All Information Related to Physically Handicaped Person .
“शारीरिक रूप से विकलांग व्यक्ति” का अर्थ एक ऐसा व्यक्ति है, जो चोट, बीमारी या जन्मजात विकृति के कारण, रोजगार प्राप्त करने या बनाए रखने में या अपने स्वयं के खाते पर काम करने में, जो चोट, बीमारी या विकृति के अलावा, काफी हद तक विकलांग है।
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1.UDID card /disability certificate
Unique ID for Persons with Disabilities” project is being implemented with a view of creating a National Database for PwDs, and to issue a Unique Disability Identity Card to each person with disabilities. The project will not only encourage transparency, efficiency and ease of delivering the government benefits to the person with disabilities, but also ensure uniformity.The project will also help in stream-lining the tracking of physical and financial progress of beneficiary at all levels of hierarchy of implementation – from village level, block level, District level , State level and National level.
All information About Reservation Rule of Physcially Handicap
What is the policy of the Government on reservation for Persons with Disabilities?
Reservation to Persons with Disabilities is provided in line with the
provisions of the Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of
Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995, in posts and services under the
Government of India.
Three per cent of the vacancies in case of direct recruitment to Group
A,B,C and D posts shall be reserved for persons with disabilities of which one
per cent each shall be reserved for persons suffering from (i) blindness or low
vision, (ii) hearing impairment and (iii) locomotor disability or cerebral patsy in
the posts identified for each disability;
Three per cent of the vacancies in case of promotion to Group D and
Group C posts in which the element of direct recruitment, if any, does not
exceed 75%, shall be reserved for persons with disabilities of which one per
cent each shall be reserved for persons suffering from (i) blindness or low
vision, (ii) hearing impairment and (iii) locomotor disability or cerebral palsy in
the posts identified for each disability,
What should be the degree of disability for claiming reservation inposts/services under the Central Government?
Only such persons would be eligible for reservation in services / posts who suffer from not less than 40 per cent of relevant disability. A person who wants to avail of benefit of reservation would have to submit a Disability Certificate issued by a competent authority.
How is the reservation for Persons with Disabilities computed?
Reservation for persons with disabilities in case of Group C and Group D
posts shall be computed on the basis of total number of vacancies occurring in
all Group C or Group D posts, as the case may be, in the establishment,
although the recruitment of the persons with disabilities would only be in the
posts identified suitable for them. The number of vacancies to be reserved for
the persons with disabilities in case of direct recruitment to Group ‘C’ posts in
an establishment shall be computed by taking into account the total number of
vacancies arising in Group ‘C’ posts for being filled by direct recruitment in a
recruitment year both in the identified and non-identified posts under the
establishment. The same procedure shall apply for Group ‘D’ posts. Similarly,
all vacancies in promotion quota shall be taken into account while computing
reservation in promotion in Group ‘C’ and Group ‘D’ posts. Since reservation
is limited to identified posts only and number of vacancies reserved is computed
on the basis of total vacancies (in identified posts as well as unidentified posts),
it is possible that number of persons appointed by reservation in an identified
post may exceed 3 per cent.
Reservation for persons with disabilities in Group ‘A’ posts shall be
computed on the basis of vacancies occurring in direct recruitment quota in all
the identified Group ‘A’ posts in the establishment. The same method of
computation applies for Group ‘B’ posts.
What are the relaxations/concessions available to Persons with Disabilities?
RELAXATION IN AGE LIMIT :
(i) Upper age limit for persons with disabilities shall be relaxable (a) by
ten years (15 years for SCs/STs and 13 years for OBCs) in case of
direct recruitment to Group ‘C’ and Group ‘D’ posts; (b) by 5 years
(10 years for SCs/STs and 8 years for OBCs) in case of direct
recruitment to Group ‘A’ and Group ‘B’ posts where recruitment is
made otherwise than through open competitive examination; and (c)
by 10 years (15 years for SCs/STs and 13 years for OBCs) in case of
direct recruitment to Group A and Group B posts through open
competitive examination.
(ii) Relaxation in age limit shall be applicable irrespective of the fact
whether the post is reserved or not, provided the post is identified
suitable for persons with disabilities.
