Final RPwD Amendment Rules, 2023 incorporating Guidelines for Accessibility Standards in Port Sector

REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-DL-E-16022024-252167 EXTRAORDINARY PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (i) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 103] NEW DELHI, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2024/MAGHA 27, 1945 MINISTRY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT [Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (Divyangjan)] NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 15th February, 2024 G.S.R. 114(E).—Whereas a draft of certain rules further to amend 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 notification of the Government of India the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities number G.S.R. 892 (E), dated the 06th December 2023 published in the 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 in which this notification is published are made available to the public; And whereas copies of the said notification were made available to the public on the 13th December 2023; And whereas the objections and suggestions received from the public in respect of the said notification have been 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 (j), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:- "(k) Guidelines for Accessibility Standards in Port Sector, as specified in the notification of the Ministry of Port Shipping and Waterways, Government of India vide notification number F. No. CD-11053/63/2021-Coord, dated the 8th November, 2023." [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. 07 (E), dated the 02nd January 2024.