New Delhi: Disabled people on Friday organised a candle light vigil against the Goods and Services Tax (GST) on their helping aids and appliances and demanded subsidies, concessions and incentives.

The protest, organised by the Disability Rights Group (DRG) along with other organisations – National Centre for Promotion of Employment for Disabled People (NCPEDP), National Disability Network (NDN), Disabled Peoples’ International (DPI), saw participation of around 50 people from the community.

“We are demanding a vast disability goods market for India where aids and appliances for all types of people with disabilities are both, available and affordable. That’s our midnight hour dream,” DRG Convenor Javed Abidi told IANS.

“It was before 2006 that simple and much necessary aids and appliances meant for the use of people with disabilities were taxed but after a big battle with the government, these taxes were brought down to zero percent,” he said.

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