Recruitment Exams Rules: Will there be any changes in the rules of government recruitment exams like UPSC, SSC, IBPS, and SBI? Know the whole matter...

UPSC Exam, SSC Exam, Govt Jobs: There are speculations of a change in the rules of all the major government recruitment examinations in the country including UPSC, SSC, and IBPS. In these examinations, candidates with less than 40 percent disability will get the facility of scribe i.e. assistant. The Supreme Court has decided in this regard. The Supreme Court has given this decision during the hearing on a petition demanding an assistant to write the exam. In this decision of the court, it has also been said that the benchmark disability is not necessary to be 40 percent or more for the facility of assistant (scribe). The court has given this decision based on Vikas Kumar vs UPSC case. This possibility is being expressed after this decision of the Supreme Court. This rule will be implemented for all major government recruitment examinations including UPSC, SSC, and IBPS.

UPSC, SSC Govt Jobs: What is the whole matter
A petitioner in the Supreme Court, while describing himself as unable to write, had said in his petition that he is suffering from a chronic neurological condition. His permanent disability is 25 percent. The petitioner alleged that he was denied the facility of a scribe or assistant by IBPS, SBI, SSC, and the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities of the Government of India on the grounds that his disability was less than 40 percent. The petitioner said that even after the court's decision in the Vikas Kumar case, the examination authority refused to provide an assistant citing benchmark disability.

Supreme Court on govt Competitive Exam: What did the Supreme Court say

Justice J.B. in the Supreme Court. The bench headed by Pardiwala said that earlier under the UPSC rules, only those candidates who had more than 40 percent disability like blindness, cerebral palsy, etc. were given the facility of scribe or assistant. During its hearing, the court ordered that now this facility will also be available to those candidates whose writing ability is affected, even if their disability is less than 40 percent. The court also directed the nodal agency Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment to implement the amendment within two months. Along with this, the Supreme Court also asked the examination bodies conducting IBPS, SBI, SSC, and UPSC exams to follow the guidelines.

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