Improvement in water and sanitation can control many
diseases. Explain with the help of examples.
What differences do you find between private and public
health services in your area?
What are the different ways through which the government
can take steps to provide healthcare for all? Discuss.
In this chapter you have read that health is a wider concept
than illness. Look at this quote from the Constitution and
explain the terms living standard and public health in
your own words.
According to the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act,
2016, persons with disabilities have equal rights, and that
the government should make possible their full
participation in society. The government has to provide
free education and integrate children with disabilities into
mainstream schools. This law also states that all public
places including buildings, schools, etc., should be
accessible and provided with ramps.
Look at the photograph and think about the boy who is being
carried down the stairs. Do you think the above law is being
implemented in his case? What needs to be done to make the
building more accessible for him? How would his being carried
down the stairs affect his dignity as well as his safety?
What do you understand by the term all persons are equal
before the law? Why do you think it is important in a
democracy?
Re-read the box on Article 15 and state two ways in which
this Article addresses inequality?