The National Advisory Council, NAC has recommended giving tax benefits to private employers of persons with disabilities.

Giving its suggestions on the draft Rights of Persons with Disabilities Bill (RPDB), the NAC, chaired by Mrs. Sonia Gandhi has also suggested extending subsidies and financial incentives for starting small-scale income generation activities by household of persons with disabilities.

In a recent communication to the government, the advisory panel also suggested financial and tax benefits to private employers of Persons with Disabilities.

Voicing concern over non-recognition of full legal capacity of Persons with Disabilities, the NAC has recommended that the Law Ministry review all statutes in order to include an acknowledgement of full legal capacity for such persons. It has pitched for stronger anti-discrimination provisions to lower barriers to their productive employment, thus enabling greater participation of these persons in the workforce.

The NAC also recommended that families with disabled members should be given higher weightage during identification of poor households and surveys for Below Poverty Line BPL and food insecure households.

The panel also suggested setting up a single National Disabilities Commission and State Disability Commission to replace diverse institutions concerned with the rights of persons with disabilities.