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GOVERNMENT OF PUDUCHERRY
SOCIAL WELFARE SECRETARIAT
(G.O. Ms. No. 20/SWS/2019-2020, Puducherry, dated 10th January 2020)
NOTIFICATION
The Ministry of Law and Justice (Legislative Department),
Government of India, has enacted a new law viz., “The Rights of Persons
with Disabilities Act, 2016” (No. 49 of 2016) on 27th December 2016.
The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Government of India,
has appointed 19th April, 2017, as the date on which the said Act shall
come into force vide Notification S.O.No. 1215 (E), dated 19th April 2017.
The Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India, has delegated the
powers of the State Government under the Act to the Administrators of
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all the Union Territories vide Notification S.O.No. 3870(E), dated
12th December, 2017 and published in section 3, Part II of the Extraordinary
Gazette of India vide No. 3394. The rules of the Union Territory
Government under section 101 of the Act have been published vide G.O.
Ms. No. 12, dated 19-12-2018.
Whereas, section 24 of the Act stipulates as follows:-
“24 (1) The appropriate Government shall within the limit of its
economic capacity and development formulate necessary schemes and
programmes to safeguard and promote the rights of persons with
disabilities for adequate standard of living to enable them to live
independently or in the community:
Provided that the quantum of assistance to the persons with
disabilities under such schemes and programmes shall be at least
twenty-five per cent. higher than the similar schemes applicable to
others.”
And whereas, section 37 of the Act provides as follows:-
“The appropriate Government and the Local Authorities shall,
by notification make schemes in favour of persons with benchmark
disabilities, to provide,-
(a) five per cent. reservation in allotment of agricultural land
and housing in all relevant schemes and development
programmes, with appropriate priority to women with
benchmark disabilities;
(b) five per cent. reservation in all poverty alleviation and
various developmental schemes with appropriate priority to
women with benchmark disabilities;
(c) five per cent. reservation in allotment of land on
concessional rate, where such land is to be used for the
purpose of promoting housing, shelter, setting up of
occupation, business, enterprise, recreation centres and
production centres.”
Now, therefore, the Lieutenant-Governor hereby orders that the
Administrative Departments shall implement the abovesaid provisions
of the Act. In case, the persons with benchmark disability are not
available to avail the benefit, then quota will be utilized by person other
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than persons with benchmark disability. The Administrative Departments
are directed to furnish the return in the enclosed pro forma, on six
monthly basis to the Directorate of Social Welfare.
(By order of the Lieutenant-Governor)
K. SARANGAPANI,
Under Secretary to Government (Welfare).
PRO FORMA
(Appended to the G.O. Ms. No. 20/SWS/2019-2020, dated 10-01-2020)
Name of the Department : ...................... Reporting period : ...............
1. Status of reservation
:
Sl.
Name
Total No. of
No. of
No. of
Percentage
No. of the
beneficiaries
differently
differently
of differently
scheme
during the
abled
abled
abled
period
beneficiaries
beneficiaries
beneficiaries
under
applied for
out of Col.
out of total
report
the benefit
beneficiaries
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
2. It is certified that provision to the section 24 of the Rights of
Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 has been complied
Signature of Head of Department.
Male
Female
Total
Male
Female
Total
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