Disabled face job challenges
11 years, 3 months ago

Disabled face job challenges

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The lack of job opportunities is forcing even well-qualified persons among the differently?abled to sit at home. “This can only be blamed on bureaucratic inaction,” said K. Amruta Reddy, a differently abled person who works at the Cyberabad police?commissionerate. The process is not delineated, nor are the laws understood clearly,” Reddy, who is the president of the Differently Abled Employees Welfare Association, AP, said. It is not comfortable to walk everywhere with crutches.” Next: Fellowship money held, disabled left penniless Fellowship money held, disabled left penniless Hyderabad: Many physically challenged candidates awarded fellowships under the Rajiv Gandhi National Fellowship for Differently Abled scheme are not receiving their fellowship amounts. Srinivas Rao, principal of Sweekar Upkaar Junior College said, “There are just five government schools across AP to cater to disabled children, whereas there are 200 private schools by various NGOs.

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‘Ensure govt. facilities reach persons with disabilities effectively’
1 month, 2 weeks ago

‘Ensure govt. facilities reach persons with disabilities effectively’

The Hindu  

Das Suryavamshi, Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities Act, has said that officers should make efforts to take facilities extended by the government to the doorsteps of the persons with disabilities effectively and bring them to the mainstream. The officers of the concerned departments should submit an action plan to the ZP CEO to conduct special camps on education programmes such …

Differently-abled demand hike in assistance similar to Andhra Pradesh
2 months, 1 week ago

Differently-abled demand hike in assistance similar to Andhra Pradesh

The Hindu  

Tamil Nadu Association for Rights of All Types of Differently-abled and Caregivers staged a protest demonstration demanding a hike in disability assistance along with a raft of other demands in Denkanikottai on Tuesday. The protesters, as part of the state-wide protests to “fill the jails” over the various demands, called for a hike in disability assistance similar to that of …

Administration taking all efforts to provide 4% reservation for differently abled in govt. jobs: Rangasamy
3 months, 1 week ago

Administration taking all efforts to provide 4% reservation for differently abled in govt. jobs: Rangasamy

The Hindu  

The Puducherry administration is taking all efforts to provide 4% reservation for differently abled persons in government jobs, Chief Minister N. Rangasamy said here on Monday. We are planning to provide 4% quota for differently abled persons in these categories,” Mr. Rangasamy said. Speaking on the occasion, Lieutenant Governor K. Kailashnathan said the governments at Centre and Union Territory are …

Centre issues guidelines for disability reservation to ensure uniformity
4 months, 1 week ago

Centre issues guidelines for disability reservation to ensure uniformity

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The Centre has issued comprehensive guidelines to streamline reservation and identification of posts for persons with at least 40 per cent disabilities, mandating periodic identification of such posts and formation of committees to assess them. The move comes after the Delhi High Court flagged inconsistencies in implementation of the the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 and …

Telangana okays 5% reservation for PwD
9 months ago

Telangana okays 5% reservation for PwD

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The Telangana government on Wednesday issued a directive to implement a five per cent reservation for persons with benchmark disabilities in all higher education institutions, including government and aided institutions. The directive, dated June 25, 2024, falls under the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016, which mandates such reservations and age relaxations to ensure equal educational opportunities for …

'Denying child-care leaves to mother of disabled child violates state's constitutional duty': Supreme Court
11 months, 1 week ago

'Denying child-care leaves to mother of disabled child violates state's constitutional duty': Supreme Court

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court on Monday said the equal participation of women in the workforce is a matter of Constitutional duty, observing the importance of child-care leaves for mothers of children with disabilities. A bench comprising Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud and Justice JB Pardiwala held that denying child-care leaves to mothers of children with disabilities would violate this Constitutional …

Access To Accountability: Doing More On Disability Inclusion
1 year, 3 months ago

Access To Accountability: Doing More On Disability Inclusion

The Quint  

Over a billion people in this world live with one or another form of disability. Lately India Inc. organisations have started taking cognizance of the barriers presented by visible and invisible disabilities. Furthermore, role models in key positions are sharing their journeys with the aim of shedding stigma and boosting confidence of persons with disabilities who may otherwise be undermining …

CM Jagan dedicatedly working for differently abled, says MLA
1 year, 3 months ago

