Rajasthan

• 27 Nov 2021

Reservation in Promotion along with Recruitment to the Differently Abled People in the State

Why in News

Recently, the Social Justice and Empowerment Department of Rajasthan has issued the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Rules Amendment-2021 and issued a form regarding the provision of reservation for direct recruitment and promotions of persons with disabilities in all government departments.

Key Points

• Under this, now along with government recruitments in the state, differently abled people will get the benefit of four percent reservation in promotions.
• Along with this, the state government has also made a provision to give one year relaxation in the upper age limit to the differently-abled in direct recruitment.
• To help the differently-abled, nodal officers will be appointed in the government departments, who will look after various matters related to the disabled.