Jaipur, Jan 13. A delegation of
parliamentarians on Friday inspected the manufacturing process of the World
famous Jaipur Foot at the Bhagwan Mahaveer Viklang Sahayata Samiti (
BMVSS)here. The parliamentary consultative committee led by Smt. Rami Devi, a
member of Lok Sabha from Bihar was shown the manufacturing process of the
Jaipur Foot to the delegation.
The delegation
comprising Rami Devi, Ramila Ben Bara, Mamta Mohanta, Ranjita Koli and N
Chandrasegaran also met the large number o disabled from all over the country
who had come for rehabilitation. The delegation members inquired about the
quality of the Jaipur Foot.
D R Mehta,
the founder and the chief patron of the BMVSS said that the BMVSS has
become the world’s leading oganisation or the rehabilitation of the disabled
with a presence in 42 countries..
After learning
about the manufacturing process of the Jaipur foot, the visiting
parliamentarians held a discussion with the members of the BMVSS executive
committee.
D R Mehta informed
the parliamentarians that according to the survey undertaken in 2011,
there are 2.68 crore disabled in the country who require rehabilitation. He
urged the committee that the Union ministry should accelerate the process of rehabilitation
and for this, there is a need to simplify the process of rehabilitation. He
said the conditions and procedures should be simplified keeping in view the
principle of prudence and accountability.
Mehta also
stressed that the NGO are required to pay GST on aid and appliances even though
the NGO’s provide it to the disabled for free. He urged the Union
government to waive the GST on such aids and appliances.
D R Mehta also
urged that the Union government under the Ayushman Bharat scheme
the disabled should be allowed to get Rs five lakh free to meet the cost of the
aids and appliances. He said under the Ayushman Bharat Rs five lakh treatments
including surgery are allowed for free while for the disabled the financial
limit is Rs 15,00 only which should be raised to Rs five lakh.
Smt Rami Devi
appreciated the viewpoints submitted by D R Mehta and other members
of the executive and said she would take up the issue with the Union ministry
and also with the Speaker of Lok Sabha.
She said that the
role being played by BMVSS is laudable and it has earned the appreciation of
the people both in India and abroad.
The members
of the consultative committee were received by the two executive
presidents S S Bhandari and Salauddin Ahmed, secretaries D Bhuepndra Mehta
and Dr Deependra Mehta, treasurer Vimal Chopra and the two
CEOs S S Bissa and R K Agarwal.
