UPSC Recruitment 2026: 100+ Group A, B govt posts including in DGCA & IMD for scientists, engineers, lecturers; check eligibility, salary, how to apply and direct linkThe UPSC has opened online applications for numerous Group A and B positions in central government departments, including DGCA, IMD, and AS...
23 May, 2026, 01.51 PM IST
FinMin asks banks to take measures for welfare of persons with disabilitiesPublic sector banks and financial institutions are now required to offer reservations for individuals with benchmark disabilities in direct...
29 Apr, 2026, 09.40 PM IST
May 2026 SSI payment schedule: Will millions get benefits on May 1, and how much will they receive?Millions of Americans will receive May 2026 SSI payment schedule USA updates starting May 1, 2026, with confirmed federal timing bringing e...
23 Apr, 2026, 11.00 PM IST
Tamil Nadu Assembly Elections 2026: What is at stake, who is contesting, and how to vote on April 23Tamil Nadu 2026 Assembly elections: Tamil Nadu votes tomorrow for its 234-member Legislative Assembly. The election features a four-cornere...
23 Apr, 2026, 06.44 AM IST
Visually impaired persons cannot be denied opportunity to join judicial services: SCThe Supreme Court ruled that visually impaired individuals cannot be denied employment in judicial services, emphasizing the need for inclu...
03 Mar, 2025, 12.11 PM IST
All disabled candidates can use scribes to write exam: SCThe Supreme Court has ruled that all disabled candidates can use scribes to write exams without meeting benchmark disability criteria. The ...
03 Feb, 2025, 08.00 PM IST
Mere existence of 40% disability does not bar student from pursuing MBBS course: SCThe Supreme Court has ruled that a candidate with a 40 percent benchmark disability can pursue MBBS if the disability assessment board conf...
15 Oct, 2024, 01.25 PM IST
Divyangjans exempted from motor vehicles tax in West BengalDivyangjan ownership type motor vehicles will be exempted from payment of motor vehicle tax in West Bengal, a state transport department no...
01 Sep, 2023, 03.16 PM IST
4,798 persons with benchmark disabilities recruited in govt jobs from 2018 to 2021: Centre in Lok SabhaWith the enactment of 'The Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016', 4 per cent of the total number of vacancies to be filled up by d...
21 Dec, 2022, 04.47 PM IST
Govt notifies over 3,500 jobs for persons with benchmark disabilitiesThe Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities notified 3,566 posts on January 4 in central government establishments as suitab...
15 Jan, 2021, 09.00 PM IST
Govt amends assessment guidelines for learning disabilityIn a gazette notification, the government said psychiatrists have also been included in the medical authority for assessment of Specific Le...
17 Dec, 2020, 07.48 PM IST
Acid attack victims to get quota in central government jobsThe move to enhance reservation quota for those with learning disability and acid attack victims comes after passage of the Rights of Perso...
28 Jan, 2018, 01.53 PM IST
Acid victims to get reservation in government jobs, promotionsThe Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) has proposed vacancies, promotion quotas and an age relaxation for those with disabilities ...
21 Jun, 2017, 04.22 PM IST
Disabled may get 5 per cent quota in colleges from next sessionAccording to the bill, specially-abled persons with benchmark disability between the age group of 6 and 18 years will also have the right t...
03 Jan, 2017, 02.17 PM IST
Government notifies law on rights of persons with disabilities"The Bill was passed by Parliament in the winter session and then it was sent to the President for his assent. After the nod from the Presi...
30 Dec, 2016, 02.36 PM IST
Government okays Disabilities Bill amendments, may be tabled in ParliamentThe Rights of Persons with Disabilities Bill, 2014, proposes strengthening the office of chief commissioner and state commissioners.
01 Dec, 2016, 09.23 PM IST
Government to examine feasibility of ID cards for disabled personsMinister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment Sudharshan Bhagat informed Lok Sabha that the process has been initiated by way of con...
15 Jul, 2014, 05.14 PM IST