Lok Sabha Question No. 2793 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-13
Subject: Beneficiaries under DDRS
Ministry: SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
Asked by: RAMCHARAN BOHARA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT ARTWNN OF EMPOWERMENT OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES DEP

## LOK SABHA

Beneficiaries under DDRS

## 2793. SHRI RAM CHARAN BOHRA: EMPOWERMENT be to state: Will the Minister of SOCIAL JUSTICE AND pleased

- to introduce a new scheme for the differently abled; and (b) whether the Government proposes
- of beneficiaries under the Deendayal Disabled Rehabilitation Scheme (DDRS) (a) the number during the last three years and the current year;, State-wise;
- (c) ifso, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT

## (SHRI KRISHANPAL GURJAR)

- indicating State-wise number of beneficiaries under the DeendaaxeDisabled (a) A statement during the last three years and the current year is Rehabilitation Scheme (DDRS) annexed.
- introduction of new schemes is an on-going process, DDRS was reviewed ad (b) & (c) While enhancement of staff honorarium to 2,5 revised: The main features of the revised scheme are their number from 1 8 to beyond 7 years and streamlining of the implementation 9, doing away with tapering effective from Tst April, 2018. mechanism: The revised scheme be grants will

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2793 TO BE ANSWERED ON 13.03.2018

Annexure referred to number of Beneficiaries under DDRS during the last three and years

| S.No.   | State/UT           | 2014-15   | 2015-16   | 2016-17   | 2017-18 (As on 08,03.2018)   |
|---------|--------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|------------------------------|
|         | Andman & Nicobar   |           |           |           |                              |
| 2       | Andhra Pradesh     | 4935      | 5645      | 5284      | 5116                         |
|         | Arunachal Pradesh_ | 67        | 67        |           |                              |
| 3 4     | Assam              | 564       | 341       | 206       | 319                          |
| 5       | Bihar              | 323       | 413       | 521       | 406                          |
|         | Chandigarh         |           |           |           |                              |
|         | Chattisgarh_       | 360       | 281       | 372       | 258                          |
| 8       | Dadra Nagar Haveli |           |           |           | 0                            |
|         | Diu                |           |           |           |                              |
| 9       | Daman              | 632       | 1444      | 811       | 673                          |
| 10      | Delhi              | 95        | 138       | 86        | 0                            |
| 11      | Goa                | 852       | 672       | 456       | 502                          |
| 12      | Gujarat            |           | 642       | 824       | 915                          |
| 13      | Haryana            | 716       | 68        | 49        | 66                           |
| 14      | Himachal Pradesh   | 30 180    |           | 58        |                              |
| 15      | Jammu & Kashmir    |           |           | 70        |                              |
| 16      | Jharkhand          | 86        | 684       | 518       | 619                          |
| 17      | Karnataka          | 594       | 2829      | 3302      | 3048                         |
| 18      | Kerala             | 4121      |           |           |                              |
| 19      | Lakshdweep         |           | 1075      | 1016      | 1210                         |
| 20      | Madhya Pradesh     | 1250      | 874       | 845       | 873                          |
| 21      | Maharashtra        | 1458      |           | 1287      | 1624                         |
| 22      | Manipur_           | 1646      | 492       | 462       | 485                          |
| 23      | Meghalaya          | 294       | 215       | 221       | 42                           |
| 24      | Mizoram            | 222       | 29        |           | 0                            |
|         | Nagaland           |           | 2462      | 2183      | 1523                         |
| 26      | Odisha             | 2320      | 117       | 108       | 106                          |
| 27      | Puducherry         | 111       | 416       | 976       | 795                          |
| 28      | Punjab             | 964       | 1030      | 1051      | 1146                         |
| 29      | Rajasthan          | 870       |           |           | 0                            |
| 30      | Sikkim             |           |           | 959       | 984                          |
| 31      | Tamil Nadu         | 797       | 1528      | 5524      | 3043                         |
| 32      | Telangana          | 6719      | 5334      | 140       | 70                           |
| 33      | Tripura            | 112       | 30        |           | 3851                         |
| 34      | Uttar Pradesh      | 3952      | 4130      | 4284 319  | 167                          |
| 35      | Uttrakhand         | 503       | 474       | 366       | 1551                         |
| 36      | West Bengal        | 1453      | 2711      |           | 29392                        |
|         | TOTAL              | 36226     | 35528     | 32298     |                              |

State/UT-wise current year