Lok Sabha Question No. 1503 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-07-25
Subject: Separate Department for Differently Abled
Ministry: SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
Asked by: REKHA ARUN VERMA

## Government of India Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (Divyangjan) Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment Lok Sabha

Unstarred Question No. 1503 To be answered on 25.07.2017

## Separate Department for Differently Abled

## 1503. Shrimati Rekha Verma:

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

- (a) the estimated number of disabled persons in the country, State-wise;
- (b) whether there is no separate department in certain States to look after the welfare of differently abled persons;
- (c) if s0, the details thereof and the reasons therefor; and
- (d) the steps   taken by the Government to persuade the States/Union  Territories to set up separate department for differently abled persons to address their concerns, issues and problems so that can be brought into the mainstream of the society? they

## ANSWER

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

- (a) As per Census 2011, the estimated number of persons with disabilities State/UT-wise in the country is at Annexure:
- (b) & (c) As per Information available from the Office of the Chief Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities (O/o CCPD); only 7 States namely; Tamilnadu, Telangana and Uttar Pradesh have separate Department for dealing with matters concerning persons with disabilities. In other States, the issues concerning persons with disabilities are being handled either by the Department of Social Welfare/Social Justice or by the Department of Women and Child Welfare\_
- (d) CCPD in all its review meetings with the States/UTs continuously emphasizes the need to have separate  disability   Department in the States/UTs for dealing with matters   concerning   persons with disabilities. In the National Review Meeting of the State   Commissioners for Persons   with Disabilities,  organized by the Olo CCPD on was also   recommended that the States/UTs should have separate Department to deal with matters concerning persons with Disabilities. Further; the CCPD also takes up the matter of separate Department in the States his meeting with Chief Secretaries of various States. during

Annexure referred to in reply of part () of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1503 for answer on 25/07/2017 regarding\_Separate Department for Differently Abled

|       | State/UT wise population  of persons with disabilities as per Census 2011   | State/UT wise population  of persons with disabilities as per Census 2011   |
|-------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| S.No: | State                                                                       | Total population of persons with disabilities a8 per Census 2011            |
| 1     | Andhra Pradesh                                                              | 1219785                                                                     |
| 2     | Arunachal Pradesh                                                           | 26734                                                                       |
| 3     | Assam                                                                       | 480065                                                                      |
|       | Bihar                                                                       | 2331009                                                                     |
|       | Chhattisgarh                                                                | 624937                                                                      |
|       | Delhi                                                                       | 234882                                                                      |
|       | Goa                                                                         | 33012                                                                       |
|       | Gujarat                                                                     | 1092302                                                                     |
|       | Haryana                                                                     | 546374                                                                      |
| 10    | Himachal Pradesh                                                            | 155316                                                                      |
| 11    | J&K                                                                         | 361153                                                                      |
| 12    | Jharkhand                                                                   | 769980                                                                      |
| 13    | Karnataka                                                                   | 1324205                                                                     |
| 14    | Kerala                                                                      | 761843                                                                      |
| 15    | Madhya Pradesh                                                              | 1551931                                                                     |
| 16    | Maharashtra                                                                 | 2963392                                                                     |
| 17    | Manipur                                                                     | 58547                                                                       |
| 18    | Mizoram                                                                     | 15160                                                                       |
| 19    | Meghalaya                                                                   | 44317                                                                       |
| 20    | Nagaland                                                                    | 29631                                                                       |
| 21    | Odisha                                                                      | 1244402                                                                     |
| 22    | Punjab                                                                      | 654063                                                                      |
| 23    | Rajasthan                                                                   | 1563694                                                                     |
| 24    | Sikkim                                                                      | 18187                                                                       |
| 25    | Tamil Nadu                                                                  | 1179963                                                                     |
| 26    | Telangana                                                                   | 1046822                                                                     |
| 27    | Tripura                                                                     | 64346                                                                       |
| 28    | Uttar Pradesh                                                               | 4157514                                                                     |
| 29    | Uttarakhand                                                                 | 185272                                                                      |
| 30    | West Bengal                                                                 | 2017406                                                                     |
| 31    | A&N Islands                                                                 | 6660                                                                        |
| 32    | Chandigarh                                                                  | 14796                                                                       |
| 33    | Daman & Diu                                                                 | 2196                                                                        |
| 34    | D& N Haveli                                                                 | 3294                                                                        |
| 35    | Lakshadweep                                                                 | 1615                                                                        |
| 36    | Puducherry                                                                  | 30189                                                                       |
|       | Total                                                                       | 2,68,14,994                                                                 |