3% quota for disabled: Monaj Kumar
Shillong,
Nov
01:
Chief
Commissioner
for
persons
with
disabilities
Monaj
Kumar
has
stressed
the
need
to
strictly
aportion
three
per
cent
reservation
in
educational
institution
and
Government
departments
for
disabled
persons.
To address grievances of disabled persons soon, a one-day mobile court was organised at the Soso Tham Auditorium here yesterday.
Speaking to reporters he informed that the court had also directed the Education Department to update the backlong vaccancies since 1996 in the state. He asked the departments to ensure that the quota for persons with disabilities was filled without fail.
Mr Kumar said the main objective of the mobile court was to reach out to the people and streamline the system of the government while adding that the Union Ministry of social justice and empowerment had already conducted similar courts in Aizawl last Friday. Similar programmes are slated for Gangtok and Namchi.
Altogether 44 cases were heard of which necessary action was taken on the spot.
A suo motu case was also registered for providing barrier free environment for person with disabilities in all the seven districts of the state.
UNI