| 1.
Reservation In : |
| (a) Government
Job : |
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3% reservation in
Govt. job for physically handicapped persons.
The state government
has decided that one percent vacancies of each for the blind, the
deaf & the Orthopaedically handicapped in Class III & Class
IV services of Govt. and comparable posts in the public sector undertakings
and local bodies to be filled in by directorate of recruitment in
any office should be reserved for being filled in by these persons.
O/I - Social welfare,
Cultural Affairs, Sports & Tourism Department.
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| (b) Educational
institution : |
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2% seats are reserved
for handicapped for extension programme like short term courses
in the following :
- Mental Retardation
- Awareness Programme (Pertaining to all disabilities and rehabilition)
- Learning disability
- 1% seat is reserved for handicapped for admission in technical
institutions.
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| 2.
Age relaxation: |
| The upper age limit
is relaxed upto 45 years for handicapped person for applying in Govt.
jobs. |
| 3.
Scholarship/Stipend : |
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The State Govt. awards
Rs 30/-P.M. as scholarship to those handicapped students from Class
I to VIII whose family income is less than Rs.4,800/-P.M.
A certificate of
at least 40% disability required to be eligible for the scholarship.
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| 4.
Maintenance Allowance/Scholarship (through Institution/NGOs) : |
| Disabled
persons whose age in 55 years and above get maintenance allowance
grant through NGO's @ Rs.125/-P.M. |
| 5.
Un-employment allowances : |
| Unemployed graduates
are sent to work with Govt. Officers and given Rs.100/- for 15 days.
They have to work for 4 hours per day. |
| 6.
Conveyance allowances : |
| Govt. employees get
50% of the basic or Rs.100/-P.M. max. as conveyance allowance for
attending office. |
| 7.
Bus concession/ Rail concession : |
| State transport is
giving 75% concession in bus fares to blind, deaf and Orthopaedically
Handicapped students and person and 50% concession to their attendants. |
| 8.
Assistance for self employment : |
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The maximum assistance
admissible under this scheme shall be Rs. 500 per beneficiary. In
exceptional types of trades such as armature, winding, book binding,
sheet metal work etc. for which the material of equipment required
is much expensive. The ceiling of financial assistance may be raised
upto a maximum of Rs. 1000 per beneficiary.
Financial assistance
up to Rs. 1000 is given to the trained disabled person.
Officer - Director
of Social Welfare, Maharashtra, Pune-1
An amount of Rs.
1300 is given to the physically handicapped persons to start small
projects/ self employment. He can apply for bank loan upto Rs.25,000
for self employment. 20% of this loan is a grant from Government
as surety.
Bank loan upto an
amount of Rs. 2000/- for 5 years at 4% interest rate is given to
the handicapped persons Repayment can be done after 4 years.
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| 9.
Awards/ Sports/ Seminars : |
| State Govt. gives
awards to disabled for the excellent work done by them to those who
fail to get National Awards by Central Govt. |
| 10.
Exemption in professional tax/road tax : |
| Physically handicapped
persons are totally exempted from paying professional tax from 1087-88.
Physically handicapped persons are also exempted from paying road
tax. |
| 11.
Assistance for purchase of aids & appliances : |
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50% concession is
given for those whose family income is less than Rs.4,500. Maximum
limit of assistance is Rs.3,000. Limit for travel expenditure is
Rs.150. For lodging/ boarding Rs.10 per day subject to maximum of
Rs.100.
Eligibility -
upto Rs.1500 P.A. - 100%
Rs.1501-2000 P.A. - 50% |
| 12.
Other concessions : |
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(i) Relaxation in
typing qualification : Relaxation in typing qualification for appointment
to clerical post mandatory for MPSC.
(ii) Margin money
- Margin money provided to the disabled upto the maximum cost of
the project Rs.2,500. Out of this, 80% is bank loan and 20% is subsidy
being provided by the state Govt. i.e. Rs. 5000/-.
(iii) Government
Quarter : Disabled get preference in allotment of govt. quarter.
(iv) Extra timing
in exam : Deaf, dumb, blind and physically handicapped students
get extra 30 minutes time in the Secondary and Higher Secondary
Examinations. The above categories students are provided a Writer
if necessary at the time of examination whose arrangement is done
by the board.
(v) Spastics students
are given extra 2 hours to solve the questions. They have options
to write or type. Writer facility is also allowed.
(vi) Exemption from
drawing figures/ graphs :
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