Reservation for Persons with Benchmark Disabilities (PwBD) (Handicapped) in Services

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Reservation for Persons with Benchmark Disabilities (PwBDs) (Handicapped) in Services

Act & Rules * All Orders/Circulars * Accessible India Campaign (Sugamya Bharat Abhiyan) in CPSEs * Age Concession/Concessions/Allowances/Facilities/Transport Allowance * Annual Reports * Banking/Insurance Sector  * Change of Cadre * Committee for Monitoring * Compendium of Instructions on Reservation for SCs/STs/OBCs/PwBDs/EWS * Compendium of Schemes for PwDs * Computation of Reservation for PWDs * Concept of Own Merit * COVID-19 Related Orders * CSS * Disabilities * Disability Certificate * Doorstep Banking * Facilities * Grievance Redressal Officer * Identification of Posts suitable for Persons with Benchmark Disabilities * Leave * Lists of Posts Identified Suitable for Persons with Disabilities * National Policy for Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) * Posting * Relaxations/Concessions * Reservation for PwBD * Reservation in CPSEs * Reservation in Promotion * Revised Forms of Disability Certificates * Special Recruitment Drive (SRD) * Transfer/Rotational Transfer * Voluntary Retirement * Written Examination for PWDs

Relaxation in aptitude test available to SC/ST applicable to the disabled – 

  SC Order dated 08.07.2020 - Aryan Raj Vs. Chandigarh Administration & Ors. (53.0 KiB, 3,929 hits)

All Orders/Circulars

2023

  DoPT O.M. dated 26.04.2023 - Litigation involving reservation in promotion to Persons with Benchmark Disabilities (PwBD)-regarding (83.1 KiB, 1,220 hits)

  DPE O.M. dated 18.03.2023 - Double/Additional Transport Allowance out of the 50%/35% ceiling relating to Divyangjan - Date of implementation (21.02.2022) (830.1 KiB, 1,392 hits)

  DEPwD Circular dated 24.01.2023 - Change in procedure for submission of certificate by NFPwD scholars from 1st April 2023 - reg. (170.2 KiB, 1,632 hits)

2022

  DoPT O.M. dated 26.12.2022 - Recommendations received from the Court of Chief Commissioners for PwDs on the representation of Shri Vishnu S. Nair, SO, CSS, for posting to native place, i.e. Ernakulam (201.7 KiB, 689 hits)

  DoPT O.M. dated 08.12.2022-Liaison Officer for SC/ST/OBC/PwD/EWS & ESM and Reservation Cell for enforcement of reservation (101.9 KiB, 3,526 hits)

  DoPT O.M. dated 21.11.2022 - Reiteration of instructions relating to reservation in temporary appointments - regarding (64.3 KiB, 2,788 hits)

  Compendium of Instructions on Reservation in Appointments/Services in the Central Government (updated on 14.10.2022) (as on DoPT website) (1.3 MiB, 7,656 hits)

  DoPT O.M. dated 27.09.2022 - Reservation for Persons with Benchmark Disabilities - Clarification with regard to the concept of own merit (1.1 MiB, 3,040 hits)

  Annual Report 2021-22 of Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (As on DEPwD website-18.09.2022) (10.6 MiB, 2,071 hits)

  MoF O.M. dated 15.09.2022 - Compendium of Instructions regarding grant of Transport Allowance at the double rates to persons with disabilities employed in Central Government-reg. (2.3 MiB, 2,550 hits)

  DEPwD O.O. dated 21.06.2022 - Appointment of Ms. Meena Kumari Sharma, DS, as Grievance Redressal Officer for the Deptt. of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (113.0 KiB, 1,460 hits)

  DFS Letter dated 06.06.2022 - Reservation in promotion to Persons with Benchmark Disabilities (PwBDs) (536.4 KiB, 205 hits)

  DoPT O.M. dated 31.05.2022 - Reservation to Persons with Benchmark Disabilities (PwBDs) in promotions in Section Officers' Grade of CSS (447.3 KiB, 2,854 hits)

  DoPT O.M. dated 17.05.2022 - Reservation in promotion to Persons with Benchmark Disabilities (PwBDs) (418.6 KiB, 178 hits)

  DEPwD Notification dated 05.05.2021 - Mandatory online certification of disability through Unique Disability Identity Card portal w.e.f. 01.06.2021 (867.1 KiB, 501 hits)

Prior to 2022

  DPE O.M. dated 23.09.2020 – Exemption of Employees with Disabilities from roster duty due to COVID-19 situation-reg. (DoEPWD OM dt. 14.09.2020) (56.6 KiB, 7,686 hits)

  DPE O.M. dated 23.09.2020 – Guidelines for conducting written examination for persons with benchmark disabilities-reg. (DoEPWD OM dated 09.09.2020) (52.0 KiB, 7,671 hits)

  DoEPWD O.M. dated 14.09.2020 – Exemption of Employees with Disabilities from roster duty due to COVID-19 situation-reg. (1.0 MiB, 8,928 hits)

  DoEPWD O.M. dated 09.09.2020 – Guidelines for conducting written examination for persons with benchmark disabilities-reg. (2.5 MiB, 7,620 hits)

