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 Rights 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 Car
· 50% in 1AC and 2AC
· 25% in 3AC & AC Chair Car
of Rajdhani/Shatabdi trains
· 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 Class
· 50% 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 travelling by the buses owned by State transport
undertakings.
As per Section 33 of the Persons with Disabilities (Equal
Opportunities, Protection of Rights 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.
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