(Persons with Benchmark Disabilities) UPSC (IAS) Civil Services Examinations
(Persons with Benchmark Disabilities) UPSC (IAS) Civil Services Examinations
8. The eligibility for availing reservation against the vacancies reserved for the Persons with Benchmark Disabilities shall be the same as prescribed in “The Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 (RPwD Act, 2016)”. The candidates of Multiple Disabilities will be eligible for reservation under category (e) - Multiple Disabilities only of Section 34(1) of RPwD Act, 2016 and shall not be eligible for reservation under any other categories of disabilities i.e. (a) to (d) of Section 34(1) of RPwD Act, 2016 on account of having 40% and above impairment in any of these categories of PwBD.
Provided further that the Persons with Benchmark Disabilities shall also be required to meet special eligibility criteria in terms of Functional Classification and Physical Requirements (abilities/disabilities) (FC&PR) consistent with requirements of the identified service/post as may be prescribed by its cadre controlling authority at note below Para-1 of this Notice.
The physical requirement and functional classification can for example be one or more of the following:
Sl. No. |
Name of the Service |
Category(ies) for which Identified |
Functional Classification |
Physical Requirements |
(1) |
(2) |
(3) |
(4) |
(5) |
1. |
Indian Administrative Service |
(i) Locomotor disability including Cerebral Palsy, Leprosy Cured, Dwarfism, Acid Attack Victims |
OA, OL, BA, BH, MW, OAL, Cerebral Palsy, Leprosy Cured, Dwarfism, Acid Attack Victims |
S, ST, W, SE, H, RW, C |
BLA, BLOA, BL |
S, SE, H, RW, C |
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(ii) Blindness and Low Vision |
LV |
MF, PP, S, ST, W, L,C, RW, H, KC, BN |
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B |
MF, PP, S, ST, W, L,C, RW, (in braille/ software), H, KC, BN |
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(iii) Deaf and Hard of Hearing |
FD, HH |
PP, S, ST, W, L, C, RW, KC, BN |
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(iv) Multiple disability including only above three sub-categories |
1. |
Low vision + HH |
MF, PP S, ST, W, L, C, RW, H, KC, BN, SE |
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2. |
OA + Low vision |
MF, PP, S, ST ,W, L, C, RW, H, KC, BN, SE |
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OL + Low vision |
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Leprosy cured + Low vision |
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Acid attack victims + Low vision |
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Dwarfism + Low vision |
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3. |
OL + Blindness |
MF, PP, S, ST, W, L, C, RW (in braille/software), H, KC, BN |
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Dwarfism + Blindness |
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4. |
OA + HH |
MF, PP, S, ST, W, L, C, RW, H, KC, BN, SE |
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OL + HH |
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OL + Deaf |
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Leprosy cured + HH |
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Acid attack victims+ HH |
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Dwarfism + Deaf |
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Dwarfism + HH |
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5. |
OA + Low vision + HH |
MF, PP, S, ST, W, L, C, RW, H, KC, BN, SE |
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OL + Low vision + HH |
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Leprosy cured + Low vision + HH |
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Acid attack victims + Low vision + HH |
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Dwarfism + Low vision + HH |
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2. |
Indian Foreign Service |
(i) Locomotor disability including Dwarfism and Acid Attack Victims |
OA, OL, OAL |
S, ST, W, RW, C, MF |
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(ii) Visual Impairment |
LV |
SE, RW |
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(iii) Hearing Impairment |
PD |
H |
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(iv) Multiple disability including |
All mentioned in above rows |
All mentioned in above rows |
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only above three sub-categories |
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3. |
Indian Revenue Service (Customs and Central Excise Gr. A) |
(i) Locomotor Disability |
One Arm (OA), One Leg (OL), |
S, ST, W, SE, RW, C |
One Arm One Leg (OAL) |
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Both Legs (BL) |
S, SE, RW, C |
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Cerebral Palsy |
S, W, SE, RW, C |
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Leprosy Cured |
S, ST, W, SE, RW, C |
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Dwarfism |
S, ST, W, SE, RW, C |
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Acid Attack Victims |
