The Rehabilitation Council of India Act, 1992 established the Rehabilitation Council of India as the statutory body to regulate and standardize training courses for rehabilitation professionals, recognize institutions running such courses, and maintain the Central Rehabilitation Register. The Act was amended in 2000 to enhance RCI's responsibilities to include standardizing training syllabi and promoting research in rehabilitation and special education. RCI aims to regulate rehabilitation services for persons with disabilities and take action against unqualified persons providing such services.

1. Rehabilitation Council of
India Act, 1992
Presented by-
AbhishekNayan
B.Ed
School of Education
Central University of Haryana

2. Contents
• Introduction
• History
• The Act
• Objectives
• Role of RCI
• Review cum Analysis of the Act
• Suggestions
• Reference

3. Why is it necessary to talk about disabled population?
“A child’s disability is not what defines them, society makes it so by failing to
provide them and their families with essential services that will enable them to
live their lives more independently.”

5. Fig. Educational status of Disabled population in India as of 2011

6. Constitution
of India part4 DPSP
Welfare state

7. About Rehabilitation Council of India
• Ministry of Social justice & Empowerment.
• Registered as a society in 1986
• Statutory body in 1992 through RCI Act, 1992,
passed on 1st September, 1992
• Effective from 22nd June, 1993
• Amendment in the year 2000 to make it more
broad based by enhancing the responsibilities
of-
 standardizing and
 regulating the training including a
component on research in the area of
rehabilitation and special education.

8. The mandate given to RCI is to-
 regulate and monitor services given to person with disability,
 to standardize syllabi and
 to maintain Central rehabilitation register(CRR).
Punitive action against unqualified persons delivering services to PWD.

9. History
Kothari commission (1964-66)
Recommended- Education of children with disabilities in regular schools.
Department of Social Welfare
Launched- Scheme of Integrated Education for Disabled Children (IEDC).
 Implementation of scheme was transferred to the Department of Education in 1982.
National Education Policy (1986)
Physically and mentally handicapped children should be integrated with the general
community as equal partners
The Mental Health Act, 1987
The Rehabilitation Council of India Act, 1992
Rehabilitation council of India (1986)
1964-66
1982
1986
1986
1987
1992

10. Rehabilitation Council of India
Government of India in 1986 to set up a Rehabilitation Council to be
responsible for-
Training policies and programmes;
To standardise the training courses for professionals dealing with
persons with disabilities;
To grant recognition to the institutions running these training courses
To maintain a Central Rehabilitation Register (CRR) of the Rehabilitation
professionals; and
To promote research in Rehabilitation and Special Education.

11. Mental Health Act,1987
1st act focusing on mental health.
Consolidates law relating to care and treatment of mentally ill person.
Provision for the safeguard of their right, property and welfare.
RCI Act, 1992
Rehabilitation Council of India- Set up as registered society in 1986
RCI act enacted by parliament on September 1992
Became a statutory body on 22 June 1993
Further amendment in year 2000.

12. The Act
RCI Act,1992
Chapter I
Preliminary
Chapter II
The Rehabilitation
Council of India
Chapter III
Functions of the
Council

13. Terms used in RCI Act
Rehabilitation
Refers to a process aimed at –
Enabling PWD to reach and
maintain their optimum-
o Physical
o Sensory
o Intellectual
o Psychiatric or
o Social functional levels
Handicapped
A person suffering from
any disability-
o Visually handicapped.
o Hearing handicapped.
o Suffering from locomotor
disability.
o Suffering from mental
retardation.
Rehabilitation professionals
 Audiologists and speech
therapist.
 Clinical psychologists.
 Hearing aid and ear mould
technicians.
 Rehabilitation engineers and
technicians.
 Special teachers for education
and training.
 Vocational counsellors,
employment officers and
placement officers dealing with
handicapped.

