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IAS Smita Sabharwal's Disability Quota Remark Draws Massive Criticism
Amid a huge row over the selection of controversial probationary IAS officer Puja Khedkar under disability criteria, a senior bureaucrat has questioned the need for quotas for the especially-abled in civil services.
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Persons With Disabilities May Get 5 Per Cent Quota In Colleges From Next Session
The government is keen to finalise the rules of the recently passed Disabilities Bill by April 14 which will allow persons with disabilities to avail 5 per cent reservation in higher education institutions from next academic session.
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Supreme Court Welcomes Government's Steps to Implement Disabled Quota
In rare appreciation, the Supreme Court today welcomed the steps taken by the government in filling up vacancies meant for differently-abled persons and disposed of a contempt plea alleging "willful disobedience" of an order to provide three per cent quota to such persons.
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Disability quota: mere tokenism or real benefit?
Forty-two-year-old Nilesh Singit heaves himself out of the back seat of the car and supports himself against it. His helper, meanwhile, fixes his crutches. Crutches fixed, bent at the waist, Singit, who has cerebral palsy, makes his way to meet us.
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IAS Smita Sabharwal's Disability Quota Remark Draws Massive Criticism
Amid a huge row over the selection of controversial probationary IAS officer Puja Khedkar under disability criteria, a senior bureaucrat has questioned the need for quotas for the especially-abled in civil services.
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Persons With Disabilities May Get 5 Per Cent Quota In Colleges From Next Session
The government is keen to finalise the rules of the recently passed Disabilities Bill by April 14 which will allow persons with disabilities to avail 5 per cent reservation in higher education institutions from next academic session.
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Supreme Court Welcomes Government's Steps to Implement Disabled Quota
In rare appreciation, the Supreme Court today welcomed the steps taken by the government in filling up vacancies meant for differently-abled persons and disposed of a contempt plea alleging "willful disobedience" of an order to provide three per cent quota to such persons.
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Disability quota: mere tokenism or real benefit?
Forty-two-year-old Nilesh Singit heaves himself out of the back seat of the car and supports himself against it. His helper, meanwhile, fixes his crutches. Crutches fixed, bent at the waist, Singit, who has cerebral palsy, makes his way to meet us.
