Claim: Provided for penalties for offences committed against persons with disabilities (PwDs)
Fact: Chapter 16 of the Rights of persons with disabilities Act, 2016 provides for the penalties. Hence, the claim is TRUE.  However,It has to be noted that penalties were also part of the original bill introduced by the UPA government in 2014.
Fact Checking Government Claims on the ‘Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act’
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