  DoEPWD O.M. dated 12.12.2018-Identification of posts suitable for persons with benchmark disabilities in pursuance of the provisions of the RPWD Act, 2016 (84.2 KiB, 4,917 hits)

  DoPT O.M. dated 08.10.2018 - Exemption from the routine exercise of transfer/rotational transfer (for PwDs) (79.0 KiB, 9,680 hits)

  DoPT O.M. dated 17.07.2018 - Leave to a Government servant who is unlikely to be fit to return to duty (applicability of the Right of Persons with Disability Act) (1.6 MiB, 5,140 hits)

  DPE O.M. dated 17.04.2018 - Accessible India Campaign (Sugamya Bharat Abhiyan) - Guidelines for CPSE MoU 2018-19 onwards (426.7 KiB, 1,838 hits)

  MoSJ&E Notification dated 04.01.2018 - Guidelines for the purpose of assessing the extent of specified disabilities in a person (2.6 MiB, 1,866 hits)

  DoPT O.M. dated 15.01.2018 - Reservation for the Persons with Benchmark Disabilities - reg. (470.3 KiB, 4,124 hits)

  DPE O.M. dated 23.11.2017-Relaxation of terms and conditions of selection while selecting disabled Ex-servicemen and dependents of Armed Forces Personnel killed in action for recruitment in CPSEs (3.3 MiB, 3,559 hits)

  DoPT O.M. dated 11.08.2017-Training of the Liaison Officers for Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes/Persons with Disabilities and Other Backward Classes-regarding (60.9 KiB, 2,893 hits)

  MoSJ&E Notification dated 19.04.2017 - Coming into force of the Rights of PWDs Act, 2016 (1.1 MiB, 2,246 hits)

  MoF O.M. dated 17.01.2017 - Grant of Transport Allowance at double the normal rates to deaf and dumb employees of Central Government (39.2 KiB, 2,967 hits)

  वित्त मंत्रालय का का.ज्ञा. 17.01.2017 - केंद्र सरकार के मूक एवं बधिर कर्मचारियों को सामान्य दरों से दुगुना परिवहन भत्ता प्रदान किया जाना (33.5 KiB, 448 hits)

  The Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 (13.01.2017) (1.1 MiB, 29,435 hits)

  Filling up of various posts for Persons with Disabilities-reg. (As on DoPT website-06.01.2017) (176.3 KiB, 2,994 hits)

  DoPT Circular dated 11.03.2016- Scheme for providing facilities to the employees with disabilities of Department of Personnel & Training (72.5 KiB, 4,762 hits)

  DOPT O.M. dated 17.11.2015 - Posting of Government employees who have differently abled dependents-reg. (128.9 KiB, 5,354 hits)

  Advertisements issued by Ministries,Departments,Organisations in regard to Spl. Rectt. Drive for filling up of vacancies for PWDs (As on DoPT website-07.10.15) (3.1 MiB, 2,635 hits)

  DoPT O.M. dated 28.08.2015-Copies of advertisements issued by Deptts./Ministries/PSUs/Corporations, etc.-Rectt. Drives for vacancies of PWDs (1.3 MiB, 1,061 hits)

  DPE O.M. dated 30.07.2015-Disable friendly examination centres for candidates with disabilities-Order of Court of Chief Commissioner for PWDs-reg. (518.1 KiB, 3,018 hits)

  DoPT O.M. dated 29.06.2015 - Grant of age concession to the PWDs suffering from (a) blindness or low vision (b) hearing impairment (c) locomotor disability or cerebral palsy-direct rectt. under Govt. (96.3 KiB, 7,284 hits)

  DoPT O.M. dated 22/25.05.2015 - Special Recruitment Drive to fill up the vacancies for Persons with Disabilities (PwDs) (73.4 KiB, 5,983 hits)

  DoPT O.M. dated 22.05.2015 - Constitution of a Committee to monitor the progress in filling up of vacancies of persons with disabilities (109.1 KiB, 5,677 hits)

  DoPT O.M. dated 19.05.2015-Request for Voluntary Retirement from persons suffering from disability-Supreme Court Order in the case of Bhagwan Dass & Anr. (63.5 KiB, 5,160 hits)

  DoPT O.M. dated 22.05.2015 - Constitution of a Committee to monitor the progress in filling up of vacancies of persons with disabilities (109.1 KiB, 5,677 hits)

  DoPT O.M. dated 12.05.2015-Age concession to the PwDs suffering from blindness/low vision, hearing impairment & locomotor disability/cerebral palsy for direct rectt. under Govt. (74.8 KiB, 4,081 hits)

  RBI Circular dated 19.03.2015 - Priority Sector Lending - Persons with Disabilities(PwD) - Inclusion under Weaker Sections - UCBs (132.3 KiB, 2,617 hits)

  DPE O.M. dated 25.02.2015 - Applicability of instructions regarding reservation to SC/ST/OBC, Disability & Ex-servicemen as issued by Govt. Ministries/Departments to CPSEs (105.4 KiB, 21,545 hits)

  O.M. dated 17.02.2015 - Travelling Allowance in respect of Attendant,Escort for accompanying a Govt. servant with disabilities on travel during tour, training, etc. (1.6 MiB, 3,990 hits)

  O.M. dated 06.02.2015 - Request for Voluntary Retirement from Persons suffering with disability - regarding (100.4 KiB, 3,847 hits)