S, ST, W, SE, RW, C |
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Muscular Dystrophy |
S, SE, RW, C |
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(ii) Visual Impairment |
Low Vision |
MF, PP, L, KC, BN, ST, W, H, RW, C |
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Blindness |
MF, PP, L, KC, BN, ST, W, H, C |
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(iii) Hearing Impairment |
Hard of Hearing |
MF, PP, L, KC, BN, ST, W, H, RW, C |
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Deaf |
MF, PP, L, KC, BN, ST, W, RW, C |
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(iv) Multiple Disabilities |
Amongst person under (i) to (iii) above including deaf blindness in the posts identified for each disabilities. |
S, C, MF |
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4. |
Indian P and T Accounts and Finance Service Gr. 'A' |
(i) Locomotor Disability |
OA, OL, OAL, Cerebral Palsy, Leprosy Cured, Dwarfism, Acid Attack Victims |
S, W, SE, RW, C, BN, ST, H, L, KC, MF, PP |
BA, BH |
S, W, SE, RW, C, BN, ST, H, KC |
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BL, MW |
S, SE, RW, C, BN, H, L, KC, MF, PP |
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(ii) Visual Impairment |
Blindness |
S, W, C, BN, ST, H, L, KC, MF, PP, RW (in Braille/software) |
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Low Vision |
S, W, RW, C, BN, ST, H, L, KC, MF, PP |
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(iii) Hearing Impairment |
Deaf and Hard of Hearing |
S,W, SE, RW, C, BN, ST, L, KC, MF, PP |
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5. |
Indian Audit and Accounts Service, Gr. 'A' |
(i) Locomotor Disability including Leprosy Cured, Dwarfism, Acid Attack Victims |
One leg affected (R or L),
or one arm affected (R or L) Leprosy Cured (LC), Dwarfism (DW), Acid Attack |
S, ST, W, BN, SE, RW, C |
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Victims (AAV) |
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(ii) Hard of Hearing |
Hard of Hearing (HH) |
As above |
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(iii) Multiple Disabilities [2 or more disabilities among (i) and (ii) above] |
All mentioned in above
[(i) and (ii) above] |
As above |
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6. |
Indian Defence Accounts
Service, Gr. 'A' |
(i) Locomotor Disability including Leprosy Cured, Dwarfism and Acid Attack Victims |
One Arm (OA), One Leg (OL), |
S, ST, W, BN, SE, RW, C, MF, PP, L, KC, H |
(ii) Visual Impairment |
Low Vision (LV) |
As above |
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(iii) Hearing Impairment |
Hard of Hearing (HH) |
As above |
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(iv) Multiple Disabilities amongst the above three categories |
(i) OA, LV (ii) OL, LV (iii) OA, HH (iv) OL, HH (v) LV, HH |
As above |
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7. |
Indian Revenue Service
(IT), Gr. 'A' |
(i) Locomotor Disability |
One Arm (OA) One Leg (OL) One Arm One Leg (OAL)
Both Arms (BA) |
S, ST, W, SE, RW, C |
Both Legs (BL) |
S, SE, RW, C |
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Cerebral Palsy |
S, W, SE, RW, C |
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Leprosy Cured |
S, ST, W, SE, RW, C |
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Dwarfism |
S, ST, W, SE, RW, C |
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Acid Attack Victims |
S, ST, W, SE, RW, C |
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Muscular Dystrophy |
S, SE, RW, C |
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(ii) Visual Impairment |
Low Vision |
MF, PP, L, KC, BN, ST, W, H, RW, C |
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Blindness |
MF, PP, L, KC, BN, ST, W, H, C |
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(iii) Hearing Impairment |
Hard of Hearing |
MF, PP, L, KC, BN, ST, W, H, RW, C |
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Deaf |
MF, PP, L, KC, BN, ST, W, RW, C |
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(iv) Multiple Disabilities |
Amongst persons under clauses (a) to (c) of Section 34(1) of RPwD Act, 2016 including deaf – blindness in the posts identified for each disabilities. |
S, C, MF |
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8. |
Indian Ordnance |
(i) Locomotor Disability |
OL, OA |
S, M, RW, SE, H, C, MF |
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Factories Service |
including Cerebral Palsy, Leprosy Cured, Dwarfism Acid Attack Victims, Muscular Dystrophy. |
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(ii) Visual Impairment |
LV (Low Vision) |
S, M, RW, SE, H, C, MF |
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(iii) Hearing Impairment |
HH (Hard of Hearing) |
S, M, RW, SE, H (Speaking), C, MF |
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(iv) Multiple disabilities (Amongst
i to iii above) |
All mentioned in above rows |
S, M, RW, SE, H, C, MF |
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9. |
Indian Postal Service, Gr.
