{"id":348938,"date":"2025-10-30T16:58:25","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T11:28:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=348938"},"modified":"2025-10-30T16:58:25","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T11:28:25","slug":"rehabilitation-council-of-india-rci","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/rehabilitation-council-of-india-rci\/","title":{"rendered":"Rehabilitation Council of India (RCI)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>News<\/strong><strong>: <\/strong>Rehabilitation Council of India (RCI) announced reforms to bring transparency, efficiency, and inclusivity to the rehabilitation ecosystem across the country.<\/p>\n<h2>About Rehabilitation Council of India (RCI)<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_348939\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-348939\" style=\"width: 371px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-348939\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Source-RCI.jpg?resize=371%2C104&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"371\" height=\"104\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Source-RCI.jpg?resize=300%2C84&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Source-RCI.jpg?w=596&amp;ssl=1 596w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 371px) 100vw, 371px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-348939\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source &#8211; RCI<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>RCI is the <strong>statutory body<\/strong> that <strong>regulates and standardizes rehabilitation and special education<\/strong> given to <strong>persons with disabilities<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Origin:<\/strong> It was set up as a <strong>registered society in 1986.<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>The <strong>RCI Act was enacted by Parliament in September 1992<\/strong> and amended in 2000.<\/li>\n<li>It became a <strong>Statutory Body on 22 June 1993<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Nodal Ministry:<\/strong> <strong>Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>RCI<\/strong><strong>\u2019<\/strong><strong>s role<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>It develops, standardizes, and regulates training programmes and courses at various levels in <strong>rehabilitation and special education<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>It maintains the <strong>Central Rehabilitation Register (CRR)<\/strong> for qualified professionals and promotes research in special education.<\/li>\n<li>It has recognized <strong>16 categories<\/strong> of professionals and personnel training programmes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>About RCI Reforms<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The reforms aim to ensure transparency, efficiency, and inclusivity, <strong>aligning with Jan Vishwas, trust-based governance, and Ease of Doing Business<\/strong> through innovation and digital transformation.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Fees for CRR<\/strong> issuance, renewal, and qualification addition are <strong>fully waived.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>CRR validity extends to seven years <\/strong>with automatic renewal for candidates earning 100 or more CRE points, and free online corrections are enabled.<\/li>\n<li>144 top-performing institutions are designated as <strong>Centers of Excellence.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: Rehabilitation Council of India (RCI) announced reforms to bring transparency, efficiency, and inclusivity to the rehabilitation ecosystem across the country. About Rehabilitation Council of India (RCI) RCI is the statutory body that regulates and standardizes rehabilitation and special education given to persons with disabilities. Origin: It was set up as a registered society in&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/rehabilitation-council-of-india-rci\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Rehabilitation Council of India (RCI)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10393,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,1760,12039],"tags":[11872],"class_list":["post-348938","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-polity-and-nation","category-knolls","tag-9pm-daily-factly","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348938","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10393"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=348938"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348938\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=348938"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=348938"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=348938"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}