 bill no 168   of  2014 the persons with disabilities (equal opportunities, protection of rights and full participation) amendment bill, 2014 by shri mk raghavan, mp a billfurther to amend the persons with disabilities (equal opportunities, protection of rights and full participation) act, 1995be it enacted by parliament in the sixty-fifth  year of  the republic of india as follows:—short title1 this act may be called the persons with disabilities (equal opportunities, protection of rights and full participation) amendment act, 20142 in section 26 of the persons with disabilities (equal opportunities, protection of rights and full participation) act, 1995 (hereinafter referred to as the principal act), after sub-section (d), the following sub-section shall be inserted, namely:—"(e) endeavour to provide free education facilities and reservation of seats in educational institutions for the children of persons with disabilities"amendment of section 383 in section 38 of the principal act, after clause (f), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:—5"(g) encouraging self-employment among persons with disabilities through provision of  loan at concessional rates of interest and providing land, water, electricity and other necessities at subsidised rates;"amendment of section 674 in section 67 of the principal act, after sub-section (2), the following sub-section shall be inserted, namely:—"(3) the appropriate government shall provide free life insurance to every person with disability in such manner as may be prescribed"105 after section 68 of the principal act, the following section shall be inserted, namely:—insertion of new section68a"68a the appropriate government shall, in such manner as may be prescribed, endeavour to provide following facilities to the persons with disabilities,—certain facilities for people with disabilities(i) old age pension of rupees four thousand per month;15(ii) adequate quantity of foodgrains at subsidised rates from public distribution system;(iii) free healthcare facilities from government hospitals funded fully or partially by the government; and(iv) encouraging their employment in private enterprises" statement  of  objects  and  reasonsthe persons with physical disabilities have also an equal right to lead a decent life just like others the government has enacted a special legislation for them and some significant improvement has been seen so far but it may be seen that majority of disabled persons still live under pitiable conditions with no assistance from any source in the absence of any monetary source, these persons suffer a lot in their old age since they are generally poor, they are not able to afford education or medical facilities for their family membersit is, therefore, proposed to provide certain welfare measures for persons with disabilities hence this bill new delhi;mk raghavannovember 12, 2014 financial  memorandumclause 2 of the bill provides for free education facilities for children of persons with disabilities clause 4 provides that the appropriate government shall provide free life insurance scheme of upto rupees  one lakh to any person with disability clause 5 provides that the appropriate government shall provide free healthcare facilities, oldage pension and essential commodities at subsidised rates to persons with disabilities the bill, therefore, if enacted, would involve expenditure from the consolidated fund of india it is estimated that a recurring expenditure of about rupees two thousand crore per annum will be involveda non-recurring expenditure of about rupees one thousand crore is also likely to be involved annexure extract from the persons with disabilities (equal opportunities, protection of rights and full participation) act, 1995      chapter v26 the appropriate governments and the local authorities shall—(a)         (b)         (c)         appropriate governments and local authorities to provide children with disabilities free education, etc(d) endeavour to equip the special schools for children with disabilities with vocational training facilities     38 (1) the appropriate governments and  local authorities shall by notification formulate schemes for ensuring employment of persons with disabilities, and such schemes may provide for—(a)         schemes for ensuring employment of persons with disabilities(b)         (c)         (d)         (e)         (f) constituting the authority responsible for the administration of the scheme     67 (1)         insurance scheme for employees with disabilities(2) notwithstanding anything contained in this section,  the appropriate government may instead of framing an insurance scheme frame an alternative security scheme for its employees with disabilities      lok  sabha———— a billfurther to amend the persons with disabilities (equal opportunities, protection of rights and full participation) act, 1995————(shri mk raghavan, mp)gmgipmrnd—2872s(s3)—04-12-2014