RELAXATION OF STANDARD OF SUITABILITY: If sufficient number
of persons with disabilities are not available on the basis of the general standard
to fill all the vacancies reserved for them, candidates belonging to this category
may be selected on relaxed standard to fill up the remaining vacancies reserved
for them provided they are not found unfit for such post or posts. Thus, to the
extent the number of vacancies reserved for persons with disabilities cannot be
filled on the basis of general standards, candidates belonging to this category
may be taken by relaxing the standards to make up the deficiency in the
reserved quota subject to the fitness of these candidates for appointment to the
post / posts in question.
EXEMPTION FROM PAYMENT OF EXAMINATION FEE AND
APPLICATION FEE: Persons with disabilities shall be exempt from payment
of application fee and examination fee, prescribed in respect of competitive
examinations held by the Staff Selection Commission, the Union Public Service
Commission etc. for recruitment to various posts. This exemption shall be
available only to such persons who would otherwise be eligible for appointment
to the post on the basis of standards of medical fitness prescribed for that post
(including any concession specifically extended to the disabled persons) and
who enclose with the application form, necessary certificate from a competent
authority in support of their claim of disability.
MEDICAL EXAMINATION: As per Rule 10 of the Fundamental Rules,
every new entrant to Government Service on initial appointment is required to
produce a medical certificate of fitness issued by a competent authority. In case
of medical examination of a person with disability for appointment to a post
identified as suitable to be held by a person suffering from a particular kind of
disability, the concerned Medical Officer or Board shall be informed
beforehand that the post is identified suitable to be held by persons with
disability of the relevant category and the candidate shall then be examined
medically keeping this fact in view.
What are the definitions of Disabilities?
Definitions of categories of disabilities for the purpose of this Office
Memorandum are given below:
(i)(a) Blindness: “Blindness” refers to a condition where a person suffers from any of the following conditions, namely:-
(i) total absence of sight; or
(ii) visual acuity not exceeding 6/60 or 20/200(snellen) in the better
eye with correcting lenses; or
(iii) limitation of the field of vision subtending an angle of 20 degree or
worse;
(b) Low vision: “Person with low vision” means a person with impairment of
visual functioning even after treatment or standard refractive correction
but who uses or is potentially capable of using vision for the planning or
execution of a task with appropriate assistive device.
(ii) Hearing Impairment:- “Hearing Impairment” means loss of sixty decibels
or more in the better ear in the conversational range of frequencies.
(iii)(a) Locomotor disability : “Locomotor disability” means disability of the
bones, joints or muscles leading to substantial restriction of the
movement of the limbs or any form of cerebral palsy.
(b) Cerebral Palsy :- “Cerebral Palsy” means a group of non-progressive
conditions of a person characterised by abnormal motor control posture
resulting from brain insult or injuries occurring in the pre-natal, peri-
natal or infant period of development.
(c) All the cases of orthopaedically handicapped persons would be covered
under the category of “locomotor disability or cerebral palsy.”
What is meant by inter se exchange and carry forward of reservation incase of direct recruitment quota as well as in promotion quota?
(a) Reservation for each of the three categories of persons with disabilities
shall be made separately. But if the nature of vacancies in an establishment is
such that a person of a specific category of disability cannot be employed, the
vacancies may be interchanged among the three categories with the approval of
the Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment and reservation may be
determined and vacancies filled accordingly.
(b) Ifany vacancy reserved for any category of disability cannot be filled due
to non-availability of a suitable person with that disability or, for any other
sufficient reason, such vacancy shall not be filled and shall be carried forward
as a ‘backlog reserved vacancy’ to the subsequent recruitment year.
(c) In the subsequent recruitment year the ‘backlog reserved vacancy’ shall
be treated as reserved for the category of disability for which it was kept
reserved in the initial year of recruitment. However, if a suitable person with
that disability is not available, it may be filled by interchange among the three
categories of disabilities. In case no suitable person with disability is available
for filling up the post in the subsequent year also, the employer may fill up the
vacancy by appointment of a person other than a person with disability. If the
vacancy is filled by a person with disability of the category for which it was
reserved or by a person of other category of disability by inter se exchange in
the subsequent recruitment year, it will be treated to have been filled by
reservation. But if the vacancy is filled by a person other than a person with
disability in the subsequent recruitment year, reservation shall be carried
forward for a further period upto two recruitment years whereafter the
reservation shall lapse. In these two subsequent years, if situation so arises, the
procedure for filling up the reserved vacancy shall be the same as followed in
the first subsequent recruitment year.
