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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99
The Gazette of India
CG-DL-E-02072024-255092
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (i)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 338]
NEW DELHI, TUESDAY, JULY 2, 2024/ASHADHA 11, 1946
3903 GI/2024
MINISTRY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
[Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (Divyangjan)]
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 2nd July, 2024
G.S.R. 361(E).—Whereas a draft of certain rules to amend sub-rule (1) of rule 15 of the Rights of Persons
with Disabilities Rules, 2017 were published, as required by sub-section (1) of section 100 of the Rights of Persons
with Disabilities Act, 2016 (49 of 2016), vide G.S.R. 219 (E), dated the 19th March 2024 in the Official Gazette of
India, Extraordinary, Part-II, section 3, sub-section (i), inviting objections and suggestions from all persons likely to
be affected thereby, before the expiry of thirty days from the date on which the copies of the Official Gazette
containing the said notification was made available to the public;
And whereas, copies of the Official Gazette in which the said notification were made available to the public
on the 19th March, 2024;
And whereas, the objections and suggestions received from the public were considered by the Central
Government;
Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-sections (1) and (2) of section 100 of the Rights
of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 (49 of 2016), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules further
to amend the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Rules, 2017, namely:-
(1) These rules may be called the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (Amendment) Rules, 2024.
(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
2. In the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Rules, 2017, in rule 15, in sub-rule (1), after clause (o), the following
clause shall be inserted, namely:-
"(p) Accessibility standards and Guidelines for Banking Sector, as specified in the notification in the Department of
Financial Services, Ministry of Finance, Government of India vide Notification no. F.No. 7/32/2022-BOA-I dated the
2nd February, 2024".
[F. No. I-12012/7/2022-AIC]
RAJEEV SHARMA, Jt. Secy.
Note: The Rights of Persons with Disabilities Rules, 2017 were published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary,
Part II, section 3, sub-section (i) vide notification number G.S.R. 591 (E), dated the 15th June, 2017 and was last
amended vide G.S.R. 358 (E), dated the 25th June, 2024.
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