2016
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Sashakt
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Nishakat
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Ashakt
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Divyang
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Prime Minister said that persons with disabilities should no longer be referred to as disabled persons or viklang. The word viklang is Hindi for someone with non-functional body parts. They should now be referred to as divyang or divyangjan.
Detailed explanation-2: -Rather than using terms such as disabled person, handicapped people, a crippled person, use terms such as people/persons with disabilities, a person with a disability, or a person with a visual impairment.
Detailed explanation-3: -The emphasis is on jan – i.e. person – while viklang means disabled or physically handicapped.
Detailed explanation-4: -Change in nomenclature was proposed by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi during launch of Accessible India on December 3, 2015. Later, in “Maan Ki Baat’ in December end, Modi had suggested the same. To avoid controversies in renaming, it will continue to be referred as ‘person with disability’ in English.