Lok Sabha Question No. 1142 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-07-24
Subject: Distribution of Electric Motorcycle to Divyang Persons
Ministry: SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
Asked by: BANSHILAL MAHTO

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA DEPARTMENT OF EMPOWERMENT OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES

## MINISTRY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE & EMPOWERMENT LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1142 TO BE ANSWERED ON 24.07.2018

## Distribution of Electric Motorcycle to Divyang Persons

## 1142. DR: BANSHILAL MAHATO

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

- (a) whether electric motorcycles are distributed by the Government to Divyang persons; being
- (b) if so, the details thereof; and

(c the number of persons benefited through the said scheme in the country, State / UT- wise including Chhattisgarh? Divyang

## ANSWER

## Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment

## (SHRI KRISHANPAL GURJAR)

(a & b) No Sir: Under Assistance to Disabled Persons for Purchase/Fitting of Aids and Appliances (ADIP) Scheme, there is no provision to distribute electric motorcycles to Divyangjan. However, there is a provision under the ADIP scheme, for distributing motorized tricycles and wheelchairs for severely disabled\_ Quadriplegic persons; persons   suffering   from Muscular   Dystrophy; Stroke, Cerebral Palsy; Hemiplegic and any other person with similar conditions, where either threelfour limbs or one half of the body are   severely impaired: Extent of subsidy provided under the scheme is Rs.25,000/- This is provided to the persons 16 years and above, once in ten years. aged

The State-wise (including Chhattisgarh) details of divyang persons provided Motorized tricycles (battery operated) during the last four years and current year (till 30.6.2018) under ADIP Scheme is as per Annexure.

Annexure referred to in reply to part (c) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.1142 raised by Dr. Banshilal Mahato for answer on 24.07.2018 regarding Distribution of Electric Motorcycle to Divyang Persons"

| State-wise details   | State-wise details   | State-wise details   | State-wise details   | State-wise details   | State-wise details   | State-wise details   | State-wise details   |
|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
| S.No                 | State                | 2014- 15             | 2015- 16             | 2016- 17             | 2017- 18             | 2018- 19             | Tota 1               |
| 1                    | Andhra Pradesh       | 125                  | 52                   | 50                   | 224                  | 149                  | 600                  |
| 2                    | A&N Island           |                      |                      |                      |                      |                      | 0                    |
| 3                    | Arunachal Pradesh    |                      |                      |                      |                      |                      | 0                    |
| 4                    | Assam                |                      |                      |                      |                      |                      | 0                    |
| 5                    | Bihar                |                      |                      | 3                    | 84                   | 2                    | 89                   |
| 6                    | Chandigarh           |                      |                      | 12                   |                      |                      | 12                   |
| 7                    | Chhattisgarh         |                      |                      | 50                   | 1                    |                      | 71                   |
| 8                    | Dadar & Nagar Haveli |                      |                      |                      |                      |                      |                      |
| 9                    | Daman & diu          |                      |                      |                      |                      |                      | 0                    |
| 10                   | Delhi                |                      | 63                   | 350                  | 16                   | 398                  | 827                  |
| 11                   | Goa                  |                      |                      |                      |                      |                      | 0                    |
| 12                   | Gujarat              |                      |                      | 105                  | 167                  | 50                   | 322                  |
| 13                   | Haryana              | 40                   |                      | 314                  | 42                   |                      | 396                  |
| 14                   | Himachal Pradesh     |                      |                      |                      |                      |                      | 0                    |
| 15                   | Jammu & Kashmir      |                      |                      |                      |                      |                      |                      |
| 16                   | Jharkhand            |                      |                      |                      |                      |                      |                      |
| 17                   | Karnataka            |                      | 21                   | 103                  | 11                   |                      | 135                  |
| 18                   | Kerala               |                      |                      |                      |                      |                      | 0                    |
| 19                   | Lakshdweep_          |                      |                      |                      |                      |                      | 0                    |
| 20                   | Madhya Pradesh       | 65                   | 424                  | 255                  | 571                  | 655                  | 1970                 |
| 21                   | Maharashtra          |                      | 10                   | 130                  | 24                   | 12                   | 176                  |
| 22                   | Manipur              |                      |                      |                      |                      |                      | 0                    |
| 23                   | Meghalaya            |                      |                      |                      |                      |                      | 0                    |
| 24                   | Mizoram              |                      |                      |                      |                      |                      | 0                    |
| 25                   | Nagaland             |                      |                      |                      |                      |                      | 0                    |
| 26                   | Odisha               |                      |                      |                      |                      |                      | 0                    |
| 27                   | Pondicherry          |                      |                      |                      |                      |                      | 0                    |
| 28                   | Punjab               |                      | 20                   | 12                   | 2                    |                      | 34                   |
| 29                   | Rajasthan            |                      |                      | 137                  | 398                  | 160                  | 695                  |
| 30                   | Sikkim               |                      |                      |                      |                      |                      | 0                    |
| 31                   | Tamilnadu            |                      |                      |                      |                      |                      | 0                    |
| 32                   | Telengana            |                      | 11                   |                      | 50                   | 33                   | 94                   |
| 33                   | Tripura              |                      |                      |                      |                      |                      | 0                    |
| 34                   | Uttar Pradesh        | 18                   | 125                  | 542                  | 69                   | 215                  | 969                  |
| 35                   | Uttarakhand          |                      | 10                   | 1                    |                      | 2                    | 13                   |
| 36                   | West Bengal          |                      |                      |                      |                      | 68                   | 68                   |
|                      | Total                | 268                  | 736                  | 2064                 | 1659                 | 1744                 | 6471                 |