People with autism, mental illnesses, intellectual disability and victims of acid attacks may get special quotas in central government jobs and for special promotions.
The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) has proposed a number of vacancies, promotion quotas and an age relaxation for those who are differently abled The move may provoke a strong controversy as an appeal for reservation in promotion for persons with disability for reservations the Supreme Court of India.
The vacancies allotted for these disabled persons will be for the posts from office assistants to Indian Administrative Service officers. acid victims, those with autism, intellectual disability, specific learning disability, mental illnesses and deafblindness will be offered 1 percent of allocation.Their level of disability should not be less than 40 percent is the guideline.This allocation for the disable is not based on SC and BC classes said the official
