Lok Sabha Question No. 2456 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-01-02
Subject: Schools for the Differently Abled
Ministry: SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
Asked by: ANSHUL VERMA, CHANDRAKANT BHAURAO KHAIRE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT DEPARTMENT OF EMPOWERMENT OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES

## LOK SABHA

## Schools for the Differently Abled

## 2456. SHRI ANSHUL VERMA: SHRI CHANDRAKANT KHAIRE: Will the Minister of SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) schools for physically and mentally challenged children including deaf and dumb children from various States including Karnataka and Maharashtra;
- during each of the last three years and the current year; agency/ organisation and State-wise;
- the details of such schools opened during the said period, State-wise;
- (d) whether the Government has accorded sanction for opening any residential Or non-residential school in Hardoi district in Uttar Pradesh during the period from 2014 to 2017 and if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) whether the Government has conducted any review of the said schemes and if So, the details and the findings thereof along with the action taken to remove the deficiencies, if any, noticed therein?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT

## (SHRI KRISHANPAL GURJAR)

- (a) to (c) Sir. However, the Department, through its National Institutes, runs model schools for specific disabilities and the amount of funds utilized by the said institutes the last 3 years and the current year are as under: No, during

| No   | Name of the National Institute under the Department                                                     | Amount spent (Rs. In lakhs)   | Amount spent (Rs. In lakhs)   | Amount spent (Rs. In lakhs)   | Amount spent (Rs. In lakhs)   |
|------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|      |                                                                                                         | 2014-15                       | 2015-16                       | 2016-17                       | 2017-18                       |
| 1    | Pt: Deendayal Upadhyaya National Institute for Persons with Physical Disabilities (PDUNIPPD); New Delhi | 33.92                         | 30.87                         | 27.66                         | 17.97                         |
| 2    | National Institute for the Empowerment of Persons                                                       | 138.41                        | 101,88                        | 148.52                        | 182.54                        |

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2456 TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.01.2018

|    | with Visual Disabilities (NIEPVD); Dehradun                                                            |        |        |        |        |
|----|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
| 3  | National Institute for the Empowerment of Persons with Intellectual Disabilities (NIEPID) Secunderabad | 267.41 | 317.23 | 350.38 | 245.07 |
| 4_ | National Institute for Empowerment of Persons with Multiple Disabilities (NIEPMD) Chennai              |  39.7  |  44.47 |  47.71 |  40.68 |

- (e) Does not arise, in view of (a) above: