The Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities, Goa, on September 19, 2024, notified the Goa Rights of Persons with Disabilities (Second Amendment) Rules, 2024 further amend the Goa Rights of Persons with Disabilities Rules, 2018.
The following has been stated: -
•In rule 3, in sub-rule (1), in clause (iv), for the expression “The Director, Directorate of Social Welfare”, the expression “The Director, Department for Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities” shall be substituted.
•In rule 4, — (i) in sub-rule (3), for the words “Directorate of Social Welfare”, the words “Department for Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities” shall be substituted.
•In rule 14, in clause (viii), for the words “Assistant Director of the Directorate of Social Welfare dealing with empowerment of persons with disabilities”, the expression “Official not below the rank of Assistant Director, Department for Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities” shall be substituted.
They shall come into force on September 19, 2024.
The detailed notification is given in the document below.
[Notification No. 1/15/2024-25-DEPwD/Admn/Rules/359]
