Suo-motu cognizance in the matter of obstacles, risks and humiliation faced by Divyangjan regarding non-accessibility of public services: Department of Posts Order

-

 Suo-motu cognizance in the matter of obstacles, risks and humiliation faced by Divyangjan regarding non-accessibility of public services: Department of Posts Order

F.No. SC-12/25/2023 SCT-DOP
Government of India
Ministry of Communications
Department of Posts
(SCT cell)

Dak Bhawan, Sansad Marg,
New Delhi-110001
Dated: December, 2023

To
The All Heads of Circle

Subject: Suo-motu cognizance in the matter of obstacles, risks and humiliation faced by Divyangjan regarding non-accessibility of public services – reg.

Madam/Sir,
| am directed to enclose herewith a copy of the Record of Proceedings dated 09.11.2023 received from the the Chief Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities (CCPD) on the subject cited above and to request you to take necessary action with regard to the directions contained in para 3.3(5) of the said Record of Proceedings.

2. Para 3.3(5) of the enclosed Record of Proceedings (RoP) inter-alia mentions that concerned officers of any government office across the country, whether a central government or a State government establishment or a local government, officiating from any buildings/ premises which are still not made accessible, shall go down to the ground floor or any other place in the building/ premises which is accessible for divyangjan along with necessary staff and equipment and provide the service there itself. This shall be applicable to any public service including outsourced service by the government such as the Passport/ Visa Services, Jan Suvidha Kendra, CSC etc. 

3. It is requested to circulate the said CCPD directions to all the postal establishments under your jurisdiction immediately for strict compliance.

4. A Compliance/Action Taken Report in this regard may be sent to this office within a week without any fail to enable this office submit a consolidated report to the CCPD within stipulated time.

Yours faithfully,

Encl: As above

(Prabha Sharma)
Assistant Director General (PE-I & SCT)

Copy to:
1. All DDsG of Department of Posts for information and necessary compliance.
2. GM, CEPT Mysuru with request to upload it on Department Website.
3. ADG (Admin), Dak Bhawan with a request to upload it on e-office dashboard.


View/Download the PDF 

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

GREAT HOPE : Grant of notional increment to govt servants Superanuated on 30th june or 31st December-reg dated 26th June 2023

-
Image
  Grant of notional increment to Govt servants superannuated on 30th June or 31st December – Further action will be taken on completion of the consultation process: DoP&T 19/1/2023PersPolicy[Pay(Promotion)] 1/3026765/2023 19/1/2023 Pers Policy [Pay (Promotion)] Government of India Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Department of Personnel & Training North Block, New Delhi Dated June, 2023 To Shri Ramsahay Vijay Email: rsvijayvargia[at]gmail.com Subject: Grant of notional increment to Govt servants superannuated on 30th June or 31st December-reg Sir, I am directed to refer to your email dated 06.06.2023 in the matter involving grant of notional increment to the Central Government employees who superannuated on 30th June or 31st December in light of the Order of Hon’ble Supreme Court dated 11.04.2023 in the case of KPTCL v/s C.P. Mundinmanian and dismissal of SLP No.4722/2021 filed by UOI in order dated 19.05.2023. 2. In this regard it is informed that action i
Read more

Approval of the Government of India for extending the benefits of the Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB PM-JAY) to all senior citizens aged 70 years and above.National Health Authority L.S. CHANGSAN (I.A.S.) Chief Executive Officer D. O. No. S-12018/395/2022-NHA 20th September, 2024

-
Image
  National Health Authority This is to inform you of the approval of the Government of India for extending the benefits of the Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB PM-JAY) to all senior citizens aged 70 years and above. 2. Salient features of the approval are as below: a. The benefits of AB PM-JAY would now be available to all senior citizens of the age 70 years and above irrespective of their socio-economic status. These benefits will be available to senior citizens of 70 years and above in families already covered under AB PM-JAY (hereinafter referred to as ‘existing families’), as well as in families which are not covered under the AB PM-JAY, (hereinafter referred to as ‘new families’). b. The only eligibility criteria for availing benefits under the scheme would be attainment of age of 70 years or above by the individual. This would be determined on the basis of age recorded in Aadhaar. As per prevailing practice, Aadhaar would be the only document requi
Read more