What an irony! On the one hand Rpd Act increased reservation to 4% from 3%, on the other, Gov. is reducing job opportunities for PWDs by either privatising PSUs or restricting even identified jobs...
On 8/19/21, National Platform For The Rights of the Disabled <[email protected]> wrote: > *Press Statement* > > > > > > The Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities has vide a > Gazette Notification issued on August 18, 2021, exempted certain government > establishments from the purview of Section 34 of the Rights of Persons with > Disabilities Act, 2016. This section provides for four per cent reservation > in employment in government establishments for persons with benchmark > disabilities. > > > > The Department has misutilised the proviso under the Section which grants > such exemption: “Provided further that the appropriate Government, in > consultation with the Chief Commissioner or the State Commissioner, as the > case may be, having regard to the type of work carried out in any > Government establishment, by notification and subject to such conditions, > if any, as may be specified in such notifications exempt any Government > establishment from the provisions of this section.” > > > > The intent of this proviso however is not to grant a blanket exemption from > employing disabled persons but to see that combatant roles or such duties > are not assigned to them. And in any case, recruitment is only against > identified posts. > > > > Militating against the spirit and intent of the proviso, the notification > issued on August 18, 2021 grants exemption to: “all categories of posts > under the Indian Police Service; ii. all categories of posts under the > Delhi, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Lakshdweep, Daman and Diu and Dadra and > Nagar Haveli Police Service; and iii. all categories of posts under the > Indian Railway Protection Force Service.” This is unacceptable. > > > > This is even more shocking given the fact that the Delhi Police had in > October 2019 advertised for “Head Constable (Ministerial) giving > reservations for persons with disabilities. > > > > Surprisingly, in another notification issued the same day, August > 18,pertaining to Central Armed Police Forces, namely, Border Security > Force, Central Reserve Police Force, Central Industrial Security Force, > Indo-Tibetan Border Police, Sashastra Seema Bal and Assam Rifles, exemption > is confined only to “all categories of posts of combatant personnel”. > > > > Implicit in the second notification as also the earlier Delhi Police > advertisement is the acknowledgement that persons with disabilities can be > recruited and deputed in non-combatant roles. > > > > The NPRD therefore demands the withdrawal of the first notification. > Exemptions should be granted only in cases of “combatant roles” in keeping > with the intent and spirit of the proviso under Section 34 of the RPD Act. > It is regrettable that a department that is supposed to safeguard the > rights of the disabled and empower them, is doing just the opposite. > > > > > > *(Muralidharan)* > > *General Secretary* > -- > National Platform for the Rights of the Disabled (NPRD) > 36, Pt. Ravishankar Shukla Lane > New Delhi 110 001 > Tel. 11-23387674; 9868768543 > > -- > Disclaimer: > 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the > person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; > > 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails > sent through this mailing list.. > > > Search for old postings at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "AccessIndia" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/a/accessindia.org.in/d/msgid/accessindia/CAGWwanegOTKU0Xe90Raqs7AFX49Fk1JbHdhtJ%2BrOaV97DxcmPQ%40mail.gmail.com. > -- With Thanks and regards ( Himanshu Sahu) EQUALITY & DIGNITY Manager, Indian Bank, Kolkata General Secretary Visually Impaired Bank Employees Welfare Association (VIBEWA) www.vibewa.org Reach: 9051055000/9748095555 -- Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list.. Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "AccessIndia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/a/accessindia.org.in/d/msgid/accessindia/CA%2B%3DCcvCFHfv9uswmAbA4Ugc%3DpJLAJJgfjshtSx6%2BPhJLokk0Cg%40mail.gmail.com.
