The Centre is planning to impose stringent rules and regulations for both private and government institutions to give employment to persons with disabilities while adhering to the equal opportunity policy under the Right of Persons with Disabilities Act.
The equal opportunity policy will include a list of jobs identified for persons with disabilities. It will also include appointment of trained staff to handle recruitment of differently-abled persons, the way in which persons with disabilities are selected for various positions, allocation of facilities such as special leave, residential accommodation or transfers, reported The Economic Times.
The policy is supposed to get published on the website and in the annual report and records maintained by the organisation. The rules framed by the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (DePwD) will seek public comments before issuing any sort of notification.
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The government is planning to put the Act into effect on Ambedkar Jayanti (April 14).
The Right of Persons with Disabilities Act was passed by Parliament in December 2016 under which reservation for disabled is set to increase by 2 per cent in colleges while one per cent in government jobs.
With the passage of this bill, every child with benchmark disability between the age group of 6 and 18 years shall have the right to free education.
The bill seeks to increase reservation in government jobs for persons with benchmark disabilities from 3 per cent to 4 per cent, and in higher education institutes from 3 per cent to 5 per cent.
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The legislation was drafted to make Indian laws compliant with the UN Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities replacing the Persons with Disabilities Act 1995.
(With inputs from PTI)
