The Rehabilitation Council of India was set up as a registered society in 1986. On September, 1992 the RCI Act was enacted by Parliament and it became a Statutory Body on 22 June 1993. The Act was amended by Parliament in 2000 to make it more broadbased. The mandate given to RCI is to regulate and monitor services given to persons with disability, to standardise syllabi and to maintain a Central Rehabilitation Register of all qualified professionals and personnel working in the field of Rehabilitation and Special Education. The Act also prescribes punitive action against unqualified persons delivering services to persons with disability. For more info, log on to: http://www.rehabcouncil.nic.in/ The Rehabilitation Council of India is the apex government body, set up under an Act of Parliament, to regulate training programmes and courses targeted at disabled, disadvantaged, and special education requirement communities. It is the only statutory council in India that is required to maintain the Central Rehabilitation Register which mainly documents details of all qualified professionals who operate and deliver training and educational programmes for the targeted communities. In the year 2000, the Rehabilitation Council of India Act, 2000, was introduced and notified consequently by the government of India. The amendment brought definitions and discussions provided within the earlier Rehabilitation Council of India Act, 1992, under the ambit of a larger act, namely, Persons with Disabilities Act, 1995.
The council has reportedly registered around 12,000 such professionals across India.
'''Objectives of RCI'''
To regulate the training policies and programmes in the field of rehabilitation of persons with disabilities.
To bring about standardization of training courses for professionals dealing with persons with disabilities.
To prescribe minimum standards of education and training of various categories of professionals/ personnel dealing with people with disabilities.
To regulate these standards in all training institutions uniformly throughout 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 awarded by foreign universities/ institutions on reciprocal basis.
To promote research in Rehabilitation and Special Education.
To maintain Central Rehabilitation Register for registration of professionals/ personnel.
To collect information on a regular basis on education and training in the field of rehabilitation of people with disabilities from institutions in India and abroad
To encourage continuing education in the field of rehabilitation and special education by way of collaboration with organizations working in the field of disability.
To recognize Vocational Rehabilitation Centres as manpower development centres.
To register vocational instructors and other personnel working in the Vocational Rehabilitation Centres.
To recognize the national institutes and apex institutions on disability as manpower development centres.
