What is the degree of disability for physically challenged candidate in reservation for PO exams?

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1. Degree of Disability for Reservation
Only such persons would be eligible for reservation in services / posts who suffer from not less than 40% of relevant disability and is certified by a Medical Board appointed by the Central/State Govt.

2. Definition of Categories of Disabilities

(i) An Orthopaedically Challenged (OC) person is one suffering from Locomotor Disability or Cerebral Palsy. Persons who suffer from not less than 40% of relevant disability (as certified by a Medical Board appointed by the Centre/ State Govt) would be eligible for reservation in services/ posts.

Locomotor Disability means disability of the bones, joints, or muscles leading to substantial restriction of the movement of the limbs or any form of cerebral palsy.
Cerebral Palsy means a group of non progressive conditions of a person characterized by abnormal motor control posture resulting from brain insult or injuries occurring in the prenatal, peri-natal, or infant period of development.

(ii) Deaf & Hearing Impaired (HI): The deaf are those persons in whom the sense of hearing is non- functional for ordinary purposes of life i.e. total loss of hearing in both ears. They do not hear; understand sounds at all even with amplified speech. Hearing impairment means loss of sixty decibels or more in the better ear in the conversational range of frequencies.

(iii) Visually Impaired

(iv) The visually impaired persons are those suffering from blindness or low vision.

Blindness refers to a condition where a person suffers from any of the following conditions:

(a) total absence of sight

(b) Visual acuity not exceeding 6/60 or 20/200 (Snellen) in the better eye with correcting lenses

(c) Limitation of the field of vision subtending an angle of 20 degree or worse.

Person with low vision – means a person with impairment of visual functioning even after treatment or standard refractive correction, but who uses or is potentially capable of using vision for the planning or execution of a task with appropriate assistive device.

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