The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment (MoSJE) on June 21, 2022, drafts the amendment in the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Rules, 2017, in rule (15), in sub-rule (1), for clause (a), the following clause shall be substituted, namely: -
“(a) Standard for public buildings as specified in the Harmonised Guidelines and Standards for Universal Accessibility in India – 2021, issued by the Government of India, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs vide letter no. 28012/09/2019-W3, dated the 27 December 2021, as amended from time to time and made available on https://drive.google.com/file/d/1d4dedBt2cw-JEvy_qqSodQ9ENfOyNfef/view;”
They shall come into force from the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
[G.S.R. 462(E)]