Four percent horizontal reservation has been provided to Persons with Benchmark Disabilities as per
section 34 of “
Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016”. The persons with under mentioned categories of disabilities may apply:
A. Locomotor Disability (LD):
Person with disability of one hand or one leg, one hand and one leg, Leprosy cured person, Cerebral palsy, dwarfism, muscular dystrophy and Acid attack victim as specified in the Schedule of RPwD Act, 2016 would be covered under Locomotor Disability, provided independent mobility is not affected.
B. Visual Impairment (VI):
Candidates with Visual impairment as defined under The Schedule of RPwD Act, 2016, are eligible to apply.
C. Hearing Impairment (HI):
Persons with “deaf” and “hard of hearing” disability as defined under The Schedule of RPwD Act, 2016, are eligible to apply.
D. Intellectual Disability (ID):
Persons having intellectual disability as defined under The Schedule of RPwD Act, 2016, are only eligible to apply.
E. Multiple Disabilities (MD):
Persons with more than one of the above mentioned disabilities as defined under The Schedule of RPwD Act, 2016, are eligible to apply.
Note:
- Only person with benchmark disabilities as defined under section 2.(r) of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 would be eligible for reservation.
- A person who wants to avail the benefit of reservation will have to submit a disability certificate issued by a Competent Authority as prescribed in RPwD Act, 2016. Such certificate will be subject to verification as may be decided by LIC.