Lok Sabha Question No. 1489 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-05
Subject: Disability Act
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: JITENDRA CHAUDHURY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1489 TO BE ANSWERED ON 5.3.2018

## DISABILITY ACT

## 1489. SHRI JITENDRA CHAUDHURY:

Will the Minister of HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  Government  is  aware  that  top  universities  like  Indian  Institute  of Technology,  Indian  Institute  of  Management,  Jawahar  Lal  Nehru  University  and  Delhi University  have  together  filled  up  barely  sixteen  per  cent  of  the  quota  for  people  with disabilities according to the survey by the National Centre for Promotion of Employment for Disabled People (NCPEDP) and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether India's top universities and institutions are violating the rules and implementation of the Disability Act of 1995 which had fixed a minimum three per cent quota for student with disabilities and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the number of disabled women population is very less in comparison to men in the  Universities/  Institutes  and  if  so,  the  number  of  male  and  female  disabled  people studying in top universities across the country; and
- (d) the steps taken/being taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT ( DR. SATYA PAL SINGH )

- (a)  to  (d)  The  consolidated  information  on  number  of  reserved  seats  for  Persons  with Disabilities(PwDs) is not centrally maintained, however statement of total Enrolment(male & female) & enrolment of PwDs students (male & female) in various types of Universities is given in the annexure.

National Policy on Education, 1986(as modified in 1992) lays special emphasis on education of  Persons  with  Disabilities  (PwDs).  University  Grant  Commission  (UGC)  runs  three schemes  namely  Higher  Education  for  Persons  with  Special  Needs  (HEPSN),  Teacher Preparation in Special Education(TEPSE) and Financial Assistance to Visually-handicapped Teachers. AICTE also has a scholarship scheme for differently abled students (SAKSHAM)

The University Grants Commission (UGC), from time to time, has been conveying to the Universities and Deemed to be Universities, for implementation of the reservation policy for Persons with Disabilities (PwDs). The UGC has circulated the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (RPwD) Act, 2016 to all the Universities including Deemed to be University and state  University  for  compliance  and  to  ensure  effective  implementation  of  reservation  of five  percent  of  seats  in  every  Government  and  Government  aided  higher  educational institutions in terms of section 32(1) of the Act. Ministry of Human Resource Development has instructed all the IITs/IIMs for the implementation of the Section 32(1) of the RPwD Act, 2016.

The  University  Grants  Commission  is  continuously  monitoring  the  progress  of implementation of reservation policy including admission to all level courses in universities and colleges. UGC has instructed to all the Universities including Deemed to be University and  state  University  to  ensure  effective  implementation  of  the  reservation  policy  in Universities  and  institutions  receiving  aid  from  the  public  funds  except  in  Minority institutions  under Article  30  (1)  of  the  Constitutions.  Indian  Institute  of  Technology  and Indian Institute of Management are also follow the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Act.

Ministry  has  also  issued  instructions  for  implementation  of  various  provisions  of PwD  Act  like  providing  barrier  free  environment  in  buildings,  which  would  include provisions of ramps, rails, lifts ,adaptation of toilets  fare  wheel  chair  users,  brail  signages auditory signals, tactile flooring  to Centrally Funded Higher Education Institutes.

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## ANNEXURE

ANNEXURE REFFRRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) to (d) OF THE LOK SABHA  UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  1489  FOR  05.03.2018  ASKED  BY HON'BLE  MEMBER  OF  PARLIAMENT  SHRI  JITENDRA  CHAUDHURY REGARDING 'DISABILITY ACT'.

PwDs Enrolment in various types of Universities for the year 2016-17 (based on actual response)

- (a) Teaching departments and Constituent Units/Off-campus Centres

| Type of University                    | Total   | Total   | Total   | PwDs   | PwDs   | PwDs   |
|---------------------------------------|---------|---------|---------|--------|--------|--------|
| Type of University                    | Male    | Female  | Total   | Male   | Female | Total  |
| Central University                    | 383951  | 335467  | 719418  | 2297   | 890    | 3187   |
| Central Open University               | 457625  | 358321  | 815946  | 34     | 9      | 43     |
| Institute of National Importance      | 148131  | 48533   | 196664  | 1994   | 236    | 2230   |
| State Public University               | 1383699 | 1377636 | 2761335 | 3173   | 1472   | 4645   |
| State Open University                 | 697814  | 382998  | 1080812 | 936    | 287    | 1223   |
| State Private University              | 521065  | 247324  | 768389  | 1173   | 296    | 1469   |
| State Private Open University         | 19      | 7       | 26      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| Institute under State Legislature Act | 1405    | 2264    | 3669    | 30     | 29     | 59     |
| Deemed University- Government         | 31366   | 12793   | 44159   | 124    | 20     | 144    |
| Deemed University- Government Aided   | 35874   | 34027   | 69901   | 68     | 69     | 137    |
| Deemed University- Private            | 377347  | 234618  | 611965  | 261    | 120    | 381    |
| All India                             | 4038296 | 3033988 | 7072284 | 10090  | 3428   | 13518  |

## (b) Affiliated and Constituent Colleges

| Central University      |   358088 |   402692 |   760780 |   1450 |   858 |   2308 |
|-------------------------|----------|----------|----------|--------|-------|--------|
| State Public University | 13127336 | 12635164 | 25762500 |  25543 | 23733 |  49276 |
| All India               | 13485424 | 13037856 | 26523280 |  26993 | 24591 |  51584 |