IN A major push for inclusive employment, Madhya Pradesh has launched a special recruitment drive to fill nearly 20,000 vacant Government posts reserved for divyang. The General Administration Department (GAD) issued directives on October 9, with the drive to continue till December 31, 2026. Official data shows that against 36,000 posts reserved for persons with disabilities, only about 16,000 are filled, leaving 20,000 vacancies. Commissioner, Persons with Disabilities, Dr Ajay Khemariya said the move fulfils a longpending demand. In a key reform, there will be no separate marks for interviews.

 

Selection will be purely merit-based, as per recruitment rules, educational qualification and eligibility. To ensure transparency, departments must publish ads in two leading dailies, on their websites and on the Social Justice and Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities portal. Recruitment will begin 30 days after publication. After scrutiny, lists of eligible and ineligible candidates will be uploaded. Ineligible candidates will get 15 days to raise objections. Up to twice the advertised posts will be called for document verification. Vacancies from dual selections will be filled from the waiting list. The Government will now hold this drive annually from January 1 to March 31 and has replaced the manual form system of April 29, 2025, with a new online record system.