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Draft notification proposing amendment to the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Rules, 2017 to insert accessibility standards for the port sector, issued under Section 100 of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016.

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The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment (Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (Divyangjan)) published draft Rights of Persons with Disabilities (Amendment) Rules, 2023 vide G.S.R. 892(E) dated 6th December 2023, under sub-sections (1) and (2) of section 100 of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 (49 of 2016). The draft proposes inserting a new clause (k) after clause (f) in sub-rule (1) of rule 15 of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Rules, 2017, adding Accessibility Standards for the Port Sector as specified in the Ministry of Port, Shipping and Waterways notification F. No. CD-11053/63/2021-Coord dated 8th November 2023. Objections and suggestions may be submitted within thirty days to Shri Ram Charan Meena, Under Secretary, Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (Divyangjan), New Delhi. The Rights of Persons with Disabilities Rules, 2017 were originally published vide G.S.R. 591(E) dated 15th June 2017 and last amended vide G.S.R. 849(E) dated 16th November 2023. The notification was signed by Rajeev Sharma, Joint Secretary.

Full Text

7707 GI/202 3 (1) रजिस्ट्री सं. डी.एल.- 33004/99 REGD. No . D. L. -33004/99 EXTRAORDINARY PART II —Section 3 —Sub-section ( i) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 709] NEW DELHI, TUES DAY , DEC EMBER 12, 2023/ AGRAHAYANA 21, 1945 CG-DL-E-12122023-250605 [फा. सं. I-14002/15/2021 -AIC] MINISTRY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT (Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (Divyangjan) NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 6th December , 2023 G.S.R. 892(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 Pers ons 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 rul es 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 Shri Ram Charan Meena Under Secretary to the Government of India, Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (Divyangjan), Room No 11 A, 5th Floor, Pandit Deen Dayal Antyodaya Bhawan, CGO Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi, 110003 or by email at [email protected] 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 title and extent. -(1) These rules may be called the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (Amendment) Rules, 2023. (2) They shall come into force from the date of their publication in the Official Gazette. 2. In the Rights of Persons with Disab ilities Rules, 2017, in rule (15), in sub -rule (1), after clause (f), the following clause shall be inserted, namely: - “(k) Accessibility Standards for in Port Sector as specified in the notification of the Ministry of Port Shipping and Waterways, Governme nt of India, vide number F. No. CD -11053/63/2021 -Coord, dated the 8th November 2023.” [F. No. I -14002/15/2021 -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. 849 (E), dated the 16th November, 2023. Uploaded by Dte. of Printing at Government of India Press, Ring R oad, Mayapuri, N ew Delhi -110064 and Published by the Controller of Publications, Delhi -110054.

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