An inter-ministerial panel has been formed to monitor the progress being made by various Central Government departments in filling vacancies of persons with disabilities.

The move comes following a direction from the Supreme Court last month. The apex court in its interim order dated April 28, in the matter of National Federation of Blind, had directed that immediate steps be taken by the Government to expedite the process of filing up of vacancies already identified for persons with disabilities.

The Persons with Disabilities Act, 1995, allows the disabled population a reservation of three per cent in all Government jobs. The inter-ministerial committee will be headed by Additional Secretary in Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) and will have representatives from Ministries of Defence, Financial Services, Public Enterprises and also from Office of Chief Commissioner of persons with disabilities, among others.

“The Committee shall meet atleast once in a month. The committee would monitor the progress in filling up of vacancies of persons with disabilities reported to the Supreme Court, to ensure that appropriate action is taken for filling up such vacancies in the scheduled time frame,” read an order issued by DoPT said.   

Source: http://mail.dailypioneer.com/nation/panel-to-monitor-vacancies-for-persons-with-disabilities.html