Bihar

Facilities and Concessions in Bihar

1. Concerned officer

The Secretary
Welfare Department,
Directorate of Social Welfare
Government of Bihar, Patna

2. Reservation in Government job

In Grade `C' and `D' posts under the Government, reservation are provided in direct recruitment for physically disabled persons as indicated below:

3. Age relaxation

There is no age relaxation in State Government jobs.

4. Scholarship/Stipend

The State Government awards scholarship to the Handicapped students from Class I to VIII @ Rupees 25 p.m.

5. Conveyance allowance

Disabled employees get conveyance allowance @ Rupees 50 per month

6. Assistance for self-employment

The disabled persons get assistance for self-employment.

7. Assistance for purchase of aids and appliances

Government of Bihar provides different types of artificial limbs, aids and appliances free of cost to economically weaker disabled to restore their residual capacities and to improve mobility and employability.

8. Disability pension

Disabled persons get disability pension. For details, please contact Director, Social Welfare Department.

9. Other Concessions/facilities

a) Special Schools

i) For visually disabled persons- Special Schools for visually disabled boys upto the level of High School standard are being run by the State Government at Patna and Darbhanga. Besides above, special school upto the level of middle (VIII Class) school are also being run at Ranchi and Bhagalpur. The total residential capacity of above schools is 176. The students of these schools besides free education, are also provided with food, clothes, medicines, books and other educational aids etc. free of cost.

ii) For hearing imapired persons-There are 4 Government run special schools for Deaf & Dumb children. These are situated at Patna, Darbhanga, Munger and Dumka. These schools are imparting free & formal education upto the middle standard (VIII class) to 150 students. Like blind schools, students of these schools are also provided free food, clothes, medicines, books etc. The State Government has also accepted the proposal to open two special schools exclusively for girls at Bhagalpur and Ranchi and these schools will have the capacity of 50 students each.

iii) For integration of disabled with normal students-The Department of Human Resource Development, Government of Bihar, has selected 20 schools under integrated education for disabled programmes (IED) where disabled students of different category are inducted with normal school pattern, so that both the group of students could help each other in achieving high standard of education and develop cooperation in national building.

Vocational training

i) Vocationalisation of formal education: All the schools mentioned in (i) to (iii) have the facilities of vocational training in different fields like tailoring, carpentry, chair knitting etc.

ii) Vocational training for self-employment: There is one vocational training centre at Patna where a variety of training programmes are available to train disabled persons in the trade of welding, leather work, carpentry, tailoring etc. This vocational training centre has a capacity of 50. The trainees of this centre are also provided with free instructions, free residential facilities, free food, medicines, educational instruments etc.

Travelling allowance

Government of Bihar has the scheme of granting conveyance allowance to disabled employees as per their salaries. The facilities of concession in State transport buses are also under active consideration of the State Government.

Job opportunities and placement assistance

The Government of Bihar has established one special Employment Exchange at Patna exclusively for physically disabled persons and has facility of carrier guidance in different employment exchange. Government of Bihar has also issued instruction to appointing authorities to give preference to disabled persons in recruitment in cadres.

Grant-in-aid to non-government organisation engaged in the welfare of disabled person:

Government of Bihar encourages efforts of non-government organisation (NGO) in the field of welfare of disabled persons and support their programmes substantially by granting grant-in-aid from time to time.