14. Who are handicapped?
Visually handicapped-
(i) total absence of sight;
(ii) visual acuity not exceeding 20/200 (snellen) in the
better eye with the correcting lenses; or
(iii) limitation of the field of vision subtending and angle of
degree or worse.
Hearing handicapped-
Hearing impairment of 70 dB
and above
Mental retardation- a condition
of arrested or incomplete
development of mind
Locomotor disability- a person’ s
inability to execute distinctive
activities associated with moving
Fig. A Snellen chart
Note- 20/20 vision is normal vision acuity (the clarity or sharpness
of vision)

15. Normal eye able to see-
 approx. 95° temporally (towards ear)
 60° nasally (towards your nose) from the center.
• 60° above and 75° below from the center.
 horizontal field range = 155°
 vertical field range = 135° at a given time.
Visually handicapped-
(i) total absence of sight;
(ii) visual acuity not exceeding 20/200 (snellen) in the better eye with the
correcting lenses; or
(iii) limitation of the field of vision subtending and angle of degree or worse.
Fig. Normal horizontal field of vision.
(Image adapted from www.testvision.org)

16. Local level Committees
an officer of the civil service, not below
the rank of a DM or DC.
a representative of a registered
organization
a person with disability
Members in RCI
• Civil services,
• Experienced person in rehabilitation,
• UGC,
• ICMR,
• MP

17. Objectives of RCI
To regulatethe training policies and programmes in the fieldof rehabilitation of persons with
disabilities.
To bring about standardizationof trainingcourses for professionals dealingwith persons with
disabilities.
To prescribe minimumstandards of education and training of various categories of
professionals/ personnel dealingwithpeople with disabilities
To regulatethese standards in all training institutions uniformlythroughout the country.
To recognize institutions/ organizations/ universities running master's degree/ bachelor's
degree/ P.G. Diploma/ Diploma/ Certificate courses in the field of rehabilitation of persons with
disabilities.
To recognize degree/diploma/certificate awardedby foreignuniversities/ institutions on
reciprocal basis.
To promoteresearchin Rehabilitation and Special Education.

18. To maintainCentral Rehabilitation Registerfor registration of professionals/ personnel.
To collect informationon a regular basis on education and trainingin the field of rehabilitation
of people with disabilities frominstitutions in Indiaand abroad.
To encourage continuingeducationin the fieldof rehabilitation and special education by way of
collaboration withorganizations workingin the fieldof disability.
To recognize Vocational Rehabilitation Centres as manpower development centres.
To register vocational instructors and other personnel workingin the Vocational Rehabilitation
Centres.
To recognize the national institutes and apex institutionson disability as manpower
development centres.
To register personnel workingin national institutes and apex institutions on disability under
the Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment.
Objectives of RCI cont..

19. The Central Rehabilitation Register (CRR)
For maintaining the record of all Rehabilitation Professionals/Personnel.
1. Audiologists and Speech Therapists.
2. Clinical Psychologists.
3. Hearing Aid and Ear Mould Technicians.
4. Rehabilitation Engineers and Technicians.
5. Special Teachers for education and training the handicapped.
6. Vocational Counsellors, Employment Officers and
Placement Officers dealing with the Handicapped.
7. Multipurpose Rehabilitation Therapists and Technicians.
8. Speech Pathologists.
9. Rehabilitation Psychologists.
10. Rehabilitation Social Workers.
11. Rehabilitation Practitioners in Mental Retardation.
12. Orientation and Mobility Specialists.
13. Community Based Rehabilitation Professionals.
14. Rehabilitation Counsellors/Administrators.
15. Prosthetists and Orthotists.
16. Rehabilitation Workshop Managers.
Categories of Rehabilitation Professionals-

20. Initiatives of the Council
• National Programme of Bridge Course (Launched in 1998)
• National Programme of Orientation of Medical Officers
• B.Ed. Special Education Through Distance Mode (Launched in 2001-2002)
• Assessment and Accreditation of Institutions (From 1990-2000)
• Continuing Rehabilitation Education
CRE points collected for renewal of registration.

21. Review cum Analysis of RCI Act, 1992
• RCI Act 1992- a major step towards rehabilitation of disabled persons in the
society.
• RCI has broadened its area of action by recognizing different rehabilitation
professionals, institutions, and addition of new degree, diploma and certificate
courses.
• Transparency and quality assurance
• Lack of professionals and administrative officers.
• Other Acts for PWD masking RCI.
• RCI Act, 1992, NEP 2020, Inclusion, Conflict of Interest, Quality assurance.
• Maintaining autonomous nature of RCI- a challenge.