CM Jagan dedicatedly working for differently abled, says MLA

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada: State Planning Board Chairman and Vijayawada Central MLA Malladi Vishnu has said Chief Minister Y.S. NTR and Krishna districts’ differently abled, and senior citizens welfare departments organised the Disabled People’s Day celebrations at the Tummalapalli Kalakshetram in Vijayawada on Sunday. Vishnu said the state government is handing over Rs 3,000 to Rs 10,000 as pensions to the differently-abled, disabled …

A job and career right the disabled cannot be denied
1 year, 8 months ago

A job and career right the disabled cannot be denied

The Hindu  

‘Justice delayed is justice denied’ is a statement often used in the context of judicial cases that have been or are pending for long in courts of law. An integral part of reservation Reservation for the disabled in promotion in all groups was first interpreted as an integral part of reservation by the Department of Personnel and Training, order no. …

Hyderabad: Experts call for reforms for PwDs
2 years, 3 months ago

Hyderabad: Experts call for reforms for PwDs

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: A panel of experts has called for major reforms to aid persons with disabilities, during a discussion titled ‘Human Rights of Persons with Disabilities in India: Policies & Practices’ held here on Saturday to mark International Human Rights Day. Speaking at the event, Kasinadh Lakkaraju, zonal convener, Rehabilitation Council of India, said that about 10.5 lakh people were physically …

TS tops in providing welfare to the disabled, says KCR
2 years, 3 months ago

TS tops in providing welfare to the disabled, says KCR

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao on Saturday, International Day of Persons with Disabilities, said that the state government had stood by disabled people and had set an example for the country. Rao said the government had created a department for the welfare of disabled as a special wing independent of the women and child welfare department. He said the …

Kerala Govt accused of sabotaging reservations for disabled
2 years, 5 months ago

Kerala Govt accused of sabotaging reservations for disabled

The Hindu  

The State Government has been accused of helping aided school managements to sabotage the proposed reservations for the differently abled in schools. Functionaries of Differently abled Employees’ Association alleged on Tuesday that the managements had not been implementing the Supreme Court verdict and the Kerala High Court directive to bring in reservations for the disabled in aided schools. Three per …

Andhra Pradesh: Union Minister assures differently-abled persons of all help
2 years, 6 months ago

Andhra Pradesh: Union Minister assures differently-abled persons of all help

The Hindu  

September 13, 2022 09:02 pm | Updated 09:02 pm IST - ONGOLE The Centre is ready to meet the demands of differently-abled persons in improving their quality of life, said Union Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment A. Narayanaswamy. Distributing battery-run tricycles, manual tri-cycles, wheel chairs and other aids to differently-abled persons here on Tuesday, he said the …

Rigid Criteria, Fewer Posts Under Reservation: Why People With Disability Find it Hard to Get Jobs?
2 years, 7 months ago

Rigid Criteria, Fewer Posts Under Reservation: Why People With Disability Find it Hard to Get Jobs?

News 18  

Despite the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 mandating 4 per cent reservation for Persons With Disabilities in government jobs, the job sector in India barely has any representation from the PWDs community. Removing Reservation For People With Disabilities In 2021, the Center exempted all categories of posts under the Indian Police Service and Indian Railway Protection Force, including …

For equal treatment: The Hindu Editorial on the Supreme Court extending benefits to the disabled
4 years, 8 months ago

For equal treatment: The Hindu Editorial on the Supreme Court extending benefits to the disabled

The Hindu  

In holding that people suffering from disability are entitled to the same benefits and relaxations as candidates belonging to the Scheduled Castes, the Supreme Court has recognised the travails of the disabled in accessing education or employment, regardless of their social status. Recently, the top court ruled that the Delhi High Court had correctly decided in 2012 that “people suffering …

SC affirms 3% quota for disabled in PSUs
5 years, 2 months ago

SC affirms 3% quota for disabled in PSUs

The Hindu  

A three-judge Bench of the Supreme Court has granted relief to persons with disabilities across the country by allowing reservation in promotion in all groups for those employed in public sector jobs. The Bench, also comprising Justices Aniruddha Bose and V. Ramasubramanian, was answering a reference on the question whether the disabled, included under The Persons with Disabilities Act, 1995”, …

