Lok Sabha Question No. 1685 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-02
Subject: District Disability Rehabilitation Centres
Ministry: SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
Asked by: Kuldeep Rai Sharma, Subhash Ramrao Bhamre, Sunil Dattatray Tatkare, Amol Ramsing Kolhe, Heena Vijaykumar Gavit, Supriya Sadanand Sule

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

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1685 TO BE ANSWER ON 02.07.2019

## District Disability Rehabilitation Centres

1685. SHRI KULDEEP RAI SHARMA: DR: SUBHASH RAMRAO BHAMRE: SHRI SUNIL DATTATRAY TATKARE: DR AMOL RAMSING KOLHE: DR HEENA GAVIT: SHRIMATI SUPRIYA SULE:

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

- (a) the details of District Disability Rehabilitation Centres (DDRCs) finctioning in the country at present:
- (b) the details of rehabilitation activities carried out in each of the above centres; each of' the last three years and the current year: State and centre-wise: during
- (c) the details of funds allocated/ utilized in each DDRC scheme the said period: during
- (d) "hether the Govenrment has assessed the performance of DDRC since its inception and if the details thereof:
- (e) whether the Government has received proposals from the States for setting up of DDRCs in the districts where such centres have not been set Up s0 far and if s0. the details thereof during the said period with the present status of each proposal. State-wise: and along
- the other steps taken by the Government to set up more DDRCs in the country and also to improve its working condition?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT

## (SHRI KRISHANPAL GURJAR)

- (a) The total number of District Disability Rehabilitation Centres (DDRCs) functioning in the country is 264. A Statement indicating the details of locations State-wise is enclosed at Annexure-[
- (b The Department provides financial assistance to DDRCs working for the welfare of Persons with Disabilities (PwDs) at District level The DDRCs are aimed at carrying out the following activotes.
- Awareness Generation.
- Early Identification and Intervention:
- Assessment of need of assistive devices:
- & identification of persons with disabilities through camp approach etc. Survey
- Therapeutic Services € g Physiotherapy: Oecupational Therapy. Speech etc. Therapy-
- (c) A statement indicating State wise fund allocated utilized in various DDRCs the last three years and current year is at Annexure-I during
- (d) Yes sir; recently the Department has conducted impact evaluation of DDRC scheme in which five DDRCs were randomly selected across the country The evaluation report submitted by the team is a8 under: -
- The performance of 56% Of the centres was found pretty satisfactory.
- The performance of 10% ofthe centres was found unsatisfactory.
- The performance Of 34% Of the centres was found less satisfactory.
- (e complete proposals  which fulfill nOrms of the scheme. received during financial are year. processed the Year itself: subject to availability of funds. However; in case of deficiency in any documents/proposals  the grant is released only after rectification of the deficiency. in consonance with the provisions of General Financial Rules. A Statement indicating State wise details number of proposals received for setting up of DDRCs 2018-19 is at Annexure-H during during
- To set up more DDRCs and to improve the working condition: the Department has taken following steps:
- (ii) The scheme is available on the Website of the Department WWW.disabilityaffairs-govin
- (i) Advertisement through newspapers of the scheme all over India.
- (iii) A national conference 14.09.18 was organized in New Delhi in which 500 delegates participated including representatives of the DDRCs, State Govt: Officials and District Social Welfare Officers.

Annexure referred in reply to part (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1685 for answer on 02.07.2019

| Sr. No   | Name of State /UT   |   DDRCs set_up | Location of DDRCs (District)                                                                                                   |
|----------|---------------------|----------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|          | Andhra Pradesh      |             12 | East Godavari. Kurnool, Chittor. Nellore. Vizianagram. Prakasam_ Cudappah   Guntur   Vishakapatnam. Anantpur; & Srikakulam     |
|          | Arunachal Pradesh   |             03 |                                                                                                                                |
|          | Assam               |             13 | Tezpur   (Sonitpur). Dibrugarh. Silchar: Karimganj. Dhubri. Nagaon. Barpeta. Dhemaji. Golaghat Lakhimpur Cachar                |
|          | Bihar               |             23 | Samastipur; Begusarai. Nalanda: East Champaran. Kaimur; Madhubani. Bhojpur:                                                    |
|          | Chhattisgarh        |             07 | Raipur: Raigarh. Rajnandgaon. Bastar. Dhamtari Durg: Jashpur:                                                                  |
|          | Goa                 |             01 | Panaji                                                                                                                         |
|          | Gujarat             |             12 | Surat   Jamnagar: Ahemdabad, Vadodra; Rajkot; Bhavnagar; Surendranagar Nadiad. Junagarh: Dahod. Banaskantha& Sabarkantha       |
|          | Haryana             |             05 |                                                                                                                                |
|          | Himachal Pradesh    |             05 | Shimla: DharmshalagKullu (in place of Chamba). Kinnaur. Bilaspur                                                               |
| 10       | Jammu and Kashmir   |             08 | Kupwara                                                                                                                        |
|          | Jharkhand           |             06 |                                                                                                                                |
| 12       | Karnataka           |             08 | Bellary. Belgaum: Mangalore. Bidar; Kolar                                                                                      |
| 13       | Kerala              |             03 | Kozhikode_Thrissur& Thiruvanthapuram                                                                                           |
| 14       | Madhya Pradesh      |             24 | Rewa   Sagar; Indore; Jhabua Gwalior; Rajgarh; Ujjain. Agar. Alote - Ratlam. Jawad, Dewas Mandsaur: Damoh; Shivpuri. Jabalpur: |
| 15       | Maharashtra         |             12 | Buldana. Wardha: Latur; Aurangabad. Mahim/Dadar. Gondia; Amravati. Pune. Nagpur: Jalgaon. Hingoli. Solapur                     |
| 16       | Manipur             |             04 | Imphal, Thoubal, Churachandpur; Imphal West                                                                                    |
| 17       | Meghalaya           |             05 | West Khasi Hills & West Garo Hills                                                                                             |
| 18       | Mizoram             |             03 | Aizawal. Lunglei+Lunglit. Kolasib+Mamit                                                                                        |
| 19       | Nagaland            |              0 | Dimapur                                                                                                                        |
| 20       | Odisha              |             08 | Kalahandi. Nabrangpur; Ganjam; Phulbani, Sambalpur Keonjhar; Mayurbhanj. Koraput                                               |