22. • RCI may take punitive action against those who are not registered as a
professional with RCI and RTE Act, 2009 intends to bring disabled
child in an inclusive school setup. So there is a confusion of actions will
be taken against those are teaching.
• Government has proposed amendment in RCI leaving NPRD
(National Platform for the Rights of the Disabled) furious.

23.  A need of deliberate discussion aimed at finding a way in which goals of
National Education Policy, 2020 can be achieved and autonomous nature
of Rehabilitation Council of India can also be maintained at the same
time.
 Effective quality assurance mechanism should be formulated if we are
moving towards inclusion.
 Integration of Council and Acts may prove to be an effective solution.
 Active, effective and enhanced collaboration among the ministries is
needed.
Suggestions

25. References
• Rehabilitation council of india ACT , Aims and Achievements & Institutes Recognised.
https://www.allindiadaily.com/2013/06/RCIACT.html
• RCI Guidance. https://punarbhava.in/images/images1/RCI_programme/publications/about_rci.pdf
• Discussion On The Rehabilitation Council Of India (Amendment) Bill, ... on 10 August, 2000
https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1285509/
• Rehabilitation council of India Act. https://www.niepmd.tn.nic.in/documents/RCI%20Act.pdf
• Govt proposes amendment in Rehabilitation Council of India Act 1992. https://www.livemint.com/news/india/govt-
proposes-amendment-in-rehabilitation-council-of-india-act-1992-11607608798166.html
• Disability rights organisation expresses concern over proposed amendment to RCI Act.
https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2020/dec/11/disability-rights-organisation-expresses-concern-over-proposed-
amendment-to-rci-act-2234795.html
• Visual Angle. https://elvers.us/perception/visualAngle/va.html
• Visual Field. http://www.vision-and-eye-health.com/visual-field.html

26. Acknowledgements

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28. When was RCI established?
A. 1987
B. 1986
C. 1985
D. 1992
Answer- B. 1986
Who require special education? Select the correct option.
i. Those with learning difficulties
ii. Those which are handicapped
iii. Those which are gifted and need special attention
iv. Those having physical disabilities
A. i, ii, iii
B. ii, iii, iv
C. i. ii, iv
D. I, iii, iv
Answer- C. i. ii, iv
Rehabilitation council of India comes under-
A. Ministry of Home affairs
B. Ministry of Labour and Employment
C. Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
D. Ministry of Education
Answer- B. Ministry of Labour and Employment

29. According to RCI act, 1992, Rehabilitation is aimed at-
A. Providing houses and income to the disabled.
B. Providing jobs to the disabled.
C. Enabling PWD reach their optimum social and
intellectual levels.
D. Enabling PWD gain self- reliance in terms of money.
Answer- C. Enabling PWD reach their optimum social and intellectual levels.
According to Rehabilitation Council of India, how much Db
hearing loss should be hearing impaired persons?
A. 60 Db Hearing loss
B. 65 Db Hearing loss
C. 70 Db Hearing loss
D. 75 Db Hearing loss
Answer – C. 70 Db Hearing loss

30. Which of these professionals come under RCI Act, 1992?
A. Audiologists and speech therapists
B. Special teacher for Education and training the
handicapped
C. Multi-purpose rehabilitation therapists, technicians
D. All of the above
Answer- D. All of the above
C.R.R. stands for______?
A. Central Rehabilitation Register
B. Central Rehabilitation Registration
C. Cash Reserve Ratio
D. Center for Regional Rehabilitation
Answer- A. Central Rehabilitation Register

31. Which was added through amendment in RCI Act,
1992 made in year 2000?
A. Quality assurance mechanism
B. Statutory body status
C. Research and training
D. Addition of B.Ed (Special Education) course
Answer- C. Research and training
Which of the programmes comes under Rehabilitation
Council of India?
A. Bridge course
B. Training the medical officers working in PHC
C. Fellowship and research schemes
D. All of the above
Answer- D. All of the above
Why are CRE Points collected?
A. For fresh registration
B. For additional registration
C. For renewal registration
D. None of these
Answer- C. For renewal registration