In order to ensure that cases of lapse of reservation are kept to the
minimum, any recruitment of the disabled candidates shall first be counted
against the additional quota brought forward from previous years, if any, in their
chronological order. If candidates are not available for all the vacancies, the
older carried forward reservation would be filled first and the relatively later
carried forward reservation would be further carried forward.
While filling up the reserved vacancies by promotion by selection, the
disabled candidates who are within the normal zone of consideration shall be
considered for promotion. Where adequate number of disabled candidates of
the appropriate category of handicap are not available within the normal zone,
the zone of consideration may be extended to five times the number of
vacancies and the persons with disabilities falling within the extended zone may
be considered. In the event of non availability of candidates even in the
extended zone, the reservation can be exchanged so that post can be filled by a
person with other category of disability, if possible. If it is not possible to fill
up the post by reservation, the post may be filled by a person other than a
person with disability and the reservation shall be carried forward for upto three
subsequent recruitment years, whereafter it shall lapse.
In posts filled by promotion by non-selection, the eligible candidates with
disabilities shall be considered for promotion against the reserved vacancies and
in case no eligible candidate of the appropriate category of disability is
available, the vacancy can be exchanged with other categories of disabilities
identified for it. If it is not possible to fill up the post by reservation even by
exchange, the reservation shall be carried forward for upto three subsequent
recruitment years whereafter it shall lapse.
How are the reservation roster registers for Persons with Disabilities maintained?
(a) All establishments shall maintain separate 100 point reservation roster
registers in the format given in Annexure II for determining / effecting
reservation for the disabled — one each for Group ‘A’ posts filled by direct
recruitment, Group ‘B’ posts filled by direct recruitment, Group ‘C’ posts filled
by direct recruitment, Group ‘C’ posts filled by promotion, Group ‘D’ posts
filled by direct recruitment and Group ‘D’ posts filled by promotion.
(b) Each register shall have cycles of 100 points and each cycle of 100 points
shall be divided into three blocks, comprising the following points:
1“ Block — point No.1 to point No.33
2™ Block — point No. 34 to point No.66
3™ Block — point No.67 to point No.100
(c) Points 1, 34 and 67 of the roster shall be earmarked reserved for persons
with disabilities – one point for each of the three categories of disabilities. The
head of the establishment shall decide the categories of disabilities for which the
points 1, 34 and 67 will be reserved keeping in view all relevant facts.
(d) All the vacancies in Group C posts falling in direct recruitment quota
arising in the establishment shall be entered in the relevant roster register. If
the post falling at point no. 1 is not identified for the disabled or the head of the
establishment considers it desirable not to fill it up by a disabled person or it is
not possible to fill up that post by the disabled for any other reason, one of the
vacancies falling at any of the points from 2 to 33 shall be treated as reserved
for the disabled and filled as such. Likewise a vacancy falling at any of the
points from 34 to 66 or from 67 to 100 shall be filled by the disabled. The
purpose of keeping points 1, 34 and 67 as reserved is to fill up the first
available suitable vacancy from | to 33, first available suitable vacancy from
34 to 66 and first available suitable vacancy from 67 to 100 by persons with
disabilities.
(e) There is a possibility that none of the vacancies from 1 to 33 is suitable
for any category of the disabled. In that case two vacancies from 34 to 66 shall
be filled as reserved for persons with disabilities. [f the vacancies from 34 to 665
are also not suitable for any category, three vacancies shall be filled as reserved
from the third block containing points from 67 to 100. This means that if no
vacancy can be reserved in a particular block, it shall be carried into the next
block.
(f) After all the 100 points of the roster are covered, a fresh cycle of 100 points
shall start.
(g) If the number of vacancies in a year is such as to cover only one block or
two, discretion as to which category of the disabled should be accommodated
first shall vest in the head of the establishment, who shall decide on the basis of
the nature of the post, the level of representation of the specific disabled
category in the concerned grade/post etc.
