Lok Sabha Question No. 590 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-12-19
Subject: Awards for Differently Abled Persons
Ministry: SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
Asked by: GOPALAKRISHNAN CHINNARAJ

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.590 TO BE ANSWERED ON 19.12.2017

## Awards for Differently Abled Persons

## 590. Dr. C. Gopalakrishnan:

## Will the Minister of SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT be pleased to state:-

- (a)Whether the Government announced the Disability Awards every year in the country;
- (b) if so, the details of category of disability awards given for the last three Years;
- (c) the details of Best Individual and Best Institution for disability service for the said period; and
- (d) whether any special funds has been provided for the service on disability to Best Individual and Best Institution awarded and if s0, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT (SHRI KRISHAN PAL GURJAR)

- Government confers National Awards under its Scheme called 'National Award for the Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities' on 3rd of December every year on the occasion of International for the Persons with Disabilities. Details of categories of the National Awards for the last three years are at Annexure I. Day
- (c): Details of the awards for Best   Individual and Best Institution categories working for the cause of Persons with Disabilities for last three years are at Annexure II,
- (d): While there is no special fund for the purpose, cash amount of Rs. one lakh is every awardee in the Best Institution category.

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## Statement referred in part (b) of the reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No: 590 for answer on 19.12.2017:

## Details of the categories of the National Awards for the Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities the last three years: for

- I Award for Best Employee/ Self Employed with Disabilities
- III\_ Award for Best Individual and Institution Working for the Cause of Persons with Disabilities
- II. Award for Best Employers and Placement Officer or Agency
- IV\_ Role Model Awards
- Awards for Best Applied Research or IInnovation Or Product Development Aimed at Improving the life of Persons with Disabilities
- VII. Award for the Best District in Providing Rehabilitation Service
- Award for the Outstanding Work in the Creation of Barrier-Free Environment for the Persons with Disabilities
- VIII. Award for the Best State Channelizing Agency of National Handicapped Finance and Development Corporation.
- X. Award for the Best Creative Child with Disabilities
- IX. Award for the Outstanding Creative Adult Persons with Disabilities
- XI. Award for the Best Braille Press
- XIII. Award for the Best State in promoting empowerment of persons with disabilities
- XII. Award for the Best Accessible Website
- Award for the Best sports person with disability

Statement referred in part (c) of the reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 590 for answer on 19.12.2017:

Details of the awardees in Best Individual and Best Institution categories for the last three years:

| Details 0f the awardees for Best Individual and Best Institution categories for the year 2015   | Details 0f the awardees for Best Individual and Best Institution categories for the year 2015   | Details 0f the awardees for Best Individual and Best Institution categories for the year 2015                      | Details 0f the awardees for Best Individual and Best Institution categories for the year 2015   |
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| No.                                                                                             | Category                                                                                        | Sub-category                                                                                                       | Name_Of awardees                                                                                |
|                                                                                                 | Best Individual                                                                                 | Professional                                                                                                       | Mr: L Ararendra Sharma, Imphal, Manlpur                                                         |
|                                                                                                 | Best Individual                                                                                 | Non Professional                                                                                                   | Dr_ P, Manimaran, Tiruvannamalai, Tamilnadu                                                     |
| 2                                                                                               | Best Institution                                                                                | An organization providing holistic comprehensive services to the persons with disabilities in comprehensive manner | CHETNA, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh                                                                  |
| 2                                                                                               | Best Institution                                                                                | An organization promoting Inclusive education_to_the_children/persons_with disabillties                            | SAKSHAM TRUST , Delhi New                                                                       |

| Details of awardees for Best Individual and Best Institution categories for the Year 2016   | Details of awardees for Best Individual and Best Institution categories for the Year 2016                          | Details of awardees for Best Individual and Best Institution categories for the Year 2016                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       | Details of awardees for Best Individual and Best Institution categories for the Year 2016   |
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| No.                                                                                         | Sub-category                                                                                                       | Name of awardees                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |                                                                                             |
| 1                                                                                           | Professional Non Professional                                                                                      | 1 Yumnam Ibechaobi Devi, Khongman Zone III, Imphal East, Manipur 2 Pankaj Maru , Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh Mrs_ Radha Borde, Nagpur, Maharashtra                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |                                                                                             |
| 2                                                                                           | An organization providing holistic comprehensive services to the persons with disabilities in comprehensive manner | Sh_ Pritesh Ashok Kumar Shah, Anmedabad__Gujarat_ NIMHANS, Psychiatric Rehabilitation Services (PRS), Bangalore , Karnataka 2 National Federation of the Blind , Pushp Vihar Near Saket District Court, New Delhi Spastic   Soclety of  Sikkim, Jeewan Theeng Marg; Gangtok, Sikkim 4_ Sparsh Foundation, Sikh Vill Road , Diarnond Point Secunderabad; Hyderabad, Telangana 5 Janakalyan Samiti, Sanvedana Cerebral Palsy Vikasan Kendra, (School for Multiple Disabled & Mentally Retarded) Latur Maharashtra |                                                                                             |
|                                                                                             | incluslve education to the chlldren/persons with disabilitles                                                      | Seva In Seva-In- Action (SiA), Bengaluru, Karnataka 2 Ramakrishna Mission Blind Academy , Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama, Kolkata_ West_Bengal Boys                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |                                                                                             |

|    |                  | Sub-category                                                                                                         | Petails_of awardees for Best _Individual and Best Institution categories for the Year 2017 Name                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
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| 1  | Best Individual  | Professional                                                                                                         |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| 1  | Best Individual  | Non Professional                                                                                                     | Sukeshi Barui, District Howrah, West Bengal 2 Ram Kishan Gupta, Jawahar Nagar, Ghatampur, Uttar Pradesh                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| 2  | Best Institution | An organization providing holistic comprehensive services to the persons with disabilities in a comprehensive manner | 'ETC' Education Training and Service Centre for Persons with Disabilities,  Vashi , Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra-400703. 2 Samarthanam Trust For the Disabled, Sector-4, HSR Layout, Bangalore-560102, Karnataka 3_ Sikkim  Viklang Sahayata  Samiti, Opposite Old Assembly C Zero Point, 31NH Gangtok, Sikkim. |
|    |                  |                                                                                                                      | 4. CORD (Chinmaya Organisation for Rural Development) , CORD Training Centre, Village and post office Sidhbari,Tehsil Dharmshala, District Kangra Himachal Pradesh-176057                                                                                                                                   |
|    |                  | An organization promoting inclusive education to the children/persons with disabilities                              | The Society Welfare of   Disabled , Karnataka, SDM Mangala Jyothi Integrated School, Vamanjoor , Mangalore, Karnataka                                                                                                                                                                                       |