  O.M. dated 07.01.2015 - Amendment in Para 15(i) of O.M. dated 29.12.2005 -Reservation for PWDs in posts and services of Govt. of India (38.2 KiB, 2,754 hits)

  DFS letter 28.07.2014 - Posting of Government employees who have differently abled dependents (1.1 MiB, 4,687 hits)

  O.M. dated 15.07.2013 - Online collection of data on representation of SCs, STs and OBCs and Persons with Disabilities in Central Government Services (324.3 KiB, 6,177 hits)

  O.M. dated 06.06.2014 - Posting of Government employees who have differently abled dependents (61.9 KiB, 2,675 hits)

  O.M. dated 17.04.2014 - Computation of reservation- implementation of the judgment in the matter of Union of India Vs. National Federation of Blind & Ors. (Reminder) (308.2 KiB, 1,607 hits)

  DFS Letter dated 11.04.2014 - Payment of Conveyance Allowance to Deaf and Dumb employees at par with Blind and Ortho. Handicapped employees, along with copy of MOF O.M. dt. 19.02.14 (3.0 MiB, 1,802 hits)

  O.M. dated 31.03.2014 - Guidelines for providing certain facilities in respect of PWDs who are already employed in Government for efficient performance of their duties (142.6 KiB, 1,892 hits)

  O.M. dated 20.03.2014 - Computation of reservation- implementation of the judgment in the matter of Union of India Vs. National Federation of Blind & Ors (info to be furnished by 27.3.14) (155.7 KiB, 2,105 hits)

  DFS Letter dated 11.04.2014 - Payment of Conveyance Allowance to Deaf and Dumb employees at par with Blind and Ortho. Handicapped employees, along with copy of MOF O.M. dt. 19.02.14 (3.0 MiB, 1,802 hits)

  O.M. dated 19.02.2014 - Grant of Transport Allowance to Central Government Employees - Extension of benefit of Transport Allowance at double the normal rate to Deaf and Dumb employees (172.2 KiB, 872 hits)

  O.M. dated 14.02.2014 - Reservation for PWDs - Computation of reservation - Supreme Court judgement in the case of Union of India & Ors. Vs. National Federation of Blind & Ors. (71.7 KiB, 773 hits)

  O.M. dated 14.02.2014 - Guidelines for providing certain facilities in respect of persons with disabilities who are already employed in Government for efficient performance of their duties (161.1 KiB, 738 hits)

  O.M. dated 14.02.2014 - Guidelines regarding change of cadre of IAS Officers appointed against vacancies reserved for Physically Handicapped (PH) category (77.4 KiB, 842 hits)

  O.M. dated 21.01.2014 - Identification of Scientific and Technical posts in terms of DOPT's O.M. dated 23.06.1975 (294.7 KiB, 2,305 hits)

  O.M. dated 08.01.2014 - Identification of jobs or posts for persons with disabilities - review thereof (48.4 KiB, 1,926 hits)

  O.M. dated 03.12.2013 – Reservation for Persons with Disabilities - Computation of Reservation - Hon'ble Supreme Court judgement in the matter of Union of India & Anr. Vs. National Federation of Blind (638.0 KiB, 2,137 hits)

  O.M. dated 29.11.2013 – Reservation for Persons with Disabilities - Revised forms for Disability Certificates (528.8 KiB, 957 hits)

  SC Judgment dated 08.10.2013 - Union of India & Ors. Vs. National Federation of the Blind & Ors. (330.9 KiB, 5,868 hits)

Notification dated 29.07.2013 – List of posts in Group A, B, C and D identified suitable for persons with disabilities (Annexure-C)

  O.M. dated 05.08.2013 - Grant of Transport Allowance to orthopaedically handicapped Central Government employees (710.9 KiB, 1,089 hits)

  MOH&FW O.M. dated 25.07.2013 - Extension of CGHS facilities to permanently disabled dependent brother of a CGHS beneficiary (719.4 KiB, 1,219 hits)

  O.M. dated 15.07.2013 - Online collection of data on representation of SCs, STs and OBCs and Persons with Disabilities in Central Government services (324.4 KiB, 956 hits)

  O.M. dated 10.06.2013 - Framing of guidelines for smooth functioning of Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) in their duties in Govt. services (160.8 KiB, 661 hits)

  D.O. letter dated 27.02.2013 - Initiation of online filling up of data about representation of SCs, STs and OBCs and Persons with Disabilities (378.2 KiB, 957 hits)

  O.M. dated 14.12.2012 - Reservation for Persons with Disabilities (75.8 KiB, 709 hits)

  O.M. dated 26.11.2012 - Filling up of vacancies reserved for Persons with Disabilities (98.8 KiB, 688 hits)

  D.O. letter dated 03.10.2012 - Online collection of annual data about representation of SCs, STs & OBCs and PWDs in Central Govt. Services (81.5 KiB, 1,009 hits)

  DFS Circular dated 23.07.2012 - An Order of Case under the Persons with Disabilities Act, 1995 in Banks/Insurance Companies, Railways & CPSEs - Reservation for persons with hearing impairment (6.6 MiB, 839 hits)

  O.M. dated 19.07.2012 - Representation of various categories at higher positions in the Central Government (41.7 KiB, 942 hits)

