Inclusiveness and Accessibility Index under ‘Sugamya Bharat Abhiyan’ for Persons with disabilities
Q. The Inclusiveness and Accessibility Index is concerned with- Published on 31 Mar 16a. Women
b. Marginalized Communities
c. Differently abled
d. Old people
ANSWER: Differently abled
- The ‘Inclusiveness and Accessibility Index’ helps the industries and corporates to participate in the Accessible India Campaign (AIC) by voluntarily evaluating their readiness for making the workplace accessible for Persons with Disabilities.
- Inclusiveness and Accessibility Index enables the organisations to reflect on their policies and organizational culture in aid and support of differently abled persons, employment of such persons and adaptations to meet the needs of such persons at work places. The Index based on which organisations can be ranked, encourages them to recruit more disabled persons and give them equal opportunities.
- The Index toolkit aims at assessing the current stage of inclusiveness and accessibility of persons with disabilities by an organisation. It can also act as a guide for taking progressive steps to increase support, inclusiveness and accessibility towards persons / employees with disabilities.
- The toolkit is based on research, and the best examples and experiences of organisations that have taken initiatives to increase accessibility of persons with disabilities and have benefited from such initiatives.
- The study will prioritize constructing the Accessibility Index for corporates to measure sensitivity towards persons with disabilities which will benchmark corporates operating in a given sector with their national peers.
- Extensive stakeholder consultations with NGOs and corporate sector will be held to ensure that the Index accommodates wide-ranging views of all stakeholders and is a robust document.
- At the second stage, the study will examine the role of state and NGOs in creating an enabling environment and executing the intent of regulations in promoting accessibility of disabled persons.
