Acid attack victims to get 4% reservation

New Delhi, Jan 29: The government has finalized reservation in central government jobs for people with autism, mental illness, intellectual disability and acid attack victims.

In case of direct recruitment, four instead of 3% in groups A, B and C shall be reserved for those with benchmark disabilities.

This comes after the passage of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016, which increased the number of recognized disabilities from seven to 21, including low-vision, dwarfism, thalassemia, speech and language disability and acid attack victims.

Those with benchmark disabilities (over 40% of a specific disability) were allotted reservation in education, government jobs, welfare schemes etc.

Reservation in government establishments was also increased from 3% to 4% for certain classes.

1% will also be reserved for autistic, intellectually disabled, specific learning disabled and mentally ill people.