  O.M. dated 13.07.2012 - Special Recruitment Drive for filling up backlog reserved vacancies for SCs, STs, OBCs and PWDs - Notice of Meeting (69.7 KiB, 811 hits)

  O.M. dated 10.05.2012 - Special Recruitment Drive for filling up backlog reserved vacancies for Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) (78.9 KiB, 718 hits)

  O.M. dated 09.04.2012 - Special Recruitment Drive for filling up backlog reserved vacancies for Persons with Disabilities - Regarding (45.8 KiB, 672 hits)

  O.M. dated 01.08.2011 - Consideration of persons with disabilities for promotion against unreserved vacancies (32.3 KiB, 736 hits)

  O.M. dated 28.07.2011 - Re-launch of Special Recruitment Drive for filling up backlog reserved vacancies of PWDs (37.7 KiB, 681 hits)

  O.M. dated 26.05.2011 - Conclusion of Special Recruitment Drive launched for filling up backlog reserved vacancies of Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) (22.8 KiB, 641 hits)

  O.M. dated 19.05.2011 - Conclusion of Special Recruitment Drive launched for filling up backlog reserved vacancies of Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) (43.2 KiB, 688 hits)

  O.M. dated 18.03.2011 - Annual Reports regarding representation of SCs, STs, OBCs and PWDs in the Central Govt. Services as on 1.1.2011 (68.8 KiB, 1,030 hits)

  O.M. dated 15.02.2011 - Annual Reports regarding Representation of SCs, STs, OBCs and PWDs in the Central Govt. Services as on 1.1.2011 (356.6 KiB, 964 hits)

  O.M. dated 04.01.2011 - Special Recruitment Drive for filling up backlog reserved vacancies for Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) (524.1 KiB, 723 hits)

  O.M. dated 30.3.2010 - Forwarding of applications of Government Servants suffering from disability for employment elsewhere (47.0 KiB, 889 hits)

  O.M. dated 10.3.2010 - Reservation Roster of Assistants with Disabilities (56.7 KiB, 913 hits)

  O.M. dated 15.1.2010 - Reservation for PWDs - Filling up of the backlog reserved vacancies through a Special Recruitment Drive (44.1 KiB, 745 hits)

  O.M. dated 27.11.2009 - Spl. Recruitment Drive to fill up backlog reserved vacancies for PWDs (209.1 KiB, 848 hits)

  O.M. dated 10.6.2009 - Benefit of reservation to PWDs who acquire disability after entering into Govt. service (69.2 KiB, 787 hits)

  O.M. dated 4.5.2009 - Delhi High Court judgement in W.P.(C) filed by National Federation of Blind vs. UOI & Ors (146.3 KiB, 703 hits)

  DFS letter dated 18.2.2009 - Payment of conveyance allowances to the blind and orthopaedically handicapped employees in Banks (436.7 KiB, 1,153 hits)

  O.M. dated 10.12.2008 - Spl. Recruitment Drive for filling up the backlog reserved vacancies for PWDs (263.6 KiB, 814 hits)

  O.M. dated 12.12.2006 - Reservation for PWDs (198.1 KiB, 979 hits)

  O.M. dated 26.4.2006 - Reservation for the PWDs (120.1 KiB, 880 hits)

  O.M. dated 29.12.2005 - Govt. instructions-Reservation for persons with disabilities (944.7 KiB, 919 hits)

  O.M. dated 29.10.2003 - Annual Reports regarding representation of PWDs in services (63.5 KiB, 877 hits)

  O.M. dated 8.7.2003 - Appointment of PWDs against unreserved vacancies (42.1 KiB, 764 hits)

  O.M. dated 18.2.2000 - Posting of Government employees who have children with hearing impairment or multiple disability (80.6 KiB, 863 hits)

Act & Rules

  The Rights of Persons with Disability Rules, 2017 (As on DEPwD website-09.07.2017) (297.2 KiB, 11,305 hits)

  Draft for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Rules, 2017 (As on MoSJ&E website-17.06.2017) (485.0 KiB, 4,048 hits)

  MoSJ&E Notification dated 19.04.2017 - Coming into force of the Rights of PWDs Act, 2016 (1.1 MiB, 2,246 hits)

  The Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 (13.01.2017) (1.1 MiB, 29,435 hits)

  The Persons with Disabilitiess Act, 1995 (As on newsonair.nic.in-07.04.2017) (144.1 KiB, 595 hits)

Age Concession/Concessions/Allowances/Facilities

Age Concession * Allowances/Concessions/Facilities  * Transport Allowance to Persons with Disabilities (PwDs)/Divyangjan

— Accessible India Campaign (Sugamya Bharat Abhiyan) in CPSEs 

  DPE O.M. dated 17.04.2018 - Accessible India Campaign (Sugamya Bharat Abhiyan) - Guidelines for CPSE MoU 2018-19 onwards (426.7 KiB, 1,838 hits)

— Age Concession 

  DoPT O.M. dated 29.06.2015 - Grant of age concession to the PWDs suffering from (a) blindness or low vision (b) hearing impairment (c) locomotor disability or cerebral palsy-direct rectt. under Govt. (96.3 KiB, 7,284 hits)

