Lok Sabha Question No. 2878 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-12-02
Subject: Disability Rehabilitation Centres
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: RAMEN DEKA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2878 TO BE ANSWERED ON 2 ND DECEMBER, 2016

## DISABILITY REHABILIT ATION CENTRES

## 2878. SHRI RAMEN DEKA:

Will the Minister of HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of district disability rehabilitation centre across the country including in Assam;
- (b) whether there is a acute shortage of staff in these centres and if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the details of funds provided by the Central Government under this scheme?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SMT. ANUPRIYA PATEL )

- (a): 258  District  Disability  Rehabilitation  Centres  (DDRCs)  have  been  set  up  till including 13 DDRCs in Assam in the country. Details of these DDRCs is Annexed.
- (b): Yes,  most  of  the  DDRCs  have  a  shortage  of  staff.  Since  the  honoraria  of  the prescri bed by the Scheme are very small, DDRCs are not able to find and retain the specia with predetermined qualifications on the honoraria fixed by the Scheme.
- (c): The details of grants - i -aid provided by the Central Government during last 3 years and t he current year as on 30.11.2016 is as under:

| Year    | Fund released (in Rs.)   |
|---------|--------------------------|
| 2013-14 | 6,67,01,099              |
| 2014-15 | 2,51,14,638              |
| 2015-16 | 2,83,15,178              |
| 2016-17 | 1,58,23,437              |

## List of 258 DDRCs in the Country

## Annexure

As on 30.11.2016

| Sl. No.   | Name of the State         |   No. of DDRCs set up |
|-----------|---------------------------|-----------------------|
| 1.        | Andhra Pradesh            |                    11 |
| 2.        | Telangana                 |                     5 |
| 3.        | Arunachal Pradesh         |                     3 |
| 4.        | Assam                     |                    13 |
| 5.        | Andaman & Nicobar Islands |                     2 |
| 6.        | Bihar                     |                    22 |
| 7.        | Chhattisgarh              |                     7 |
| 8.        | Dadra Nagar Haveli        |                     1 |
| 9.        | Daman &Diu                |                     1 |
| 10.       | Goa                       |                     1 |
| 11.       | Gujarat                   |                    12 |
| 12.       | Haryana                   |                     5 |
| 13.       | Himachal Pradesh          |                     4 |
| 14.       | Jammu &Kashmir            |                     8 |
| 15.       | Jharkhand                 |                     6 |
| 16.       | Karnataka                 |                     8 |
| 17.       | Kerala                    |                     3 |
| 18.       | Madhya Pradesh            |                    24 |
| 19.       | Maharashtra               |                    11 |
| 20.       | Manipur                   |                     4 |
| 21.       | Meghalaya                 |                     5 |
| 22.       | Mizoram                   |                     3 |
| 23.       | Nagaland                  |                     1 |
| 24.       | Odisha                    |                     8 |
| 25.       | Puducherry                |                     2 |
| 26.       | Punjab                    |                     8 |
| 27.       | Rajasthan                 |                    11 |
| 28.       | Sikkim                    |                     1 |
| 29.       | Tamil Nadu                |                     7 |
| 30.       | Tripura                   |                     4 |
| 31.       | Uttar Pradesh             |                    40 |
| 32.       | Uttarakhand               |                     5 |
| 33.       | West Bengal               |                    12 |
|           | Total                     |                   258 |