2.1 Description and categories of the awards. – No. Sub-category No. of awards Components of awards (I) Best Employee/ Self Employed with Disabilities (i) Locomotor Disability (Locomotor Disability, Muscular Disability, Dwarfism, Acid Attack Victims, Leprosy Cured Cerebral Palsy) Two[One for Male and One for Female] Cash of Rupees Thousand, a citation, certificate and a medal to every awardee (ii) Visual Impairment (Blindness, Low Vision) Two[One for Male and One for Female] -do- (iii) Hearing Impairment (Deaf, Hard of Hearing) Two[One for Male and One for Female] -do- (iv) Speech and Language Disability (Speech and Language Disability) Two[One for Male and One for Female] -do- (v) Developmental Disorder (Autism Spectrum Disorder, Specific Learning Disability) Two[One for Male and One for Female] -do- (vi) Intellectual Disability (Earlier Known As Mental Retardation) Two[One for Male and One for Female] -do- (vii) Mental Behavior (Mental Illness) Two[One for Male and One for Female] -do- (viii) Disability caused due to disorder (Haemophilia, Thalassemia Sickle Cell Disease) Two[One for Male and One for Female] -do- (ix) Chronic Neurological Conditions (Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson’s Disease) Two[One for Male and One for Female] -do- (x) Multiple Disabilities (Multiple Disabilities involving any two or more of the above broad categories)) Two[One for Male and One for Female] -do- II) Award for Best Employer and Placement Officer or Agency (i) Best Employer Three - One each to: Government organization Public Sector Undertaking or Autonomous or Local Government Body Private or Non Governmental Organization Cash of Rupees One Lakh, a citation, certificate and a medal to every awardee (ii) Best Placement Officer or Agency Two -One each to: Autonomous Government Organization or Public Sector Undertaking Cash of Rupees Fifty Thousand, a citation, certificate and a shield to every awardee.
Private or Organization or Office (III) Award for Best Individual and Institution Working for the Cause of Persons with Disabilities (i) Best Individual Two (One each for Professional and Non Professional) Cash of Rupees One Lakh, a citation and a certificate to every awardee. (ii) Best Institution Two One each for: An organization providing holistic comprehensive services to the persons with disabilities in a comprehensive manner. and An organization promoting inclusive education to the children/persons with disabilities Cash of Rupees Two Lakh, a citation and a certificate to every awardee. (IV) Role Model Awards (i). Locomotor Disability (Locomotor Disability, Muscular Disability, Dwarfism Acid Attack Victims Leprosy Cured Cerebral Two[One for Male and One for Female] Cash of Rupees One Lakh, a citation and a certificate to awardee. (ii) Visual Impairment (Blindness, Low Vision) Two[One for Male and One for Female] -do- (iii) Hearing Impairment (Deaf, Hard of Hearing) Two[One for Male and One for Female] -do- (iv) Speech and Language Disability (Speech and Language Disability) Two[One for Male and One for Female] -do- (v) Developmental Disorder (Autism Spectrum Disorder, Specific Learning Disability) Two[One for Male and One for Female] -do- (vi) Intellectual Disability (Earlier Known As Mental Retardation) Two[One for Male and One for Female] -do- (vii) Mental Behavior (Mental Illness) Two[One for Male and One for Female] -do- (viii) Disability caused due to blood disorder (Haemophilia, Thalassemia, Sickle Cell Disease) Two[One for Male and One for Female] -do- (ix) Chronic Neurological Conditions (Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson’s Disease) Two[One for Male and One for Female] -do- (x) Multiple Disabilities (Multiple Disabilities involving any two or more Two[One for Male and One for Female] -do-
(v) Innovation introduced in the enterprise 10% (vi) Extent of independence in holding the enterprise 10% (vii) The number of disabled persons employed in the enterprise 10% (viii) Extent & Type of disability despite which enterprise was established and run successfully 10% (ix) Socio-economic circumstances despite which the enterprise was established and run successfully 10% (e) Selection Committee selecting the awardees in the category of employees or self-employed persons with disabilities shall give due representation to both rural and urban disabled persons and disabled women and shall ensure equitable regional representation. (f) The applications shall be invited in the prescribed format attached at Annexure-A. 2.6.2(a) For best employers:- (i) The outstanding employers of the disabled the three sub- categories (a) Government organization; (b) Public Sector Undertaking or Autonomous Body or Government Body; and (c) Private or Non Governmental Organization; shall be assessed on the basis of the following criteria:- Sl. No. Criteria Weight (i) That at least 10% of the employees are disabled subject To a minimum of disabled persons in a given Establishment. (In case of large Establishment employing 100 disabled persons or more, the condition of 10% need not be rigidly adhered to 20% (ii) That wherever necessary minor adjustment/modifications in the machinery have been made; 5% (iii) That necessary environmental modifications at the worksite have been made including barrier free access; 10% (iv) That the employees with disabilities are offered the same conditions in service, including the of pay as given to other employees for similar work; 15% (v) That the employers have shown sympathetic understanding of the problems of the disabled 10% (vi) that when necessary and feasible, such additional facilities such as accommodation and transport etc, are provided 10% (vii) Retention rate 10% (viii) Employees assessment 10% (ix) Productivity ensured 10% (ii) The applications be invited in the prescribed format attached at Annexure-B.
Annexure ‘N’ PARTICULARS OF THE RECOMMENDED BEST ACCESSIBLE WEBSITE FOR THE PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES 1. Name of the Organization / Agency in English (in Block Capital letters) and in Hindi 2. Address of the Organization / agency along with telephone & fax number, if any. 3. Web-site/E-mail address, if any 4. Nature of the agency 5. Brief of features of accessible facilities provided 6. Number of the people benefited annually category-wise. 7. Comments on replicability of the Accessibility features of website. 8 Does it meet level AA of WCAG 2.0 guidelines 9. Can a person with visual disability use a screen reader software on this website 10. Can a person who has difficulty in using a mouse, use voice recognition software which enables working on computer with verbal commands 11. Does it has facilities to change the size and spacing of the text 12. Does it has facilities to change the colour scheme of the text 13. Can the website be accessed through mobile phone 14. Is website updated regularly Signature of the authorized person of applicant organization Signature, name & designation of the recommending authority with date