'A' |
(i) Locomotor Disability including Cerebral Palsy, Leprosy Cured, Dwarfism, Acid Attack Victims and Muscular Dystrophy. |
OA, OL
Cerebral Palsy, Leprosy Cured, Dwarfism, Acid Attack Victims |
S, ST, W, BN, RW, SE, H, C |
(ii) Blindness and Low Vision |
LV |
S, ST, W, BN, RW, SE, H, C |
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(iii) Deaf and Hard of Hearing |
HH |
S, ST, W, BN, RW, SE, H, C |
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(iv) Multiple Disabilities from amongst persons under clauses (i) to (iii) including deaf-blindness in the posts identified for each disabilities |
LV, HH, OA, OL,
Cerebral Palsy, Leprosy Cured, Dwarfism, Acid Attack Victims |
S, ST, W, BN, RW, SE, H, C |
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10. |
Indian Civil Accounts Service |
(i) Locomotor Disability including Cerebral Palsy |
One Arm (OA) |
S, ST, W, SE, H, RW, C, MF, PP, L, KC, BN |
One Leg (OL) |
S, SE, H, RW, C, MF, PP, L |
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Both Arm (BA) |
S, ST, W, SE, H, C, KC, BN |
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Both Legs (BL) |
S, SE, H, RW, C, MF, PP, L |
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Both Hands (BH) |
S, ST, W, SE, H, C, KC, BN |
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Muscular Weakness (MW) |
S, SE, H, RW, C, MF |
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One Arm One Leg (OAL) |
S, SE, H, RW, C, MF, PP, L |
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Both Legs & Arms (BLA) |
S, SE, H, RW, C |
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Both Legs One Arm (BLOA) |
S, SE, H, RW, C, MF, PP, L |
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Leprosy Cured |
S, ST, W, SE, H, RW, C, MF, PP, L, KC, BN |
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Dwarfism |
S, ST, W, SE, H, RW, C, MF,
PP, L, KC, BN |
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Acid Attack Victims |
S, ST, W, SE, H, RW, C, MF, PP, L, KC, BN |
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(ii) Blindness and Low Vision |
Low Vision (LV) |
S, ST, W, H, RW, C, MF, PP, L, KC, BN |
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(iii) Deaf and Hard of Hearing |
Hard of Hearing |
S, ST, W, SE, RW, C, MF, PP, L, KC, BN |
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11. |
Indian Railways Accounts
Service |
(i) Locomotor Disability |
OA, OL, OAL, BL, Leprosy
Cured, Acid Attack Victims |
S, ST, BN, W, SE, MF, C, RW, H |
(ii) Visual Impairment |
Low Vision (LV) |
S, ST, BN, W, SE, MF, C,
RW, H |
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(iii) Hearing Impairment |
HH |
S, ST, BN, W, SE, MF, C, RW, H (Acceptable with Hearing Aids) |
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12. |
Indian Railways Personnel Service |
(i) Locomotor Disability |
OA, OL, Leprosy Cured, Acid Attack Victims |
S, ST, BN, W, SE, MF, C, RW, H |
(ii) Visual Impairment |
LV |
S, ST, BN, W, SE, MF, C, RW, KC, CL, JU, H |
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(iii) Hearing Impairment |
HH |
S, ST, BN, W, SE, MF, C, RW, KC, CL, JU, H, (Acceptable with Hearing
Aids) |
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13. |
Indian Railways Traffic
Service |
(i) Locomotor Disability |
OA, OL, Leprosy Cured, Acid
Attack Victims |
S, ST, BN, W, SE, MF, C, RW, PP, H |
14. |
Indian Defence Estates
Service, |
(i) Locomotor Disability including Dwarfism, Acid Attack Victims, Leprosy Cured, Muscular Dystrophy |
OA (One Arm)
OL (One Leg) |
S, ST, W, SE, RW, C, MF |
BL (Both Legs) |
S, SE, RW, C, MF |
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(ii) Visual Impairment |
LV (Low Vision) |
SE, RW |
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(iii) Hearing Impairment |
HH (Hard of Hearing) |
H |
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(iv) Multiple disability including only above three categories |
All mentioned in above rows |
All mentioned in above rows |
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15. |
Indian Information Service, Gr. 'A' |
(i) Locomotor Disability including Cerebral Palsy, Leprosy Cured, Dwarfism, Acid Attack Victims, Muscular Dystrophy |
BL, BLOA |
S, RW, SE, H, C |
BLA |
S, SE, H, C |
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BA, BH |
S, ST, W, SE, H |
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OL, OA, MW, OAL |
S, ST, W, SE, H, RW, C |
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(ii) Blind and Low Vision |
LV |
MF, PP, L, KC, BN, ST, W, H, RW, C, SE |
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B |
MF, PP, L, KC, BN, ST, W, H, C |
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(iii) Deaf and Hard of Hearing |
HH |
MF, PP, L, KC, BN, ST, W, H, RW, C |
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FD |
MF, PP, L, KC, BN, ST, W, RW, C |
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(iv) Multiple disabilities from amongst persons under clauses (i) to (iii) above including deaf blindness in the posts identified for each disabilities |
All the above mentioned in categories (i) to (iii) above |
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16. |
Indian Trade Service, Gr.