  DoPT O.M. dated 12.05.2015-Age concession to the PwDs suffering from blindness/low vision, hearing impairment & locomotor disability/cerebral palsy for direct rectt. under Govt. (74.8 KiB, 4,081 hits)

— Allowances/Concessions/Facilities

  MoF O.M. dated 17.01.2017 - Grant of Transport Allowance at double the normal rates to deaf and dumb employees of Central Government (39.2 KiB, 2,967 hits)

  वित्त मंत्रालय का का.ज्ञा. 17.01.2017 - केंद्र सरकार के मूक एवं बधिर कर्मचारियों को सामान्य दरों से दुगुना परिवहन भत्ता प्रदान किया जाना (33.5 KiB, 448 hits)

  DOPT O.M. dated 17.11.2015 - Posting of Government employees who have differently abled dependents-reg. (128.9 KiB, 5,354 hits)

  DPE O.M. dated 30.07.2015-Disable friendly examination centres for candidates with disabilities-Order of Court of Chief Commissioner for PWDs-reg. (518.1 KiB, 3,018 hits)

  RBI Circular dated 19.03.2015 - Priority Sector Lending - Persons with Disabilities(PwD) - Inclusion under Weaker Sections - UCBs (132.3 KiB, 2,617 hits)

  RBI Circular dated 13.03.2015 - Priority Sector Lending - Persons with Disabilities(PwD) - Inclusion under Weaker Sections (291.9 KiB, 3,144 hits)

  O.M. dated 17.02.2015 - Travelling Allowance in respect of Attendant,Escort for accompanying a Govt. servant with disabilities on travel during tour, training, etc. (1.6 MiB, 3,990 hits)

  DFS letter 28.07.2014 - Posting of Government employees who have differently abled dependents (1.1 MiB, 4,687 hits)

  O.M. dated 06.06.2014 - Posting of Government employees who have differently abled dependents (61.9 KiB, 2,675 hits)

  DFS Letter dated 11.04.2014 - Payment of Conveyance Allowance to Deaf and Dumb employees at par with Blind and Ortho. Handicapped employees, along with copy of MOF O.M. dt. 19.02.14 (3.0 MiB, 1,802 hits)

  O.M. dated 19.02.2014 - Grant of Transport Allowance to Central Government Employees - Extension of benefit of Transport Allowance at double the normal rate to Deaf and Dumb employees (172.2 KiB, 872 hits)

  O.M. dated 14.02.2014 - Guidelines for providing certain facilities in respect of persons with disabilities who are already employed in Government for efficient performance of their duties (161.1 KiB, 738 hits)

  O.M. dated 05.08.2013 - Grant of Transport Allowance to orthopaedically handicapped Central Government employees (710.9 KiB, 1,089 hits)

  MOH&FW O.M. dated 25.07.2013 - Extension of CGHS facilities to permanently disabled dependent brother of a CGHS beneficiary (719.4 KiB, 1,219 hits)

  O.M. dated 10.06.2013 - Framing of guidelines for smooth functioning of Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) in their duties in Govt. services (160.8 KiB, 661 hits)

  O.M. dated 15.11.2011 - Transport Allowance to Blind or Orthopedically handicapped employees of CPSEs (1,013.8 KiB, 2,178 hits)

  DFS letter dated 18.2.2009 - Payment of conveyance allowances to the blind and orthopaedically handicapped employees in Banks (436.7 KiB, 1,153 hits)

— Transport Allowance for Persons with Disabilities (PwDs)/Divyangjan 

  DPE O.M. dated 18.03.2023 - Double/Additional Transport Allowance out of the 50%/35% ceiling relating to Divyangjan - Date of implementation (21.02.2022) (830.1 KiB, 1,392 hits)

  MoF O.M. dated 15.09.2022 - Compendium of Instructions regarding grant of Transport Allowance at the double rates to persons with disabilities employed in Central Government-reg. (2.3 MiB, 2,550 hits)

  DoPT O.M. dated 12.07.2018 - Transport Allowance at double the normal rates to persons with disabilities employed in Central Government (168.0 KiB, 1,354 hits)

  MoF O.M. dated 17.01.2017 - Grant of Transport Allowance at double the normal rates to deaf and dumb employees of Central Government (39.2 KiB, 2,967 hits)

  वित्त मंत्रालय का का.ज्ञा. 17.01.2017 - केंद्र सरकार के मूक एवं बधिर कर्मचारियों को सामान्य दरों से दुगुना परिवहन भत्ता प्रदान किया जाना (33.5 KiB, 448 hits)

  DFS Letter dated 11.04.2014 - Payment of Conveyance Allowance to Deaf and Dumb employees at par with Blind and Ortho. Handicapped employees, along with copy of MOF O.M. dt. 19.02.14 (3.0 MiB, 1,802 hits)

  O.M. dated 19.02.2014 - Grant of Transport Allowance to Central Government Employees - Extension of benefit of Transport Allowance at double the normal rate to Deaf and Dumb employees (172.2 KiB, 872 hits)

  O.M. dated 05.08.2013 - Grant of Transport Allowance to orthopaedically handicapped Central Government employees (710.9 KiB, 1,089 hits)

Annual Reports

  Annual Report 2021-22 of Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (As on DEPwD website-18.09.2022) (10.6 MiB, 2,071 hits)

