{"id":304085,"date":"2018-10-12T14:19:48","date_gmt":"2018-10-12T14:19:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=304085"},"modified":"2018-10-12T14:19:48","modified_gmt":"2018-10-12T14:19:48","slug":"pm-modi-addresses-silver-jubilee-foundation-day-function-of-nhrc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/pm-modi-addresses-silver-jubilee-foundation-day-function-of-nhrc\/","title":{"rendered":"PM Modi addresses Silver Jubilee Foundation Day Function of NHRC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-304086 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Screenshot_20181012-194830__01-271x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"271\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/10\/Screenshot_20181012-194830__01-271x300.jpg 271w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/10\/Screenshot_20181012-194830__01-768x851.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/10\/Screenshot_20181012-194830__01-924x1024.jpg 924w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/10\/Screenshot_20181012-194830__01-696x771.jpg 696w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/10\/Screenshot_20181012-194830__01-1068x1184.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/10\/Screenshot_20181012-194830__01-379x420.jpg 379w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/10\/Screenshot_20181012-194830__01.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 271px) 100vw, 271px\" \/>Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday addressed the Silver Jubilee Foundation Day function of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The commission was established on October 12, 1993 under the Protection of the Human Rights (PHR) Act, 1993.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Modi said that in the last two and a half decades, NHRC has contributed to nation building, by becoming the voice of the deprived and the oppressed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cThe role of NHRC is crucial for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals,\u201d he added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The Prime Minister said that human rights should not be merely a slogan, but also a part of our ethos. He further said, \u201cserious efforts have been made in the last four years to improve the quality of life of the poor. The Government\u2019s focus has been to ensure that all Indians have access to the basic needs of human beings.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">He also mentioned steps have been taken to improve ease of access to justice, such as increasing the number of e-courts, and strengthening of the National Judicial Data Grid.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cDivayago (Disabled) the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act to increase the reservation of jobs or Transgender persons (Protection of Rights) Bill, it is the only example of our Government&#8217;s commitment to human rights,\u201d PM said.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday addressed the Silver Jubilee Foundation Day function of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi. The commission was established on October 12, 1993 under the Protection of the Human Rights (PHR) Act, 1993. Modi said that in the last two and a half decades, NHRC [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":304086,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[36],"tags":[316,4116],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304085"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=304085"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304085\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":304087,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304085\/revisions\/304087"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/304086"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=304085"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=304085"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=304085"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}