'A' (Gr. III) |
(i) Locomotor Disability including Cerebral Palsy, Leprosy Cured, Dwarfism, Acid Attack Victims and Muscular Dystrophy |
One Leg (OL), One Arm (OA), One Arm One Leg (OAL), Muscular Weakness (MW) |
S, ST, W, SE, H, RW, C |
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Both Legs (BL), Both Legs One
Arm
(BLOA) |
S, SE, H, RW, C |
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Both Legs and Arms (BLA) |
S, SE, H, C |
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Both Arms (BA), Both Hands (BH) |
S, ST, SE, H, C |
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(ii) Blindness and Low Vision |
Low Vision (LV) |
MF, PP, L, KC, BN, ST, W, H, RW, C |
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Blind (B) |
MF, PP, L, KC, BN, ST, W, H, C |
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(iii) Deaf and Hard of Hearing |
Hard of Hearing (HH) |
MF, PP, L, KC, BN, ST, W, H, RW, C |
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Fully Deaf (FD) |
MF, PP, L, KC, BN, ST, W, RW, C |
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17. |
Indian Corporate Law Service, Group ‘A’ |
(i) Locomotor Disability |
One Arm (OA), |
SE, RW, C, M, S, BN, ST, H |
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One Leg (OL), |
SE, RW, C, M, S, BN, ST, H |
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One Arm and One Leg (OAL), |
SE, RW, C, M, S, BN, ST, H |
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Both Legs (BL), |
SE, RW, C, M, S, BN, H |
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Leprosy Cured (LC), |
SE, RW, C, M, S, BN, ST, H |
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Dwarfism (DW), |
SE, RW, C, M, S, BN, ST, H |
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Acid Attack Victims (AAV), |
SE, RW, C, M, S, BN, ST, H |
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Muscular Dystrophy (MDy) |
SE, RW, C, M, S, BN, ST, H |
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(ii) Visual Impairment |
Low Vision (LV), |
SE, RW, C, M, S, BN, ST, H |
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(iii) Hearing Impairment |
Deaf (D), |
SE, RW, C, M, S, BN, ST |
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Hard of Hearing (HH) |
SE, RW, C, M, S, BN, ST, H |
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(iv) Multiple Disabilities |
Multiple Disabilities (MD), [2 or more disabilities among (i) to (iii)] |
SE, RW, C, M, S, BN |
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18. |
Armed Forces Headquarters
Civil Service, Gr. 'B' |
(i) Locomotor Disability including Cerebral Palsy, Leprosy Cured, |
OA, OL, MW, OAL, Cerebral Palsy, Leprosy Cured, Dwarfism, Acid Attack Victims |
S, ST, W, BN, MF, SE, RW, H, C |
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(Section
Officers' Grade) |
Dwarfism, Acid Attack Victims |
BLOA, BL |
S, SE, H, RW, C |
(ii) Blindness and Low Vision |
B |
S, ST, W, BN, MF, RW (in
Braille/software), H, C |
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LV |
S, ST, W, BN, MF, RW, H, C |
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(iii) Deaf and Hard of Hearing |
FD, HH |
S, ST, W, BN, MF, SE, RW, C |
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19. |
Delhi, Andaman and
Nicobar
Islands, Lakshadweep, Daman and Diu and Dadra and Nagar Haveli Civil Service, Gr. 'B' |
(i) Locomotor disability including Cerebral Palsy, Leprosy Cured, Dwarfism, Acid Attack Victims |
OA, OL, BA, BH, MW, OAL, Cerebral Palsy, Leprosy Cured, Dwarfism, Acid Attack Victims |
S, ST, W, SE, H, RW, C |
BLA, BLOA, BL |
S, SE, H, RW, C |
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(ii) Blindness and Low Vision |
LV |
MF, PP, S, ST, W, L, C, RW, H, KC, BN |
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B |
MF, PP, S, ST, W, L, C, RW (in Braille/software), H, KC, BN| |
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(iii) Deaf and Hard of Hearing |
FD, HH |
PP, S, ST, W, L, C, RW, KC, BN |
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20. |
Pondicherry Civil Service, Gr. 'B' |
(i) Locomotor Disability including Cerebral Palsy, Leprosy Cured, Dwarfism, Acid Attack Victims |
OA, OL, BA, BH, MW,
OAL, CP, LC, DW, AAV |
S, ST, W, SE, H, RW, C |
BLA, BLOA, BL |
S, SE, H, RW, C |
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(ii) Blindness and Low Vision |
LV |
MF, PP, S, ST, W, L, C, RW, H, KC, BN |
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B |
MF, PP, S, ST, W, L, C, RW (in Braille/ software), H, KC, BN |
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(iii) Deaf and Hard of Hearing |
FD, HH |
PP, S, ST, W, L, C, RW, KC, BN |
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