Lok Sabha Question No. 592 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-11-18
Subject: Reservation to Women with Disability
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: PRAHLAD SINGH PATEL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO. 592

TO BE ANSWERED ON 18.11.2016

## RESERVATION TO WOMEN WITH DISABILITY

## 592.  SHRI PRAHLAD SINGH PATEL :

Will the Minister of WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

(a)  whether the Government to ask private companies to give preference and reservation to women with disability in the job application and selection process in the country;

- (b) if so, the details thereof; and

(c)  the  estimated  number  of  women  with  disability  and  such  unemployed  women  in  the  country, State/UT-wise?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT (SHRIMATI MANEKA SANJAY GANDHI)

(a) to (b)   Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities(Divyangjan) informed that there is no  such  proposal  in  the  Ministry.  However,  Section  41  of  the  Persons  with  Disabilities  (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights Full Participation) Act, 1995 mandates the appropriate Governments and  the  local  authorities,  within  the  limits  of  their  economic  capacity  and  development,  to  provide incentives to employers both in public and private sectors to ensure that at least five per cent of their work force is composed of persons with disabilities. This Department implements a scheme to provide incentives in the form of reimbursement of employer's contribution towards Employee State Insurance and  Provident  Fund  contributions  in  respect  of  employees  with  disabilities  drawing  salary  upto  Rs. 25,000  per  month  for  a  period  of  three  years  to  promote  employment  of  persons  with  disabilities including women with disabilities in private sector.

(c)            As  per  census  2011,  State/UT  wise  number  of  women  with  disability  and  non  worker  in  the country is annexed.

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Annexure  referred  to  in  reply  to  Part  (c)  of  the  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question  No.  592  for 18.11.2016  by Shri Prahlad Singh Patel regarding Reservation To Women With Disability.

State/UT wise number of women with disability and non worker in the country

|   Sl.No | State/UTs                  |   Total population of women with disability |   Non Worker |
|---------|----------------------------|---------------------------------------------|--------------|
|       1 | Jammu &Kashmir             |                                      156319 |       128735 |
|       2 | Himachal pradesh           |                                       68995 |        43809 |
|       3 | Punjab                     |                                      274512 |       234815 |
|       4 | Chandigarh                 |                                        6053 |         5297 |
|       5 | Uttarakhand                |                                       82485 |        62465 |
|       6 | Haryana                    |                                      230841 |       196066 |
|       7 | Nct of delhi               |                                       96503 |        87948 |
|       8 | Rajasthan                  |                                      715407 |       543988 |
|       9 | Uttar pradesh              |                                     1793343 |      1451319 |
|      10 | Bihar                      |                                      987909 |       776600 |
|      11 | Sikkim                     |                                        8408 |         5086 |
|      12 | Arunachal pradesh          |                                       12489 |         7873 |
|      13 | Nagaland                   |                                       13483 |         7121 |
|      14 | Manipur                    |                                       27373 |        17050 |
|      15 | Mizoram                    |                                        6962 |         5003 |
|      16 | Tripura                    |                                       28864 |        23461 |
|      17 | Meghalaya                  |                                       20991 |        14476 |
|      18 | Assam                      |                                      222680 |       178291 |
|      19 | West bengal                |                                      890225 |       740596 |
|      20 | Jharkhand                  |                                      343104 |       254042 |
|      21 | Odisha                     |                                      569627 |       447354 |
|      22 | Chhattisgarh               |                                      290844 |       207620 |
|      23 | Madhya pradesh             |                                      663180 |       482402 |
|      24 | Gujarat                    |                                      479498 |       392616 |
|      25 | Daman &diu                 |                                         896 |          772 |
|      26 | Dadra &nagar haveli        |                                        1401 |         1087 |
|      27 | Maharashtra                |                                     1271107 |       905686 |
|      28 | Andhra pradesh (Individed) |                                     1042148 |       748582 |
|      29 | Karnataka                  |                                      597684 |       443646 |
|      30 | Goa                        |                                       15996 |        13250 |
|      31 | Lakshadweep                |                                         777 |          715 |
|      32 | Kerala                     |                                      367137 |       323449 |
|      33 | Tamil nadu                 |                                      522545 |       389508 |
|      34 | Puducherry                 |                                       13816 |        11709 |
|      35 | Andaman &nicobar islands   |                                        2799 |         2403 |