Banking/Insurance Sector

  DFS Circular dated 23.07.2012 - An Order of Case under the Persons with Disabilities Act, 1995 in Banks/Insurance Companies, Railways & CPSEs - Reservation for persons with hearing impairment (6.6 MiB, 839 hits)

Change of Cadre

  O.M. dated 14.02.2014 - Guidelines regarding change of cadre of IAS Officers appointed against vacancies reserved for Physically Handicapped (PH) category (77.4 KiB, 842 hits)

Committee for Monitoring

  DoPT O.M. dated 22.05.2015 - Constitution of a Committee to monitor the progress in filling up of vacancies of persons with disabilities (109.1 KiB, 5,677 hits)

Compendium of Instructions on Reservation for SCs/STs/OBCs/PwBDs/EWS

  Compendium of Instructions on Reservation in Appointments/Services in the Central Government (updated on 14.10.2022) (as on DoPT website) (1.3 MiB, 7,656 hits)

Compendium of Schemes for PwDs

  Compendium of Schemes for the Welfare of Persons with Disabilities-2019 (As on DEPwD(D) website-06.01.2021) (6.3 MiB, 2,077 hits)

Computation of Reservation for PWDs

  O.M. dated 07.01.2015 - Amendment in Para 15(i) of O.M. dated 29.12.2005 -Reservation for PWDs in posts and services of Govt. of India (38.2 KiB, 2,754 hits)

  O.M. dated 17.04.2014 - Computation of reservation- implementation of the judgment in the matter of Union of India Vs. National Federation of Blind & Ors. (Reminder) (308.2 KiB, 1,607 hits)

  O.M. dated 20.03.2014 - Computation of reservation- implementation of the judgment in the matter of Union of India Vs. National Federation of Blind & Ors (info to be furnished by 27.3.14) (155.7 KiB, 2,105 hits)

  O.M. dated 14.02.2014 - Reservation for PWDs - Computation of reservation - Supreme Court judgement in the case of Union of India & Ors. Vs. National Federation of Blind & Ors. (71.7 KiB, 773 hits)

  O.M. dated 03.12.2013 – Reservation for Persons with Disabilities - Computation of Reservation - Hon'ble Supreme Court judgement in the matter of Union of India & Anr. Vs. National Federation of Blind (638.0 KiB, 2,137 hits)

  SC Judgment dated 08.10.2013 - Union of India & Ors. Vs. National Federation of the Blind & Ors. (330.9 KiB, 5,868 hits)

Concept of Own Merit

  DoPT O.M. dated 27.09.2022 - Reservation for Persons with Benchmark Disabilities - Clarification with regard to the concept of own merit (1.1 MiB, 3,040 hits)

COVID-19 Related Orders

— Exemption of PWD employees from Roster Duty

  DPE O.M. dated 23.09.2020 – Exemption of Employees with Disabilities from roster duty due to COVID-19 situation-reg. (DoEPWD OM dt. 14.09.2020) (56.6 KiB, 7,686 hits)

  DoEPWD O.M. dated 14.09.2020 – Exemption of Employees with Disabilities from roster duty due to COVID-19 situation-reg. (1.0 MiB, 8,928 hits)

CSS 

  DoPT O.M. dated 31.05.2022 - Reservation to Persons with Benchmark Disabilities (PwBDs) in promotions in Section Officers' Grade of CSS (447.3 KiB, 2,854 hits)

Disabilities 

  DoPT O.M. dated 15.01.2018 - Reservation for the Persons with Benchmark Disabilities - reg. (470.3 KiB, 4,124 hits)

  MoSJ&E Notification dated 04.01.2018 - Guidelines for the purpose of assessing the extent of specified disabilities in a person (2.6 MiB, 1,866 hits)

Disability Certificate

  DEPwD Notification dated 05.05.2021 - Mandatory online certification of disability through Unique Disability Identity Card portal w.e.f. 01.06.2021 (867.1 KiB, 501 hits)

Doorstep Banking 

  RBI Circular dated 31.03.2020 - Doorstep Banking Services for Senior Citizens and Differently Abled Persons (209.2 KiB, 5,242 hits)

  RBI Circular dated 09.11.2017 - Statement on Development and Regulatory Policies - Oct 4, 2017 - Banking Facility for Senior Citizens and Differently abled Persons (52.5 KiB, 1,003 hits)

Facilities/Concessions

  RBI Circular dated 31.03.2020 - Doorstep Banking Services for Senior Citizens and Differently Abled Persons (209.2 KiB, 5,242 hits)

  RBI Circular dated 09.11.2017 - Statement on Development and Regulatory Policies - Oct 4, 2017 - Banking Facility for Senior Citizens and Differently abled Persons (52.5 KiB, 1,003 hits)

  MoF O.M. dated 17.01.2017 - Grant of Transport Allowance at double the normal rates to deaf and dumb employees of Central Government (39.2 KiB, 2,967 hits)

  DoPT Circular dated 11.03.2016- Scheme for providing facilities to the employees with disabilities of Department of Personnel & Training (72.5 KiB, 4,762 hits)

  O.M. dated 31.03.2014 - Guidelines for providing certain facilities in respect of PWDs who are already employed in Government for efficient performance of their duties (142.6 KiB, 1,892 hits)

