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The Hindu
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S. Vijay Kumar

Railways to confine term Divyangjan to Hindi communications

Ministry of Railways IRCTC Tamil Nadu

The Ministry of Railways will confine the usage of Divyangjan to Hindi and replace the term with ‘Persons with disabilities’ in English communications. On the suggestion of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the word Viklang was replaced with Divyaang (divine body) to refer to persons with disabilities in 2016.

After the change in nomenclature, people with disabilities were referred to as Divyangjan, particularly by the Ministry of Railways in all its communications, signage, announcements etc. Even the ticket reservation portal of the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) introduced Divyaang as the option to avail rail travel concession for differently abled passengers.

Raising it in the Lok Sabha, Member of Parliament D.N.V Senthil Kumar of Dharmapuri constituency in Tamil Nadu called for replacing Divyangjan with an English reference since it was not understood by many rail users, particularly in southern India.

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