Lok Sabha Question No. 3744 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-24
Subject: Care of Children with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: RAGHAV LAKHANPAL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3744 TO BE ANSWERED ON 24.03.2017

## CARE OF CHILDREN WITH INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES

## 3744:  SHRI RAGHAV LAKHANPAL:

Will the Minister of WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government has set up children homes in Uttar Pradesh and other States/UTs for development and care of children with intellectual and developmental disabilities and if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise; and

(b) the steps taken by the Government to insure that children are taken care of properly in the said homes?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT (SHRIMATI KRISHNA RAJ)

(a):  The  Ministry  of  Women  and  Child  Development  is  implementing  a  centrally  sponsored Integrated Child Protection Scheme (ICPS) for  the improvement in the well being of children  in difficult  circumstances.  Under ICPS, financial assistance is provided to  the States/UTs for, interalia,  setting  up  and  maintenance  of  various  types  of  Child  Care  Institutions  including  Children Homes.  Additional  financial  support  is  provided  to  the  institutions  having  children  with  special needs,  including  those  who  are  mentally  or  physically  challenged.  A  separate  home  for  such children is set up in a situation where there are large number of children with special needs in a district or group of districts. The  State/UT wise details is annexed .

(b):      The  Ministry  has  been  requesting  the  State  Governments/UT Administrations from time to time  to  identify  and  register  all  CCIs  under  relevant  provisions  of  Juvenile  Justice  (Care  and Protection of Children) Act, 2000/2015, and set up functional inspection and other Committees to ensure  that  children  in  all  the  CCIs  receive  the  best  of  care,  and  are  not  subject  to  any  kind  of neglect.

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Annexure  referred  to  in  reply  to  part  (a)  of  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question  No.3744  for 24.03.2017 raised by Shri Raghav Lakhanpal regarding 'Care of Children with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities'

## The number of Unit/Homes for children with special needs run by the States/UTs including Uttar Pradesh and supported under ICPS (as on 22.03.2017).

| S. No.   | States / UTs     |   Unit/Home for Children with Special needs |
|----------|------------------|---------------------------------------------|
| 1        | Gujarat          |                                           2 |
| 2        | Himachal Pradesh |                                           4 |
| 3        | Haryana          |                                           6 |
| 4        | Jammu &Kashmir   |                                           2 |
| 5        | Karnataka        |                                           6 |
| 6        | Kerala           |                                           3 |
| 7        | Maharashtra      |                                           1 |
| 8        | Mizoram          |                                           3 |
| 9        | Manipur          |                                           2 |
| 10       | Punjab           |                                           4 |
| 11       | Puducherry       |                                           5 |
| 12       | Rajasthan        |                                           5 |
| 13       | Sikkim           |                                           1 |
| 14       | Tripura          |                                           4 |
| 15       | Tamil Nadu       |                                           4 |
| 16       | Uttar Pradesh    |                                          19 |
| 17       | West Bengal      |                                          23 |
|          | Total            |                                          94 |