Firms will be asked to reserve 3% quota for the disabled: Minister Staff Reporter
Social Welfare Department distributes aid to the disabled - Photo: T. Singaravelou HELPING THE NEEDY: Social Welfare Minister M. Kandasamy (second from right), presenting a nadaswaram to a vidwan at a function in Puducherry on Monday. PUDUCHERRY: Social Welfare Minister M Kandasamy said on Monday that private companies in the Union Territory too would be asked to implement 3 per cent reservation in jobs for physically disabled. Presiding over a function organised by the department to distribute assistance to the disabled, he said a meeting of officials from private companies would be called next month in this regard. Mr.Kandasamy also said Government departments that had not implemented the reservation would be asked to do so. He said discrepancies in the list of the disabled would be removed and officials would conduct a check on everyone whose names had been included in the list. To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
