of private buildings like hotels, restaurants, banquet halls, community halls, corporate offices, shops and malls, etc. to convert the buildings into disabled-friendly buildings at the owners expense; (v) To ensure that every effort is made for accommodating destitute disabled people of any category in a safe home where their needs are taken care of and provisions for a healthy lifestyle and skill development are provided. The committee shall be assisted financially by the State Government in the accomplishment of these goals; (vi) To monitor grievances received from disabled persons regarding social security benefits or on any other issue and try to resolve these by coordinating with the Social Justice and Empowerment Department; (vii) To receive complaints from disabled employees of the State Government and coordinate with departments concerned for their resolution; (viii) To receive demands of any registered organizations that represent disabled persons and resolve the same if it is within its competency or forward the same to the State Government; (ix) To ensure that there is a clear and harmonized data base of persons with disabilities receiving benefits under various Government schemes of different departments; (x) To make efforts to garner help under Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) for pilot projects for the care and benefit of disabled persons. It shall also represent the case of disabled persons through such pilot projects to the State Government and ask for financial support from the department; (xi) Any other functions that may be assigned by the State Government. NEERJA SEKHAR, Chandigarh: Principal Secretary to Government Haryana, The 16th July, 2019. Social Justice & Empowerment Department.