Lok Sabha Question No. 944 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-02-08
Subject: Skill Development of PwDs
Ministry: SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
Asked by: Brijbhushan Sharan Singh, Mahendra Singh Solanky, Pratap Chandra Sarangi, Sangamlal Kadedin Gupta, P.P. Chaudhary

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 944

TO BE ANSWERED ON 08.02.2022

## SKILL DEVELOPMENT OF PwDs

944.    SHRI BRIJBHUSHAN SHARAN SINGH:

SHRI PRATAP CHANDRA SARANGI:

SHRI MAHENDRA SINGH SOLANKY:

SHRI SANGAM LAL GUPTA:

SHRI P.P. CHAUDHARY:

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

- (a) whether the Government has devised any scheme for imparting skill development to Persons with Disabilities (PwDs) for increasing employability, if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the number of individuals who have been trained and provided employment under the said scheme particularly in the States of Odisha, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh along with the details of their disabilities;
- (c) whether the same scheme covers intellectual disabilities; and
- (d)  if  not,  whether  the  Government  proposes  to  introduce  similar  schemes  for  those  with intellectual disabilities?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT (SUSHRI PRATIMA BHOUMIK)

- (a)      With  objective  to  provide  skill  training  to  persons  with  disabilities  (PwDs)  for  enabling them to become self-reliant and productive members of the society in order to achieve gainful wage/self-employment  and  integrate  them  with  the  mainstream  of  the  society,  Department  of Empowerment  of  Persons  with  Disabilities  (DEPwD)  implements  a  "National  Action  Plan (NAP)  for  Skill  Development  of  Persons  with  Disabilities  (PwDs)"  which  was  launched  in March, 2015. NAP is implemented under the umbrella scheme - 'Scheme for Implementation of Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 (SIPDA)' as per Common Norms guidelines of M/o Skill  Development  and Entrepreneurship (MSDE). Under NAP, for imparting training to persons  with  disabilities  (Not  less  than  15  years  and  not  more  than  59  years  of  age),  fund  is released to training partners (ETPs) empanelled from Government (GOs) and Non-Government

Organizations (NGOs) as well as organizations of the Department such as National Handicapped Finance  and  Development  Corporation  (NHFDC),  National  Institutes  (NIs)  and  Composite Regional Centres (CRCs) directly.

- (b)   The number of individuals who have been trained and employed under NAP in the States of Odisha, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh  is as under:
- (c)  &  (d)  Any  person  of  any  category  of  disability  identified  in  the  Rights  of  Persons  with Disabilities  Act,  2016  including  person  with  intellectual  disabilities,  with  not  less  than  40% disability and having a disability certificate to this effect issued by a competent medical authority may avail facilities of skill training under NAP.

| State          |   No. of PwD trained |   No. of PwD employed | Categories of Disabilities                                                                                                 |
|----------------|----------------------|-----------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Odisha         |                  935 |                   496 | Locomotor Disability, Hearing Impairment, Visual Impairment, Intellectual Disability                                       |
| Rajasthan      |                  762 |                   557 | Locomotor Disability, Speech and Hearing Impairment, Visual Impairment and Intellectual Disability                         |
| Madhya Pradesh |                 3320 |                  1122 | Locomotor Disability ,Hearing Impairment, Visual Impairment, Intellectual Disability ,Multiple Disabilities, Leprosy Cured |
| Uttar Pradesh  |                 4628 |                  1971 | Locomotor Disabilities, Hearing Impairment, Visual Impairment                                                              |

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