{"id":8590,"date":"2022-07-25T14:35:53","date_gmt":"2022-07-25T14:35:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/irctcportal.in\/?p=8590"},"modified":"2022-07-25T14:35:53","modified_gmt":"2022-07-25T14:35:53","slug":"use-of-appropriate-terms-for-person-with-disability-and-divyangjan-in-the-communication-signage-announcement-booking-portal-of-indian-railways","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reilsolar.com\/irctc\/use-of-appropriate-terms-for-person-with-disability-and-divyangjan-in-the-communication-signage-announcement-booking-portal-of-indian-railways\/","title":{"rendered":"Use of appropriate terms for \u2018person with disability\u2019 and \u2018Divyangjan\u2019 in the communication \/ signage \/ announcement \/ Booking Portal of Indian Railways"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Use of appropriate terms for \u2018person with disability\u2019 and \u2018Divyangjan\u2019 in the communication \/ signage \/ announcement \/ Booking Portal of Indian Railways<\/strong><\/p>\n

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA<\/strong>
\nMINISTRY OF RAILWAYS<\/strong>
\nRAILWAY BOARD<\/strong><\/p>\n

No.2022 \/ E(LL) \/ RPwD \/ 1<\/p>\n

New Delhi, dated: 18.05.2022<\/p>\n

The General Managers, All Indian Railways and Production Units.
\nMetro Railway \/ Kolkata, CORE \/ Prayagraj
\nThe CAO (Construction), All Indian Railways.
\nThe Director General, RDSO \/ Lucknow
\nThe DG \/ Railway Staff College \/ Vadodara
\nThe Directors, IRICEN, IRIEEN, IRISET, IRIMEE, IRITM
\nThe CAO, COFMOW, Tilak Bridge, New Delhi
\nThe CAO, MTP, Chennai and Mumbai
\nThe Chief Administrative Officer, Rail Coach Factory, Delhi.<\/p>\n

Sub:\u00a0Use of appropriate terms for \u2018person with disability\u2019 and \u2018Divyangjan\u2019 in the communication \/ signage \/ announcement \/ Booking Portal of Indian Railways.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Please find enclosed herewith letter from Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment\u2019s letter No.P-13013 \/ 26 \/ 2022-DD-3 dated 25.04.2022 regarding use of the term \u201cperson with disability\u2019 in English and \u2018Divyangjan\u2019 in Hindi in the Indian Railways Portal and communication \/ signage \/ announcements while addressing Persons with Disabilities.<\/p>\n

2. All Zonal Railways \/ PUs \/ CPSEs etc. are requested to ensure compliance with these instructions.<\/p>\n

DA: As above.<\/p>\n

(Praveen Kumar)<\/strong>
\nDirector \/ Estt.(L.L.)<\/strong>
\nRailway Board<\/strong>
\nTel No.011-23047188
\nEmail: dell@rb.railnet.gov.in<\/p>\n

F.No. P-13013 \/ 26 \/ 2022-DD-3
\nGovernment of India<\/strong>
\nMinistry of Social Justice & Empowerment<\/strong>
\nDepartment of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (Divyangjan)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Pt. Deendayal Antyodaya Bhawan,
\nCGO Complex, New Delhi- 110003
\nDated the 25th April, 2022<\/p>\n

Office Memorandum<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sub:-\u00a0Matter of Urgent Public Importance raised during Zero Hour of Lok Sabha on 16.03.2022 by Dr. DNV Senthilkumar. S, Hon\u2019ble M. P. \u2013 reg.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The undersigned is directed to say that India is a signatory to the United had Nations Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities. The Central Government enacted the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 in line with this Convention. The term \u201cpersons with disabilities\u201d has been used in the english text of the Act, whereas, in the Hindi text of the Act, the term \u201cDivyangjan\u201d has been used.<\/p>\n

2. It has been brought to the notice of this Ministry by Dr. DNV Senthilkumar. S, Hon\u2019ble M.P. through a matter of urgent public importance in Lok Sabha on 16.03.2022 that in the IRCTC booking portal, under the dropdown list, the term \u2018Divyang\u2019 is mentioned instead of the word \u2018physically challenged\u2019. He urged Ministry of Railways to make necessary corrections in the portal.<\/p>\n

3. In view of above M\/o Railways is requested to use the term \u201cperson with disability\u201d. in English and \u201cDivyangjan\u201d in Hindi in their Portal and communications \/ signage \/ announcements while addressing Persons with Disabilities. Appropriate instructions may also be issued to IRCTC accordingly to make necessary changes in their portal.<\/p>\n

4. This issues with the approval of Competent Authority.<\/p>\n

(D.K. Panda)<\/strong>
\nUnder Secretary to the Govt. of India<\/strong>
\nTel: 24269059<\/strong><\/p>\n

Source:\u00a0https:\/\/indianrailways.gov.in\/<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Use of appropriate terms for \u2018person with disability\u2019 and \u2018Divyangjan\u2019 in the communication \/ signage \/ announcement \/ Booking Portal of Indian Railways GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS RAILWAY BOARD No.2022 \/ E(LL) \/ RPwD \/ 1 New Delhi, dated: 18.05.2022 The General Managers, All Indian Railways and Production Units. Metro Railway \/ Kolkata, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":95,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,38,6],"tags":[753,754,5,73,7],"class_list":["post-8590","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-irctc","category-irctc-news","category-railway","tag-divyang-passengers","tag-divyangs","tag-irctc","tag-irctc-news","tag-railway"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reilsolar.com\/irctc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8590","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reilsolar.com\/irctc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reilsolar.com\/irctc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reilsolar.com\/irctc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/95"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reilsolar.com\/irctc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8590"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.reilsolar.com\/irctc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8590\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reilsolar.com\/irctc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8590"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reilsolar.com\/irctc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8590"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reilsolar.com\/irctc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8590"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}