Grievance Redressal Officer in DEPwD

  DEPwD O.O. dated 21.06.2022 - Appointment of Ms. Meena Kumari Sharma, DS, as Grievance Redressal Officer for the Deptt. of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (113.0 KiB, 1,460 hits)

Identification of posts suitable for Persons with Benchmark Disabilities

  DoEPWD O.M. dated 12.12.2018-Identification of posts suitable for persons with benchmark disabilities in pursuance of the provisions of the RPWD Act, 2016 (84.2 KiB, 4,917 hits)

Leave

  DoPT O.M. dated 17.07.2018 - Leave to a Government servant who is unlikely to be fit to return to duty (applicability of the Right of Persons with Disability Act) (1.6 MiB, 5,140 hits)

Liaison Officer

  DoPT O.M. dated 08.12.2022-Liaison Officer for SC/ST/OBC/PwD/EWS & ESM and Reservation Cell for enforcement of reservation (101.9 KiB, 3,526 hits)

Lists of Posts Identified Suitable for Persons with Disabilities

Gist of Expert Committee’s Report and List of Posts in Group ‘A’, ‘B’, ‘C’& ‘D’ Suitable/Identified To Be Reserved for PWDs (at Annexure-C)-Four Lists in Annexure-C to the Notification dated 04.01.2021 * Notification dated 25.07.2013 * Lists of Posts in Group ‘A’, ‘B’, ‘C’& ‘D’ Identified To Be Reserved for PWDs (at Annexure-C)

— Gist of Expert Committee’s Report and List of Posts in Group ‘A’, ‘B’, ‘C’& ‘D’ Suitable/Identified To Be Reserved for PWDs (at Annexure-C)-Four Lists in Annexure-C to the Notification dated 04.01.2021

  MoSJE Notification dated 04.01.2021-Gist of Expert Committee's Report & list of CG posts in Group A,B,C and D identified suitable for persons with benchmark disabilities (Annex-C) (22.7 MiB, 8,009 hits)

— Notification dated 25.07.2013

  MoSJ&E Notification dated 29.07.2013-Lists of posts in Group 'A', 'B', 'C'& 'D' identified suitable for PWDs (at Annexure-C) (52.2 KiB, 182 hits)

— Lists of Posts in Group ‘A’, ‘B’, ‘C’& ‘D’ Suitable/Identified To Be Reserved for PWDs (at Annexure-C)-Four Lists in Annexure-C to the Notification dated 25.07.2013

  Posts Identified to be Reserved for Persons with Disabilities Group 'A'-Annexure-C to Ntfn. dated 29.07.2013 (As on DEPwD(D) website) (546.6 KiB, 2,357 hits)

  Posts Identified To Be Reserved for Persons with Disabilities Group 'B' (As on Min. of SJ&E website - 12.01.2014) (343.2 KiB, 2,321 hits)

  Posts Identified To Be Reserved for Persons with Disabilities Group 'C' (As on Min. of SJ&E website - 12.01.2014) (2.1 MiB, 2,385 hits)

  Posts Identified To Be Reserved for Persons with Disabilities Group 'D' (As on Min. of SJ&E website - 12.01.2014) (474.8 KiB, 2,259 hits)

Note:-  Later, the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities, as mentioned in its O.M. dated 12.12.2018, constituted an Expert Committee to look into the identification of posts for cetain new categories of disabilities as well. That Department, vide its O.M. dated 12.12.2018, have, inter alia, requested as under:-
“In view of the above, it is requested that until process of identification of posts suitable for PwDs is completed, all the Ministries/Departments may constitute an Expert Committees in their Departments including Public Sector Units under their administrative control for the purpose of identification of  posts suitable  for all the categories of disabilities identified under Section 34(1) of the RPwD Act, 2016. In this Committee, they may include one representative from this Department and also persons with benchmark disabilities in terms of Section 33(ii) of the RPwD Act, 2016.”

National Policy for Persons with Disabilities (PwDs)

  National Policy for Persons with Disabilities, Dated 10.02.2006 (Ministry of SJ&E) (As on DEPwD(D) website-06.01.2021) (382.8 KiB, 2,106 hits)

  National Policy for Persons with Disabilities and United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (11.1 MiB, 1,116 hits)

Posting

  DoPT O.M. dated 26.12.2022 - Recommendations received from the Court of Chief Commissioners for PwDs on the representation of Shri Vishnu S. Nair, SO, CSS, for posting to native place, i.e. Ernakulam (201.7 KiB, 689 hits)

Relaxations/Concessions
— Relaxation in aptitude test available to SC/ST applicable to the disabled

  SC Order dated 08.07.2020 - Aryan Raj Vs. Chandigarh Administration & Ors. (53.0 KiB, 3,929 hits)

Reservation for PwBD

  DoPT O.M. dated 27.09.2022 - Reservation for Persons with Benchmark Disabilities - Clarification with regard to the concept of own merit (1.1 MiB, 3,040 hits)

Reservation in CPSEs

  DPE O.M. dated 25.02.2015 - Applicability of instructions regarding reservation to SC/ST/OBC, Disability & Ex-servicemen as issued by Govt. Ministries/Departments to CPSEs (105.4 KiB, 21,545 hits)

