‘Some govt bodies not following reservation rules for visually impaired’
It seems that government is not doing what is mandatory by law for visually impaired people. According to Anil Aneja, professor of University of Delhi (DU), some government bodies are not following reservation policy in respect to jobs for visually-impaired people.
‘It has been observed that government agencies violate reservation policy. In regard with same, many cases have been filed and some cases are still going on in High Court,’ said Anil Aneja, who will be conferred with the National Award for the Empowerment for Persons with Disabilities by the Government of India on 3 December next month.
The DU professor complained that he had filed a case against Indian Railways in 2005 for not giving jobs to visually-impaired applicants. ‘When the judgement was passed in favour of the visually impaired people, around 4,200 jobs were created’, he said.
Three of per cent of seats in government jobs are reserved for person with disabilities. Out of which, one percent is reserved for visually impaired, one percent for hearing impaired and one percent for physically disabled people.
In a move to help visually impaired people, DU will install a new technology called ‘Inclusive Print Access Project’ which can scan books and transcribe text to speech in all its libraries.
‘We have been working with institutions to create facilities for visually impaired students. We are also fighting at national level to build facilities for visually impaired people at metro stations, roads and other public places,’ said Anil Aneja, who is also officer on special duty at DU’s Equal Opportunity Cell.
‘It has been observed that government agencies violate reservation policy. In regard with same, many cases have been filed and some cases are still going on in High Court,’ said Anil Aneja, who will be conferred with the National Award for the Empowerment for Persons with Disabilities by the Government of India on 3 December next month.
The DU professor complained that he had filed a case against Indian Railways in 2005 for not giving jobs to visually-impaired applicants. ‘When the judgement was passed in favour of the visually impaired people, around 4,200 jobs were created’, he said.
Three of per cent of seats in government jobs are reserved for person with disabilities. Out of which, one percent is reserved for visually impaired, one percent for hearing impaired and one percent for physically disabled people.
In a move to help visually impaired people, DU will install a new technology called ‘Inclusive Print Access Project’ which can scan books and transcribe text to speech in all its libraries.
‘We have been working with institutions to create facilities for visually impaired students. We are also fighting at national level to build facilities for visually impaired people at metro stations, roads and other public places,’ said Anil Aneja, who is also officer on special duty at DU’s Equal Opportunity Cell.