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Revision note: Persons with Disabilities, Elderly, Minorities, Transgender Persons and Unorganised Workers

PwD: Census 2011 2.21%; UNCRPD ratified 2007; RPwD Act 2016: 21 disabilities, benchmark 40%, 4% jobs, 5% higher education
Accessible India 2015; UDID; Mental Healthcare Act 2017
Elderly: 8.6% (2011); MWPSC Act 2007; IGNOAPS; Elder Line 14567; PM-JAY for 70+ (2024)
Minorities: NCM Act 1992; six notified (Jains 2014); Art 29–30, 350B; Sachar 2006; Ranganath Misra 2007; PM VIKAS
Transgender: NALSA 2014; Navtej Johar 2018; Act 2019; SMILE, Garima Greh
Unorganised: e-Shram 2021, PM-SYM 2019, Social Security Code 2020, ONORC

Revision card summarising Persons with Disabilities, Elderly, Minorities, Transgender Persons and Unorganised Workers — One-page visual summary of the key points to revise.

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