(1) Every establishment shall comply with the following standards relating to physical environment, transport and information and communication technology, namely :-
(a) standard for public buildings as specified in the Harmonised Guidelines and Space Standards for Barrier Free Built Environment for Persons with Disabilities and Elderly Persons as issued by the Government of India, Ministry of Urban Development in March, 2016;
(b) standard for Bus Body Code for transportation system as notified by the Government of India, Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, vide notification number G.S.R. 895(E), dated the 20th September, 2016;
(c) Information and Communication Technology,
(i) website standard as specified in the guidelines for Indian Government websites, as adopted by Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances, Government of India;
(ii) documents to be placed on websites shall be in Electronic Publication (ePUB) or Optical Character Reader (OCR) based pdf format:
(2) The respective Departments shall ensure compliance of the standards of accessibility specified under this rule through the concerned domain regulators or otherwise.
CHAPTER VIII Certificate of Registration of Institution
21. The Joint Director (Technical) in the Department of Social Welfare, Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi shall be the competent authority under section 49 for the purpose of registration of Institutions for Persons with Disabilities and grants to such Institutions:
Provided that in case no person is occupying the post of Joint Director (Technical), the competent authority, shall be the person occupying the post next in the hierarchy.