*18 August 2011* “Relief of the disabled” figures at S. No. 9 in “List II” (“State List”) in the Seventh Schedule of the Constitution. Hence, granting of concessions to various categories of persons with disabilities for travel in buses falls within the purview of the concerned State Governments.
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