No reservation for disabled in ad for sanitary inspectors
7 years, 2 months ago

No reservation for disabled in ad for sanitary inspectors

Deccan Chronicle  

Chennai: Despite the enhancement of reservation in government jobs for the disabled from 3 to 4 per cent in The Rights of Persons with Disabilities Bill - 2016, the Tamil Nadu Commissionerate of Municipal Administration did not provide any reservation for the disabled in the notification it issue-d on Monday for the filling up of 110 Sanitary Inspector posts in …

Workforce integration of the disabled needed
7 years, 3 months ago

Workforce integration of the disabled needed

Live Mint  

This month marked the first anniversary of the passage of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016. But that’s largely restricted to a few pockets of urban India; a lot more is needed for integrating persons with disabilities in the mainstream workforce. The need of the hour is for organizations and industries to draw parallels with the journey of …

Can State Specify Percentage Of Disability For Reservation In Recruitment? Madras HC Asks [Read Order]
7 years, 9 months ago

Can State Specify Percentage Of Disability For Reservation In Recruitment? Madras HC Asks [Read Order]

Live Law  

The High Court of Madras recently questioned the Additional Advocate General on the source of the power of the Government to specify the percentage of disabilities for reservation in recruitment for various posts.The Bench comprising Chief Justice Indira Banerjee and Justice M. Sundar was hearing a PIL seeking 4% reservation for the disabled in the direct recruitment of Post Graduate. …

3% quota for differently abled not implemented: Government
8 years, 10 months ago

3% quota for differently abled not implemented: Government

India TV News  

New Delhi:The government on Tuesday said it has been unable to provide 3% reservation to differently abled people in its services. “The provision is for three per cent reservation, but it is far less,” said social justice and empowerment minister Thaawar Chand Gehlot in Lok Sabha. In his written response, he said as per the Persons with Disabilities Act, 1995, …

SC upholds mandatory 3% quota for the disabled in Government Jobs
10 years, 6 months ago

SC upholds mandatory 3% quota for the disabled in Government Jobs

Live Law  

An apex Court bench comprising of Chief Justice R.M. Lodha, Justice Kurian Joseph and Justice Rohinton F Nariman on Friday held that three per cent reservation for differently-abled persons be provided in all categories of government jobs, including appointments and promotions to the IAS, while pulling up the Centre for ‘frustrating’ the very purpose of empowering legislation by. Lodha, Justice …

Job reservation bill in PSUs for disabled introduced in RS
11 years, 1 month ago

Job reservation bill in PSUs for disabled introduced in RS

Firstpost  

The bill covers a variety of issues relating to the disabled persons such as physical, mental and multiple disabilities. New Delhi: A bill seeking to provide five percent reservation for disabled persons in public sector jobs and reserve seats for them in higher educational institutions was introduced in Rajya Sabha today. The Rights of Persons with Disabilities Bill, 2014, which …

The differently abled face another challenge
11 years, 4 months ago

The differently abled face another challenge

The Hindu  

The government’s proposal to include persons with less than 40 per cent disability in the pension net has put the existing beneficiaries under a lot of stress. According to Persons with Disabilities Act, 1995, blindness, low vision, hearing impairment, loco-motor disability, mental retardation, illness and cure from leprosy qualify persons to avail benefits from State-run schemes, provided they suffer from …

Disabled children's welfare hangs between bureaucratic snags
12 years, 6 months ago

Disabled children's welfare hangs between bureaucratic snags

India TV News  

Mumbai, Sep 16: The welfare of handicapped children in Maharashtra has been caught in bureaucratic hurdles between the state social justice and women and child welfare departments for controlling the shelter homes. Social Justice Ministry was the parent department to handle the welfare of handicapped children under the provisions of Persons With Disabilities Act, 1995.After the new department of women …

Quota for disabled not fully utilised in most states: UN
12 years, 7 months ago

Quota for disabled not fully utilised in most states: UN

The Hindu  

Noting that quota for the disabled in jobs, education and poverty alleviation schemes remains under-utilised, a UN report has recommended adopting a uniform eligibility definition across departments and filling the backlog in vacancies. “While three percent of employment and livelihood schemes are reserved for Persons with Disabilities, available data reveals that this reservation is not fully utilised in most states …

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