Even U.P. government has done very rong thing. On Mon, Aug 23, 2021, 12:26 AM Himanshu Sahu <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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. 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