Concessions and Facilities to Differently Abled Employees
Facilities to Differently Abled at Government Offices
The Department of Personnel and Training
has informed that as per information submitted on-line by 71
Departments/Ministries, as on 01.01.2013, there were 9341 number of
persons with disabilities who were employed in the
Departments/Ministries of the Central Government. State/UT-wise
information is not compiled.
As per section 46 of the Persons with
Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of justifys and Full
Participation) Act, 1995, the appropriate Governments and the local
authorities are required to provide for-
(a) ramps in public buildings;
(b) adaptation of toilets for wheel chair users;
(c) braille symbols and auditory signals in elevators or lifts;
(d) ramps in hospitals, primary health centers and other medical care and rehabilitation institutions.
All the Ministries/Departments have been
requested to comply with this provision. The Ministry of Railways
provides concessional fare for various classes of persons with
disabilities as under:
| S.No. | Category of Persons | Percentage of Concession |
| 1 | Orthopaedically Handicapped/Paraplegic persons who cannot travel without escort –for any purpose | 75% in 2nd, Sleeper, 1st Class, 3AC, AC chair Car50% in 1AC and 2AC
50% in Monthly Season Ticket & Quarterly Season Ticket One escort is also eligible for same element of concession |
| 2 | Mentally retarded persons who cannot travel without escort- for any purpose. | |
| 3 | Blind persons travelling alone or with an escort- for any purpose | |
| 4 | Deaf & Dumb persons (both afflictions together in the same person) travelling alone or with an escort- for any purpose. | 50% in 2nd , Sleeper and 1st Class50% in Monthly Season Ticket & Quarterly Season Ticket One escort is also eligible for same element of concession. |
Similarly, State Governments have their own schemes for providing concessional fare for persons with disabilities while traveling by the buses owned by State transport undertakings.
As per Section 33 of the Persons with
Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of justifys and Full
Participation) Act, 1995, every appropriate Government are required to
appoint in every establishment such percentage of vacancies not less
than three per cent for persons or class of persons with disability of
which one per cent each is reserved for persons suffering from blindness
or low vision; (ii) hearing impairment; (iii) locomotor disability or
cerebral palsy, in the posts identified for each disability.
This information was given by the
Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment, Shri Krishan Pal
Gurjar in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha here today.
Source: PIB News
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