People with autism, mental illnesses, intellectual disability and victims of acid attacks will now get quota in central government jobs. <br/><br/>The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) recently wrote to all central government departments to ensure that one percent of each post be reserved for people with blindness and low vision; deaf and hard of hearing; locomotor disability including cerebral palsy, leprosy cured, dwarfism, acid attack victims and muscular dystrophy. <br/><br/>It said in case of direct recruitment, four percent of the total number of vacancies, up from the existing three percent, in groups A, B and C shall be reserved for people with benchmark disabilities. <br/><br/>Benchmark disability means a person with not less than forty percent of a specified disability. <br/><br/>The move to enhance reservation quota for those with learning disability and acid attack victims comes after passage of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016, and the notification of relevant rules in this regard.<br/><br/>As per an earlier order of the DoPT, issued in 2005, three percent of the total posts were to be reserved for people with disabilities.