Yes, Rajesh sir. You have hit the nail right on the head. In the present case , Mr. Maniram had to undergo a costly surgery to get himself eligible for the IAS post. What if someone can't afford such surgeries? Or what if the surgery fails? Or what if some disability doesn't have a surgery to improve the condition?
So, as Rajesh sir rightly mentioned in his recommendations to the PWD Act, there should be categorisation of disability into mild and severe. And the reservation should be implemented in some proportion. Say if the reservation is 1%, 0.75% should be reserved for severely disabled and 0.25% should be reserved for mildly disabled,(the ratio subject to changes). And even in such categories, the percentage of disability should be given weights in order to make it more accurate. -- G. Vamshi PH Res : +91 877-2243861 Mobile: +91 9949349497 E-mail ID: gvamsh...@gmail.com Skype: gvamshi81 God helps those who help themselves On 10/8/09, Asudani, Rajesh <rajeshasud...@rbi.org.in> wrote: > After 15 yrs of trying, deaf candidate gets into IAS > Rema Nagarajan , TNN 8 October 2009, 12:39am IST > Times of India: > > > NEW DELHI: Maniram Sharma has won a 15-year-old battle for justice. On > Thursday, this deaf IAS candidate learnt he has made it to the service. With > this, Maniram has not just won a personal battle but a milestone victory for > disabled persons like him who have been kept away from the premier > government service. > > Maniram's case has been highlighted by TOI over the past couple of years - > how his efforts were thwarted on one ground or the other, till he finally > went through surgery to make his aided hearing so good that he gave his IAS > interview this time by the oral question-and-answer method. Despite this, > his induction into the service was just not happening. > > While other successful candidates got their call on August 17, he didn't. > Finally, on September 3 he was informed that he had cleared the exam on all > counts but still had to wait for another month to get his appointment. ``I > still can't believe it has happened. It has not sunk in. After suffering so > many disappointments, it's difficult to imagine it has actually come true,'' > Maniram told TOI. > > Maniram's IAS saga began in 1995 when he failed in his first attempt to > clear the preliminary examination. He was then 100% deaf. Since then he has > cleared the exam three times - 2005, 2006 and 2009. In 2006, he was told he > could not be allotted the IAS as only the partially deaf were eligible, not > fully deaf persons like him. So, he was allotted the Post and Telegraph > Accounts and Finance Service. > > To improve his hearing, Maniram had a surgical cochlear implant, costing Rs > 7.5 lakh that now enables him to hear partially. He appeared for the IAS > again this year and cleared it, scoring the highest in the hearing-impaired > category. Yet, he faced several more hurdles as the government put technical > hurdles questioning his level of disability. > > Anyway, this story has a happy ending. And Maniram has no complaints. ``If I > could wait for 15 years, I could surely wait for a few more months. But the > uncertainty kept me on edge,'' he said without rancour. He is off to his > village Badangarhi in Alwar district, Rajasthan, to convey the news to his > family. ``I have decided to go in person to tell them. My whole village will > celebrate.'' > > Maniram's Badangarhi is a remote village which doesn't even have a school. > He started losing his hearing at the age of five, becoming totally deaf by > nine. His parents, both illiterate farm labourers, could do little to help. > Yet, Maniram continued trudging to the nearest school, 5km away, and cleared > class 10 standing fifth in the state board examination and cleared class 12 > ranking seventh in the state board. > > In his second year in college, he cleared the Rajasthan Public Service > Commission (RPSC) examination to become a clerk-cum-typist. He studied and > worked during his final year and topped the university in Political Science. > He went on to clear the NET (National Eligibility Test). > > He then gave up his RPSC job and became a lecturer. Not satisfied with that, > he became a Junior Research Fellow and completed his Ph.D in Political > Science during which time he taught M Phil and MA students in Rajasthan > University. Having completed his Ph.D, Maniram got through the Rajasthan > Administrative Service (RAS) and while in service he started trying for the > UPSC. > > > Rajesh Asudani > > Assistant General Manager (PPS), > Reserve Bank of India > Nagpur > 09420397185 > O: 0712 2806676 > Res: 0712 2591349 > Doth God exact day-labour, light denied?" > John Milton > > > ________________________________ > Notice: This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and > intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are > addressed. 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With > this, Maniram has not just won a personal battle but a milestone victory for > disabled persons like him who have been kept away from the premier > government service. > > Maniram's case has been highlighted by TOI over the past couple of years - > how his efforts were thwarted on one ground or the other, till he finally > went through surgery to make his aided hearing so good that he gave his IAS > interview this time by the oral question-and-answer method. Despite this, > his induction into the service was just not happening. > > While other successful candidates got their call on August 17, he didn't. > Finally, on September 3 he was informed that he had cleared the exam on all > counts but still had to wait for another month to get his appointment. ``I > still can't believe it has happened. It has not sunk in. After suffering so > many disappointments, it's difficult to imagine it has actually come true,'' > Maniram told TOI. > > Maniram's IAS saga began in 1995 when he failed in his first attempt to > clear the preliminary examination. He was then 100% deaf. Since then he has > cleared the exam three times - 2005, 2006 and 2009. In 2006, he was told he > could not be allotted the IAS as only the partially deaf were eligible, not > fully deaf persons like him. So, he was allotted the Post and Telegraph > Accounts and Finance Service. > > To improve his hearing, Maniram had a surgical cochlear implant, costing Rs > 7.5 lakh that now enables him to hear partially. He appeared for the IAS > again this year and cleared it, scoring the highest in the hearing-impaired > category. Yet, he faced several more hurdles as the government put technical > hurdles questioning his level of disability. > > Anyway, this story has a happy ending. And Maniram has no complaints. ``If I > could wait for 15 years, I could surely wait for a few more months. But the > uncertainty kept me on edge,'' he said without rancour. He is off to his > village Badangarhi in Alwar district, Rajasthan, to convey the news to his > family. ``I have decided to go in person to tell them. My whole village will > celebrate.'' > > Maniram's Badangarhi is a remote village which doesn't even have a school. > He started losing his hearing at the age of five, becoming totally deaf by > nine. His parents, both illiterate farm labourers, could do little to help. > Yet, Maniram continued trudging to the nearest school, 5km away, and cleared > class 10 standing fifth in the state board examination and cleared class 12 > ranking seventh in the state board. > > In his second year in college, he cleared the Rajasthan Public Service > Commission (RPSC) examination to become a clerk-cum-typist. He studied and > worked during his final year and topped the university in Political Science. > He went on to clear the NET (National Eligibility Test). > > He then gave up his RPSC job and became a lecturer. Not satisfied with that, > he became a Junior Research Fellow and completed his Ph.D in Political > Science during which time he taught M Phil and MA students in Rajasthan > University. Having completed his Ph.D, Maniram got through the Rajasthan > Administrative Service (RAS) and while in service he started trying for the > UPSC. > > > Rajesh Asudani > > Assistant General Manager (PPS), > Reserve Bank of India > Nagpur > 09420397185 > O: 0712 2806676 > Res: 0712 2591349 > Doth God exact day-labour, light denied?" > John Milton > > > ________________________________ > Notice: This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and > intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are > addressed. 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