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
Stock Market Crash Today: D-Street investors lose Rs 5 lakh crore. 7 reasons why Sensex and Nifty fellIndian stock markets experienced sharp losses for the third consecutive session, with Sensex and Nifty falling over 1% each. Escalating Ira...
24 Apr, 2026, 04.07 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
Why battery recycling units across India are harmful for children and pregnant womenA new study by Toxics Link reveals alarming lead contamination in soil surrounding battery recycling units across India, with levels signif...
09 Apr, 2026, 02.18 PM IST
Enrollments under NAPS up 50% in 2025-26Official data seen by ET shows registration of apprentices under the National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme (NAPS) stood at an all time h...
05 Apr, 2026, 02.58 PM IST
UPSC allows 'centre of choice' to candidates with benchmark disabilitiesThe Union Public Service Commission will now allot examination centres of their choice to candidates with benchmark disabilities. This move...
12 Dec, 2025, 02.08 PM IST
SSC to provide scribe to candidates with benchmark disabilityThe Staff Selection Commission (SSC) will now provide scribes for eligible candidates in its recruitment exams, following guidelines from t...
04 Sep, 2025, 04.29 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
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
Jobs for acid attack victims, ones with mental disabilityIn case of acid attack victims, the Supreme Court had asked the government to identify this as a disability and reserve jobs.
19 Sep, 2019, 11.06 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