| (i) | persons with physical disabilities outside kolkata may register their names in regional employment exchange / district employment exchange. Mobile registration facilities are being provided by directorate of employment to accommodate adult disabled persons receiving vocational training in various NGOs. |
| (ii) | Vacancies not less than 3% are reserved for the persons with disabilities-1% each for persons suffering from (a) low vision/blindness (b) hearing impairment (c) locomotor disability/cerebral palsy. |
| (iii) | 12th, 42nd & 72nd posts in 100 point Roster have been kept reserved by the State government for facilitating employment to persons with disabilities. |
| (iv) | Efficient handicapped employees, self-employed, employer, placement officers are given national and state awards by union government and West Bengal government respectively. |
| (v) | West Bengal Public Service Commission exempted persons with disabilities from paying examination fees. |
| Age concession in employment & other facilities |
| (i) | physically handicapped persons are entitled to age concession upto 45 years at the time of entry into the government services. |
| (ii) | Physically handicapped persons applied for Group ‘C’ and ‘B’ (non-gazetted) posts of Government of India advertised by SSC & UPSC are entitled for exemption from the payment of examination and application fees. |
| (iii) | No establishment shall dispense with or reduce in rank an employee who acquires a disability during his service. If found unsuitable for the existing post he may be shifted to some other post with same pay scale and service benefits. In case no such post is available he may be kept on Supernumerary post until a suitable post is available or he attains the age of Superannuation. |
| (iv) | No promotion shall be denied on the ground of his disability. |
| (v) | State government employees with locomotor/visual disabilities are entitled to conveyance allowance to the tune of 5% of the basic pay subject to a maximum Rs. 200 P.M. |
| (vi) | West Bengal Public Service Commission exempted examination fees for the disabled candidates and allowed scribes for visually disabled candidates. |
| Posting, Transfer etc. |
| (i) | physically handicapped persons in government employment (Group C & D) are entitled to get preference in the matter of their of posting near their native places, subject to administrative constraints. |
| (ii) | A government employee with a mentally retarded child is sympathetically considered for his/her posting at a place of his/her choice. |
| This provision holds for both state and central government institutions |
