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Special Allowance for Child Care – Amenities to Women in Rly

December 12, 2021, 11:22 PM

Special Allowance for child care

For women with disabilities

[i]Women with disabilities shall be paid Rs.1000/-(*) per month as Special Allowance for Child Care. The allowance shall be payable from the time of the child’s birth till the child is two years old.

(*)Revised from time to time as below

[ii]It shall be payable for a maximum of two children.

[iii]Disability means a person having a minimum Disability of 40% as elaborated in Ministry of

Welfare’s Notification No. 16-18/97-NI.I dated 01.06.2001 [Annexure] SC 147/ 2008.

Special Allowance for child care for women with disabilities is admissible for two years from the birth of the child so long as the woman employee does not have more than two surviving children.

SC 17/2012

Annexure to RBE No. 150/08…SC 147/2008

Extracts of the Notification

Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment

Notification

New Delhi the 1st June 2001

Sub: Guidelines for evaluation of various disabilities and procedure for certification

No. 16-18/97-NI.I dated 1.6.2001. In order to review the guidelines for evaluation of various disabilities and procedure for certification as given in the Ministry of Welfare’s OM No. 4-2/83-HW.III dated the 6th August, 1986 and to recommend appropriate modifications /alterations keeping in view the Persons with Disabilities [Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation] Act, 1995, Government of India in Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, vide Order No. 16-18/97- NI.I, dated 28.08.98 set up four committees under the Chairmanship of Director General of Health Services – one each in the area of mental retardation, Locomotor / Orthopaedic disability, Visual disability and Speech & Hearing disability. Subsequently, another Committee was also constituted on 21.7.1999 for evaluation, assessment of multiple disabilities and categorization and extent of disability and procedure for certification.

2.After having considered the reports of these committees the undersigned is directed to convey the approval of the President to notify the guidelines for evaluation of following disabilities and procedure for certification.

∙Visual impairment

∙Locomotor /Orthopaedic disability

∙Speech & hearing disability

∙Mental retardation.

Copy of Report is enclosed herewith as Annexure*

3.The minimum degree of disability should be 40% in order to be eligible for any concessions/benefits.

4.According to the Persons with Disabilities [Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation] Rules, 1996, notified by the Central Government in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section [1] and [2] of section 73 of the Persons with Disabilities [Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation] Act, 1995 [1 of 1996], authorities to give disability Certificate will be a Medical Board duly constituted by the Central and the State Government. The State government may constitute a Medical Board consisting of at least three members out of which at least one shall be a specialist in the particular field for assessing locomotor /Visual including low vision / hearing and speech disability, mental retardation and leprosy cured, as the case may be.

5.Specified test as indicted in Annexure* should be conducted by the medical board and recorded before a certificate is given.

6.The certificate would be valid for a period of five years for those whose disability is temporary and are below the age 18 years. For those who acquire permanent disability, the validity can be shown as ‘Permanent’.

7.The State Govts. /UT Admn. may constitute the medical boards indicated in para 4 above immediately, if not done so far.

8.The Director General of Health Services, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare will be the final authority, should there arise any controversy / doubt regarding the interpretation of the definitions / classifications / evaluations tests etc.

[Gauri Chatterji]

Joint Secretary to the Government of India

NOTE:

*The Annexure mentioned above may please be seen from the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment notification.

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