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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99
The Gazette of India
CG-DL-E-12082025-265358
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (i)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 495]
NEW DELHI, FRIDAY, AUGUST 8, 2025/SHRAVANA 17, 1947
MINISTRY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
(Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities)
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 4th August, 2025
G.S.R. 539(E). -The following draft of certain rules to amend the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Rules,
2017, which the Central Government proposes to make 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), is hereby published as required by
sub-section (1) of the said section, for the information of all persons likely to be affected thereby; and notice is hereby
given that the said draft rules shall be taken into consideration after the expiry of a period of thirty days from the date
on which the copies of the Official Gazette in which this notification is published are made available to the public;
Objections and suggestions, if any, may be addressed to Ms. Debala Bhattacharjee, Under Secretary to the
Government of India, Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (Divyangjan), Room No 517, 5th
Floor, Pandit Deendayal Antyodaya Bhawan, CGO Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi, 110003 or by email at
debala.joarder@gov.in and/or policy.depwd@gmail.com;
The objections and suggestions, which may be received from any person with respect to the said draft rules
before the expiry of the period specified above, will be considered by the Central Government.
DRAFT RULES
1. Short tile and extent.- (1) These rules may be called the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (Amendment)
Rules, 2025.
(2) They shall come into force from the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
2. The Rule 22, and Rule 38 of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Rules, 2017, shall be amended as
under:-
i. In sub-rule (4) of Rule 22 for the word 'registered post', the word 'Speed Post' shall be substituted.
ii. In sub-rule (1) of Rule 38 for the word 'registered post', the word 'Speed Post' shall be substituted.
[F. No. P-11012/1/2025-Policy]
RICHA SHANKER, Deputy Director General
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. 649 (E), dated the 16th October, 2024.
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