Lok Sabha Question No. 398 (STARRED), answered on 2019-01-08
Subject: Rehabilitation Council of India
Ministry: SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
Asked by: Tejpratap Singh,Yadav, ANJU BALA

## GOVERNEMTN OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT

## DEPARTMENT OF EMPOWERMENT OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES (DIVYANGJAN)

LOK SABHA

STARRED QUESTION NO. *398 TO BE ANSWERED ON 08.01.2019

Rehabilitation Council of India

*398: SHRI TEJ PRATAP SINGH YADAV: SHRIMATI ANJU BALA:

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

- (a) details thereof
- whether the Government has set up the Rehabilitation council of India (RCI) and if so, the 'including the functions performed by RCI;
- (b) the details of  projects/schemes implemented, sanctioned being
- and   physical achievements/progress made so far under RCI, State-wise;
- (c) whether RCI has failed to check the mushrooming illegal/unapproved training centres in the field of rehabilitation and special education;
- (d) if so, the details thereof; State-wise and the action taken thereon; and
- (e) whether the Government has reviewed the functioning of RCI to make it more effective and if SO, the details thereof
- with the steps taken by the Government in this regard? along being

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT

(DR: THAAWARCHAND GEHLOT)

(a) to (e) A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

## STATEMENT MENTIONED IN THE REPLY AT PART () TO (e) TO LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO: 398 ON REHABILITATION COUNCIL OF INDIA TO BE ANSWERED ON 08.01.2019

(a) & (b) Yes, Sir. The Rehabilitation Council of India (RCI) has been set up by an Act of Parliament under the Rehabilitation Council of India Act, 1992. The functions of the Council are: -

- 1.
- 2 To prescribe minimum standards of education  and training for various categories of professionals dealing with persons with disabilities;
- To regulate and monitor the training programmes in the field of rehabilitation of persons with disabilities;
- 3\_ To make recommendations to the Ministry regarding recognition of qualifications granted by Universities, etc. in India for rehabilitation professionals;
5. To promote research in rehabilitation and special education
- 4\_ To maintain Central Rehabilitation Register of  persons   possessing the recognized rehabilitation qualification and

Besides these; my   Ministry implements a scheme of ~In-Service   Training and Sensitization of Functionaries of Central and State Governments, Local Bodies and Other Service Providers' through RCI The details of funds sanctioned and physical achievements/progress made s0 far under the scheme are attached at Annexure Key

(c) & (d) No Sir: The Rehabilitation Council of India in consultation with the office of the Chief Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities (Divyangjan) has issued advisory to the respective State Commissioners for PwDs to take necessary action in the light of Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 against the unqualified personnel practicing in disability sector: In addition to this, the Council also issues statutory warnings in national as well as newspapers from time to time that practicing without RCI certification is a punishable offence under Sec 13 (3) of the RCI Act, 1992. regional

(e) Annual Report of the Council is laid on the table of the Parliament every year: Also, the Parliamentary   Standing Committee on the   Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment; Department of Empowerment of   Persons with Disabilities   (Divyangjan) has reviewed the functioning of the Rehabilitation Council of India on 20th Dec, 2018.

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN THE REPLY AT PART (a) & (b) TO LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO 398 ON REHABILITATION COUNCIL OF INDIA TO BE ANSWERED ON 08.01.2019

- The details of funds sanctioned and physical achievements/progress made so far:

## Grant-in-Aid released to the implementing agencies

(Rs. in lakh)

| SI No_   | Particulars                                     |   2015-16 |   2016-17 | 2017-18   |
|----------|-------------------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|          | GIA sanctioned & released by DEPwD              |    200    |    200    | 146.62    |
| 2_       | Funds released by RCI to implementing agencies_ |    189.16 |    191.1  | 199.56*   |
| 3_       | Amount utilized                                 |    187.7  |    172.06 | 183.39    |

## Batches and Beneficiaries

| SI No_   | Particulars                                 |   2015-16 |   2016-17 |   2017-18 |
|----------|---------------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 1        | Total no. of implementing agencies approved |        33 |        28 |        16 |
| 2_       | Total no. of batches sanctioned             |        95 |        91 |        92 |
| 3_       | Total no. of batches conducted              |       101 |        89 |        62 |
| 4_       | Total no. of functionaries trained key      |      4056 |      4177 |      2464 |

## 2) State-wise details of implementing agencies and beneficiaries are as under:

| SI   | State            | No of Implementing agencies   | No of Implementing agencies   | No of Implementing agencies   | Total No: of beneficiaries trained   | Total No: of beneficiaries trained   |         |
|------|------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|---------|
|      |                  | 2015-16                       | 2016-17                       | 2017-18                       | 2015-16                              | 2016-17                              | 2017-18 |
|      | Andhra Pradesh   | 3                             |                               | 2                             | 909                                  | 166                                  |         |
|      | Assam            | 4                             | 1                             |                               | 203                                  | 80                                   |         |
| 3    | Chhatisgarh      |                               |                               |                               | 80                                   |                                      |         |
| 5    | Delhi            |                               | 1                             |                               | 100                                  | 40                                   | 75      |
|      | Gujarat          |                               |                               |                               | 460                                  |                                      |         |
| 6    | Haryana          |                               |                               |                               | 30                                   |                                      |         |
| 7    | Himachal Pradesh | 1                             |                               |                               | 193                                  | 380                                  | 402     |
| 8    | Jharkhand        | 1                             |                               |                               | 40                                   |                                      |         |
| 9    | Jammu & Kashmir  |                               |                               |                               | 51                                   |                                      |         |
| 10   | Kerala           |                               |                               |                               | 169                                  | 366                                  | 60      |
| 11   | Karnataka        |                               |                               |                               | 52                                   |                                      |         |
|      | Mizoram          |                               | 2                             |                               |                                      | 355                                  | 360     |

| 13   | Manipur_       |    |    |    |      |      | 136   |
|------|----------------|----|----|----|------|------|-------|
| 14   | Meghalaya      |    | 1  |    |      | 425  |       |
| 15   | Madhya Pradesh | 3  | 2  | 2  | 208  | 1021 | 421   |
| 16   | Maharashtra    |    |    |    | 414  |      |       |
| 17   | Odisha         | 1  |    |    | 65   |      |       |
| 18   | Pudducherry    |    |    |    |      | 203  |       |
| 19   | Punjab         | 1  |    |    | 40   |      | 200   |
| 20   | Rajasthan      |    |    |    | 123  |      |       |
| 21   | Tamilnadu      |    |    |    | 93   | 166  | 110   |
| 22   | Tripura        |    |    |    | 126  |      |       |
| 24   |                |    |    |    |      |      |       |
|      | Uelangaadesh   |    | 3  | 3  | 326  | 384  | 168   |
| 25   | Uttarakhand    |    | 1  | 1  | 211  | 90   | 252   |
| 26   | West Bengal    |    | 5  |    | 40   | 501  | 280   |
|      | Total          | 33 | 28 | 16 | 4056 | 4177 | 2464  |