The Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (DEPwD) had launched Accessible India Campaign (Sugamya Bharat Abhiyan) as a nation-wide Campaign for achieving universal accessibility for Persons with Disabilities (PwDs) in December 2015.
Indian Railways in sync has also notified ‘Guidelines on accessibility of Indian Railway Stations and facilities at stations for differently abled persons (Divyangjans) and passengers with reduced mobility’.
The accessibility standards for Indian Railways system has provisions of facilities for Divyangjans and passengers with reduced mobility such as entrance ramps, accessible parking, low height ticket counter/help booths, toilets, drinking water booth, sub-ways/foot over bridges with ramps/lifts, standard signages including Braille signages and tactile pathways for visual impairment, etc.
Section 40 of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 mandates the Central Government to formulate rules for persons with disabilities laying down the standards of accessibility inter alia for facilities and services provided to Persons with Disabilities in Station on Indian Railways.
The attached document “Guidelines on accessibility of Indian railway stations and facilities at stations for differently abled persons (Divyangjan) and passengers with reduced mobility” is a good read which is available both in Hindi and English.
The document can be downloaded here or can be viewed below