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Quota For Acid attack victims
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- The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) has issued notification to provide quota to people with autism, mental illnesses, intellectual disability and victims of acid attacks in Central government jobs.
- In case of direct recruitment, 4% of the total number of vacancies up from existing 3%, in groups A, B and Cwill be reserved for people with benchmark disabilities.
- Benchmark disability means a person with not less than 40% of a specified disability
- 1% of each posts be reserved for people with blindness and low vision; deaf and hard of hearing; locomotor disability including cerebral palsy, leprosy cured, dwarfism, acid attack victims and muscular dystrophy.
- Besides, 1% cent posts each shall be also reserved for people suffering from autism, intellectual disability, specific learning disability and mental illness.
- The move to enhance reservation quota for those with learning disability and acid attack victims comes after passage of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016, and the notification of relevant rules in this regard.
- Under the new rules, all government organisations have been asked to appoint ‘grievance redressal officers’ to look into complaints.
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