The functions, duties, and powers of the Steering Committee shall be as follows:
(a) To make recommendation to the Government of Nepal for the formulation of long-term policies related to disability,
(b) To prepare and implement the disability related plans and programs subject to the policies approved by the Government of Nepal,
(c) To pursue, or cause to be pursued, appropriate measures for the full enjoyment of human rights and basic freedoms of the persons with disabilities without any discrimination, by using, protecting and promoting the rights, services, facilities and opportunities of the persons with disabilities,
(d) To make coordination between the various governmental bodies or non-governmental organisations in the activities related to disability,
(e) To make suggestion to the Government of Nepal for improvement, if any, in the prevailing law related to disability,
(f) To have conducted research on latest technology of the equipment or goods used for the services and facilities of the persons with disabilities and to make additional improvement and development, and to promote, or cause to be promoted, the availability and use of such equipment in this sector,
(g) To provide, or cause to be provided, training to the concerned persons and employees about the role of various bodies on the matters of the rights of the persons with disabilities,
(h) To enhance, or cause to be enhanced, public awareness about the conditions that may cause disability, precaution for the prevention of disability, and the behaviour and assistance that should be made for the respect of the rights of the persons with disabilities,
(i) To provide interpreter service to the persons who are deaf and who have sight and hearing disabilities, to make research, development and promotion of Nepali sign language and, for that purpose, to develop, or cause to be developed, necessary glossaries and touch communication,
Explanation: For the purposes of this clause, the term “interpreter” means a sign language translator that facilitates in the communication of the deaf or the persons with hard of hearing, a captioner for the persons with hard of hearing or a touch communication translator that facilitates in the communication for the persons with hearing and sight disabilities.
(j) To approve necessary policies in order to make the physical structures accessible to the persons with disabilities,
(k) To prepare and implement necessary programs by specifying the time limit, in order to make easy the access of the persons with disabilities to public places including hospitals, sports grounds, roads, public and governmental, Local Level means of public transportation, roads, toilets, bus parks and parks,
(l) To assist in the functioning of the institutions that work for the rights, interests, promotion, protection of the rights, services and facilities of the persons with disabilities and to collaborate with such institutions,
(m) To monitor, supervise and evaluate the various programmes launched for the persons with disabilities,
(n) To make study, research, collection, processing and publication of information, on disability,
(o) To have the concerned bodies include appropriate provisions in their programs in order to implement the provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities,
(p) To write to the concerned body for necessary action if any activity or action is found to have been carried out by any person contrary to the rights or interests of the persons with disabilities,
(q) To formulate, or cause to be formulated, appropriate policies, plans and programs for the implementation of the commitments expressed by the Government of Nepal with respect to disabilities at the international level,
(r) To do, or cause to be done, such other acts as prescribed.