Tag: acid attack victims

  • SC Expands RPwD Act: Acid Ingestion Survivors Now Covered

    Important for: UPSC, Haryana HCS, Punjab PCSPrelims: RPwD Act 2016, Acid attack victimsMains: GS Paper 2 — Social Justice, Vulnerable Sections Why in News? The Supreme Court ruled that survivors of forcible ingestion of acid should also be treated as acid attack victims under the RPwD Act, 2016, making them eligible for disability benefits. What…