| 21   | Punjab               |     | Patiala Ferozepur: Bhatinda; Hoshiarpur; Nawanshahr& Amritsar Moga:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
|------|----------------------|-----|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 22   | Rajasthan            | 12  | Ajmer; Tonk: Bikaner. Jaiselmer; Jalore, Pali. Udaipur Alwar: Bharalpur_Bhilwara Chittorgarh Jodhpur:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| 23   | Sikkim               | 01  | Gangtok                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
|      | Tamil  Nadu          | 07  | Vellore. Thoothukudi. Madurai. Salem_ Virudhunagar Kanyakumari&Peramblur                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| 25   | Telangana            | 05  | Nalgonda Mahbubnagar Medak  Karimnagar Warangal                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| 26   | Uttar Pradesh        | 41  | Jaunpur; Hardoi, Deoria. Moradabad, Azamgarh. Aligarh: Bulandshahr  Ghazipur   Siddharthanagar: Kheri: Budaun. Basti, Unnao. Balrampur: Kushinagar. SantKabir Shravasti. Sitapur: Gorakhpur; Mau Gonda; Varanasi. Meerut Allahabad. Balia; Jhansi Ambedkarnagar: Pilibhit; RaiBareily. Maharajganj. Muzzafarnagar: Mathura   Bareily. Kanpur   Dehat Bahraich: Farrukabad, Pratapgarh& Barabanki Nagar. Agra: |
| 27   | Uttarakhand          | 06  | TehriGarhwal, Almorah. Haridwar: Bageshwar Naintal& Udhamsingh Nagar                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| 28   | Tripura              | 04  | West Tripura)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| 29   | West Bengal          | 12  | Bardhaman. Purulia. Bankura; Howarah Malda. Nadia; Jalpaiguri. Murshidabad, Cooch Behar: Birbhum; DakshinDinajpur: Hooghly                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| 30   | Andaman and Nicobar  |     | Port Blair                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| 32   | Dadra & haveli Nagar |     | Silvassa                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| 33   | Daman & Diu          | 01  | Diu                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
|      | Puducherry           | 02  | Pondicherry & Karaikal                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
|      | Total                | 264 |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |

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Annexure referred in reply to part (e) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1685 for answer on 02.07.2019 (State wise number of proposals received for setting up of DDRCs during 2018-19 and 2019-20 till date)

| S.No.   | Name of the State   | No. of Proposals received for setup   | No. of Proposals setup   | No. of Proposals not setup   | Remarks                                                                                           |
|---------|---------------------|---------------------------------------|--------------------------|------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         | Andhra Pradesh      |                                       |                          | 0                            |                                                                                                   |
| 2       | Assam               |                                       | 0                        |                              | Due to imposition of model code of conduct                                                        |
| 3       | Chhattisgarh        |                                       |                          |                              | Not included in identified and approved District                                                  |
|         | Madhya Pradesh      |                                       |                          |                              | Not included in identified and approved District                                                  |
| 5       | Maharashtra         |                                       |                          |                              | Due t0 imposition of model code of conduct                                                        |
| 6       | Odisha              |                                       |                          |                              | Due to imposition of model code of conduct                                                        |
| 7       | Punjab              |                                       |                          |                              | Not included in identified and approved District                                                  |
| 8       | Uttar Pradesh       | 19                                    |                          | 19                           | 15-Not included in identified and approved District 4- Due to imposition of model code of conduct |
| Total   | Total               | 29                                    |                          | 28                           |                                                                                                   |

Note: The Department has identified and approved 325 districts for setting up of DDRCs Across the country.