Reservation in Promotion for PwDs

  DoPT O.M. dated 26.04.2023 - Litigation involving reservation in promotion to Persons with Benchmark Disabilities (PwBD)-regarding (83.1 KiB, 1,220 hits)

  DoPT O.M. dated 27.09.2022 - Reservation for Persons with Benchmark Disabilities - Clarification with regard to the concept of own merit (1.1 MiB, 3,040 hits)

  DFS Letter dated 06.06.2022 - Reservation in promotion to Persons with Benchmark Disabilities (PwBDs) (536.4 KiB, 205 hits)

  DoPT O.M. dated 17.05.2022 - Reservation in promotion to Persons with Benchmark Disabilities (PwBDs) (418.6 KiB, 178 hits)

— The Supreme Court on June 28, 2021 ruled that reservation for Persons with Disabilities (PwD) mandated by Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995, is applicable to promotions as well (State of Kerala vs. Leesamma Joseph).

  SC Judgment dated 28.06.2021 - The State of Kerala & Ors. Vs. Leesamma Joseph (120.0 KiB, 6,731 hits)

Revised Forms for Disability Certificates

  O.M. dated 29.11.2013 – Reservation for Persons with Disabilities - Revised forms for Disability Certificates (528.8 KiB, 957 hits)

The Rights of Persons With Disabilities Act/Rules

  The Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 (13.01.2017) (1.1 MiB, 29,435 hits)

  The Persons with Disabilitiess Act, 1995 (As on newsonair.nic.in-07.04.2017) (144.1 KiB, 595 hits)

Special Recruitment Drive

  Special Recruitment Drive for filling up of Laboratory Assistant post for Persons with Disabilities - reg. (835.5 KiB, 1,978 hits)

  Filling up of various posts for Persons with Disabilities-reg. (As on DoPT website-06.01.2017) (176.3 KiB, 2,994 hits)

  Advertisements issued by Ministries,Departments,Organisations in regard to Spl. Rectt. Drive for filling up of vacancies for PWDs (As on DoPT website-07.10.15) (3.1 MiB, 2,635 hits)

  Advertisements issued by Ministries/Departments/Organisations in regard to Spl. Rectt. Drive for filling up of vacancies for PWDs (As on DoPT website-28.09.15) (1.8 MiB, 934 hits)

  DoPT O.M. dated 22/25.05.2015 - Special Recruitment Drive to fill up the vacancies for Persons with Disabilities (PwDs) (73.4 KiB, 5,983 hits)

Submission of Certificate by NFPwD Scholars

  DEPwD Circular dated 24.01.2023 - Change in procedure for submission of certificate by NFPwD scholars from 1st April 2023 - reg. (170.2 KiB, 1,632 hits)

Temporary Appointment

  DoPT O.M. dated 21.11.2022 - Reiteration of instructions relating to reservation in temporary appointments - regarding (64.3 KiB, 2,788 hits)

Transfer/Rotational Transfer

  DoPT O.M. dated 08.10.2018 - Exemption from the routine exercise of transfer/rotational transfer (for PwDs) (79.0 KiB, 9,680 hits)

  DPE O.M. dated 18.03.2023 - Double/Additional Transport Allowance out of the 50%/35% ceiling relating to Divyangjan - Date of implementation (21.02.2022) (830.1 KiB, 1,392 hits)

Voluntary Retirement

  DoPT O.M. dated 07.09.2020 - Request received for retirement from service (VRS) from PWDs - SC Order in Bhagwan Dass & Anr. Vs. Punjab State Electricity Board - Clarification reg. (110.4 KiB, 3,907 hits)

  DoPT O.M. dated 19.05.2015-Request for Voluntary Retirement from persons suffering from disability-Supreme Court Order in the case of Bhagwan Dass & Anr. (63.5 KiB, 5,160 hits)

  O.M. dated 06.02.2015 - Request for Voluntary Retirement from Persons suffering with disability - regarding (100.4 KiB, 3,847 hits)

Written Examination for PWDs 

  DPE O.M. dated 23.09.2020 – Guidelines for conducting written examination for persons with benchmark disabilities-reg. (DoEPWD OM dated 09.09.2020) (52.0 KiB, 7,671 hits)

  DoEPWD O.M. dated 09.09.2020 – Guidelines for conducting written examination for persons with benchmark disabilities-reg. (2.5 MiB, 7,620 hits)

  MoSJ&E O.M. dated 26.02.2013 – Guidelines for conducting written examination for persons with disabilities (194.5 KiB, 348 hits)

  SC Order dated 08.07.2020 - Aryan Raj Vs. Chandigarh Administration & Ors. (53.0 KiB, 3,929 hits)

V. Court Judgements – New  

Relaxation in aptitude test available to SC/ST applicable to the disabled

  SC Order dated 08.07.2020 - Aryan Raj Vs. Chandigarh Administration & Ors. (53.0 KiB, 3,929 hits)

  Bombay HC judgement dated 04.12.2013 - National Confederation for Development of Disabled & Anr. (132.5 KiB, 10,006 hits)

  SC Judgment dated 08.10.2013 - Union of India & Ors. Vs. National Federation of the Blind & Ors. (330.9 KiB, 5,868 hits)

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