Lok Sabha Question No. 625 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-06-25
Subject: National Centres for Differently Abled Students
Ministry: SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
Asked by: Vinayak Bhaurao Raut

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

## LOK SABHA

National Centres for Differently Abled Students

625: SHRI VINAYAK RAUT:

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

- (a) the details of the National Centers or Model Schools opened by the government for blin dumb and other handicapped persons, State-wise; and
- (b) the details of such centers/schools in Maharashtra and the number of students presen therein?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.625 TO BE ANSWER ON 25.06.2019

(SHRI KRISHANPAL GURJAR)

- (a) & (b) The Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities, through its Institutes, runs the following model schools for specific disabilities:-
1. National Institute for the Empowerment of Persons with Visual Disabilities (Divyangj Dehradun, Uttarkhand
-  Model School for the Visually Handicapped (MSVH)
2. National Institute for the Empowerment of Persons with Intellectual Disabilities (Divyan Secunderabad, Telangana
- Three Special Education Centres at Secunderabad, New Delhi and NOIDA.
3. Pt. Deendayal Upadhyaya National Institute for Persons with Physical Disabilities (Divyang New Delhi
- Model Integrated Primary School
4. National Institute for Empowerment of Persons with Multiple Disabilities (Divyangj Chennai,Tamil Nadu.
- Model Special Education Centre

There is no such centre/school of National Institutes in Maharashtra.

However, the Department is implementing a scheme namely Deendayal Disabl Rehabilitation Scheme(DDRS) under which grant-in-aid is provided to Non-Governmen Organizations (NGOs) for running on-going special schools. It does not provide funds for special schools under DDRS. A statement indicating State wise details of special schools a of beneficiaries under DDRS including State of Maharashtra is at Annexure.

## Annexure referred to part in (a) &(b) LSU Q. No. 625 for answer on 25.06.2019 Details regarding Special Schools and number of Beneficiaries under DDRS, State wise

| S.No.   | Name of the State   | Number of Schools   |   Beneficiaries |
|---------|---------------------|---------------------|-----------------|
| 1       | ANDHRA PRADESH      | 43                  |            4259 |
| 2       | ASSAM               | 4                   |             321 |
| 3       | BIHAR               | 4                   |             358 |
| 4       | CHHATISGARH         | 4                   |             258 |
| 5       | DELHI               | 7                   |             988 |
| 6       | GOA                 | I                   |              70 |
| 7       | GUJRAT              | 4                   |             219 |
| 8       | HARYANA             | 14                  |             715 |
| 9       | HIMACHAL PRADESH    | 2                   |              66 |
| 10      | JAMMU & KASHMIR     | 1                   |               9 |
| 11      | JHARKHAND           | 1                   |              69 |
| 12      | KARNATKA            | 3                   |             457 |
| 13      | KERALA              | 34                  |            3020 |
| 14      | MADHYA PRADESH      | 19                  |            1047 |
| 15      | MAHARSHTRA          | 14                  |             774 |
| 16      | MANIPUR             | 15                  |            1498 |
| 17      | MEGHALAYA           | 4                   |             486 |
| 18      | MIZORAM             | 1                   |              42 |
| 19      | NAGALNAD            | I                   |              30 |
| 20      | ORISSA              | 24                  |            2748 |
| 21      | PONDICHERY          | 1                   |             106 |
| 22      | PUNJAB              | 9                   |             836 |
| 23      | RAJASTHAN           | 15                  |             777 |
| 24      | TAMILNADU           | 15                  |            1090 |
| 25      | TELANGANA           | 31                  |            3944 |
| 26      | TRIPURA             | 1                   |              70 |
| 27      | UTTAR PRADESH       | 38                  |            3725 |
| 28      | UTRANCHAL           | 3                   |             189 |
| 29      | WEST BENGAL         | 23                  |            1748 |
| Total   | Total               | 336                 |           29919 |