(h) A separate roster shall be maintained for group C posts filled by
promotion and procedure as explained above shall be followed for giving
reservation to persons with disabilities. Likewise two separate rosters shall be
maintained for Group D posts, one for the posts filled by direct recruitment and
another for posts filled by promotion.
(i) Reservation in group A and group B posts is determined on the basis of
vacancies in the identified posts only. Separate rosters for Group A posts and
Group B posts in the establishment shall be maintained. In the rosters
maintained for Group A and Group B posts, all vacancies of direct recruitment
arising in identified posts shall be entered and reservation shall be effected the
same way as explained above.
What is vertical reservation and horizontal reservation?
Reservation for backward classes of citizens (SCs, STs and OBCs) is
called vertical reservation and the reservation for categories such as persons
with disabilities and ex-servicemen is called horizontal reservation. Horizontal
reservation cuts across vertical reservation (in what is called inter-locking
reservation) and persons selected against the quota for persons with disabilities
have to be placed in the appropriate category viz. SC/ST/OBC/General
candidates depending upon the category to which they belong in the roster
meant for reservation of SCs/STs/OBCs. To illustrate, if in a given year there
are two vacancies reserved for the persons with disabilities and out of two
persons with disabilities appointed, one belongs to a Scheduled Caste and the
other to general category then the disabled SC candidate shall be adjusted
against the SC point in the reservation roster and the general candidate against
unreserved point in the relevant reservation roster. In case none of the
vacancies falls on point reserved for the SCs, the disabled candidate belonging
to SC shall be adjusted in future against the next available vacancy reserved for
SCs.
Since the persons with disabilities have to be placed in the appropriate
category viz. SC/ST/OBC/ General in the roster meant for reservation of
SCs/STs/OBCs, the application form for the post should require the candidates
applying under the quota reserved for persons with disabilities to indicate
whether they belong to SC/ST/OBC or General category.
What is the procedure to monitor the representation of Persons with Disabilities in posts and services under the Central Government?
(i) Soon after the first of January of every year, each appointing authority shall send to its administrative Ministry/Department:-
(a) PWD Report-I in the prescribed proforma (Annexure III) showing the total number of employees, total number of employees in the posts which have been identified suitable for persons with disabilities and number of employees suffering from blindness or low vision, hearing impairment, and locomotor disability or cerebral palsy as on the 1*January of the year, and
(b) PWD Report-I} in the prescribed proforma (Annexure IV) showing the number of vacancies reserved for persons suffering from blindness or low vision, hearing impairment, and locomotor disability or cerebral palsy and number of such persons actually appointed during the preceding calendar year.
(ii) |The administrative Ministry/Department shall scrutinize the information received from all appointing authorities under it and send consolidated PWD Report-I and PWD Report- II in prescribed proformae in_respect_of the Ministry/Department including information in respect of all attached and subordinate offices under its control to the Department of Personnel and Training by the 31° March of each year.
(iii) The following points may be kept in view while sending the reports to the Department of Personnel & Training:-
(a) The reports sent to the DOPT should not include information in respect of public sector undertakings, statutory, semi-Government and autonomous bodies. Statutory, semi-Government and autonomous bodies shall furnish consolidated information in the prescribed proforma to the administrative Ministry/Department concerned who may scrutinize, monitor and maintain it at their own level. The Department of Public Enterprises may collect similar information in respect of all public sector undertakings.
(b) The attached/subordinate offices shall send information to their administrative Ministry/Department only and shall not send it direct to this Department.
(c) The figures in respect of persons with disabilities shall include persons appointed by reservation as well as appointed otherwise.
(d) The PWD Report I relates to persons and not to posts. Therefore, while furnishing this report the posts vacant etc. should not be taken into account. In this report persons on deputation should be included in the establishment of the borrowing Ministry/Department/Office and not in the parent establishment.
Persons permanent in one grade but officiating or holding temporary appointment in the higher grade shall be included in the figures relating to the Class of service to which the higher grade belongs. Liaison Officers appointed to look after reservation matters for SCs/STs shall also work as Liaison Officers for reservation matters relating to persons with disabilities and shal! ensure compliance of these instructions on reservation for Persons with Disabilities.
