Lok Sabha Question No. 321 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-05
Subject: Separate Department on Disability
Ministry: SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
Asked by: BHAVANA GAWALI (PATIL), KRUPAL BALAJI TUMANE, KIRIT PREMJIBHAI SOLANKI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## DEPARTMENT OF EMPOWERMENT OF MINISTRY OF SOCIAC JUSRSOS EMPODISABILITIES (Divyangjan) & EMPOWERMENT

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 321

## Separate Department on Disability

TO BE ANSWERED ON 05.02.2019

- BHAVANA GAWALI  PATIL: SHRI KRUPAL
321. SHRIMATI SOLANKI:

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

- (a) the approximate number of
- differently abled persons in the Statewise; country,
- (b) whether certain States do to look after the
- not have welfare activities of the separate department disabled;
- (c) if the details thereof and the reasons therefor; SO,
- (d) the taken by the Government constitute separate towards convincing the States/UTs to Department for  disabled to resolve the concerns, problems and hurdles faced by the can be integrated in the persons with disabilities so that mainstream of the and steps issues, being they society;
- taken by the Government to promote the rights of steps being

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT

## (SHRI KRISHANPAL GURJAR)

- (a) State-wise number of persons with disabilities Annexure. as per Census 2011 is at
- (b) & (c)   Presently, Andhra Pradesh, Tamilnadu, Telangana and Uttar Pradesh Pradesh, Odisha, Rajasthan, with matters concerning have separate Department for dealing persons with disabilities. Madhya
- (e) the other persons with disabilities?

- (d) On 20/03/2018, the requesting them to establish wrote to  Chief Secretaries of all States/UTs of the Rights of Persons level i6x 2be purpose of effective implementatoo entitlements with Disabilities 2016 which for persons with disabilities and more rights and various measures in the area of mandates the States/UTs to take social security,  health education, early intervention and prevention, recreation etc. sports and Ministry Persons envisages
- (e) With a to provide and entitlements, the Government has been   brought into force vithvithe Disabilities, 2016 (RPwD 2016) which has Persons with Disabilities effect 19.04.2017  replacing the erstwhile Protection of Rights and Full less than 3% reservation in 1995). While PwD Act, 1995 provided for not disabilities, the RPwD certain categories of 2016 provides for not less than 4% reservation in Government and Government aided higher educational institutions view Act, from Act, Act,

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Annexure referred to in reply of answer on 05/02/2019 art(a) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question regarding Separate No. 321 for Department on Disability"

| S.No.   | State                     | persons with disabilties as per Census 2011   |
|---------|---------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
| a       | b                         |                                               |
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh            |                                               |
| 2       | Arunachal Pradesh         | 1219785                                       |
| 3       | Assam                     | 26734                                         |
|         | Bihar                     | 480065                                        |
| 5       | Chhattisgarh              | 2331009                                       |
|         | Delhi                     | 624937                                        |
|         | Goa                       | 234882                                        |
| 8       | Gujarat                   | 33012                                         |
| 9       | Haryana                   | 1092302                                       |
| 10      | Himachal Pradesh          | 546374                                        |
| 11      |                           | 155316                                        |
| 12      | Jharkhand                 | 361153                                        |
| 13      | Karnataka                 | 769980                                        |
| 14      | Kerala                    | 1324205                                       |
| 15      | Pradesh Madhya            |                                               |
| 16      | Maharashtra               | 1551931                                       |
| 17      |                           | 2963392                                       |
| 18      | Manipur                   | 58547                                         |
| 19      | Mizoram                   | 15160                                         |
| 20      | Meghalaya                 | 44317                                         |
| 21      | Nagaland                  | 29631                                         |
| 22      | Odisha                    | 1244402                                       |
| 23      | Punjab                    | 654063                                        |
| 24      | Rajasthan                 | 1563694                                       |
| 25      | Sikkim Tamil Nadu         | 18187                                         |
| 26      |                           | 1179963                                       |
| 27      | Telangana                 | 1046822                                       |
| 28      | Tripura                   | 64346                                         |
| 29      | Uttar Pradesh Uttarakhand | 4157514                                       |
| 30      | West                      | 185272                                        |
| 31      | Bengal A&N Islands        | 2017406                                       |
| 32      |                           | 6660                                          |
| 33      | Chandigarh Daman & Diu    | 14796                                         |
| 34      | D& N Haveli               | 2196                                          |
| 35      | Lakshadweep               | 3294                                          |
| 36      | Puducherry                | 1615 30189                                    |