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UPSC Prelims Exam Disability Support Services for the ‘Persons with Benchmark Disability’ (PwBD) are given here. Check all the UPSC Prelims Exam Disability Support Services.
UPSC Prelims Exam Disability Support Services are the services provided by the UPSC for ‘Persons with Benchmark Disability’ (PwBD). These services adhere to the principle of the Indian government, which is to provide every candidate equal opportunity. As the UPSC CSE Prelims 2024 is around the corner, the PwBD students should know all the services available for them in the UPSC Exams.
UPSC Prelims Exam Disability Support Services for the UPSC candidates in the category ‘Persons with Benchmark Disability’ (PwBD) are mentioned in the official notification of the UPSC. These services ensure that these students are not only provided with a reservation for the UPSC Exam, but also with the necessary assistance they require during the exam.
Let us have a look at the UPSC Prelims Exam Disability Support Services provided by the UPSC for ‘Persons with Benchmark Disability’ (PwBD).
Persons with Benchmark Disability (PwBD) such as blindness, locomotor disability (both arms affected-BA), and cerebral palsy will be eligible for twenty minutes of Compensatory Time per hour during the examination.
For other categories of persons with disabilities, eligibility for this provision requires presenting a certificate confirming physical limitations from the Chief Medical Officer/Civil Surgeon/Medical Superintendent of a Government Health Care institution according to the specified format in Appendix-V.
Additionally, individuals with specified disabilities outlined in Section 2(s) of the RPwD Act, 2016, yet not encompassed by Section 2(r), meaning those with less than a 40% disability and facing challenges in writing, will be eligible for extra time under the condition that they provide a certificate from a competent medical authority at a government healthcare institution confirming their limitation in writing, as per the format provided in Appendix-VII.
Each eligible candidate attending the exam can make up to six (6) attempts at the CSE. However, candidates from the SC/ST/OBC and PwBD categories who meet the eligibility criteria may be granted a relaxation in the number of attempts.
The table below contains a list of number of attempts available to such candidates as per relaxation:
| Category to which the Candidate Belongs | SC/ST | OBC | PwBD |
| Number of attempts | Unlimited | 9 | 09 for GL/EWS/OBC
Unlimited for SC/ST |
According to the UPSC official notification for the CSE 2024, the ‘Persons with Benchmark Disabilities’ or PwBD are divided into 5 categories viz.
The table below contains the criteria of eligibility under UPSC Prelims Exam Disability Support Services for various Categories of Disability:
| Eligibility Under UPSC Prelims Exam Disability Support Services | |
| Categories of Disability | Sub-Categories |
| Locomotor Disability (LD) |
|
| Visual Impairment (VI) |
|
| Hearing Impairment (HI) |
|
| Multiple Disabilities from only the above three categories (MD) |
|
The table below contains the List of Services Identified suitable for Persons with Benchmark Disability, as per the official UPSC notification:
| Name of the Service(s) | Category(ies) for which Identified | Suitable Category of
Benchmark Disabilities [erstwhile Functional Classification (FC)] |
Functional
Requirements [erstwhile Physical Requirements (PR)] |
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) |
| 1. Indian Administrative
Service, 2. Indian Foreign Service, 3. Indian Audit and Accounts Service, Group ‘A’, 4. Indian Civil Accounts Service, 5. Indian Corporate Law Service, Group ‘A’, 6. Indian Defence Accounts Service, Group ‘A’, 7. Indian Defence Estates Service, Group ‘A’, 8. Indian Information Service, Group ‘A’, 9. Indian Postal Service, Group ‘A’, 10. Indian P and T Accounts and Finance Service, Group ‘A’, 11. Indian Revenue Service (Customs and Indirect Taxes), Group ‘A’, 12. Indian Revenue Service (IT), Group ‘A’, 13. Indian Trade Service, Group ‘A’ (Grade III), 14. Indian Railway Management Service, Group ‘A’, 15. Armed Forces Headquarters (AFHQ) Civil Service, Group ‘B’ (Section Officer’s Grade), 16. Delhi, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Daman and Diu and Dadra and Nagar Haveli Civil Service (DANICS), Gr. ‘B’, 17. Pondicherry Civil Service (PONDICS), Group ‘B’ |
(i) Locomotor disability
including Cerebral Palsy, Leprosy Cured, Dwarfism, Acid Attack Victims and Muscular Dystrophy |
OA, OL, BA, OAL, BLA, BLOA, BL, BAOL, SD, SI, CP, LC, Dw, AAV, MDy | S, SE, H, RW, C |
| (ii) Blindness and Low
Vision |
LV, B | MF, PP, S, ST, W, L,C,
RW (including in braille/ software), H, KC, BN |
|
| (iii) Deaf and Hard of
Hearing |
D, HH | MF, PP, S, ST, W, L, C, RW, KC, BN | |
| (iv) Multiple disability
from amongst only above three categories |
Any combination of
FCs from different categories as allowed under (i) to (iii), except the combination of blind & deaf (B+D) |
S, RW (including in
braille/ software), C |
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| Note: If there is any change in the ‘Suitable Categories of Benchmark Disabilities’ and ‘Functional Requirements’ in any of the Service(s) as prescribed above, the same shall be notified subsequently. | |||
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