Lok Sabha Question No. 2320 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-08-03
Subject: Persons with Disabilities
Ministry: SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
Asked by: K. Muraleedharan, Amar Singh, Behanan Benny

## Government of India Ministry of Lok Sabha

## Persons with Disabilities

MURALEEDHARAN:

2320. SHRI K DR AMAR SINGH: SHRI BENNY BEHANAN:

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

- the number of Persons with Disabilities the  Government has  maintained data Exchanges and if so. the details (a) whether with employment (PwDs) who are seeking jobs and are thereof; year-wise: since 2014 till date; registered
- details thereof if not, the reasons therefor? (c) if so, the and
- into workforce. formulated concrete to integrate PwDs (b) whether the Government has was more than 70 per cent as that the unemployment rate of disabled considering in 2019; policies reported people

## ANSWER

## MINISTER (SUSHRI PRATIMA

& Employment; data with by the  Ministry (a) As per  information for the 2014-2017 is as under: disabilities (PwDs) who are job seekers. persons provided period

| Registration_ In thousand    | Registration_ In thousand    |
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
| Year                         | Year                         |
|                              | 3.3                          |
|                              | 4.4                          |
| po15                         |                              |
|                              | 2.8                          |
| SPECIAL EMPLOYMENL EXCHANGD) | SPECIAL EMPLOYMENL EXCHANGD) |
| kB) ALL EXCHANGES (EXCLUDING | 25.1                         |
|                              | 37.7                         |
|                              | 34.9                         |
|                              | 29.3                         |

Unstarred Question No; 2320 To be answered on 03.08.2021

in some form of (b) & (c) As per Census the Rights of Persons with 4% reservation employment; The Government has 34 of the said Act for not less than of 40% evhich came into force on 19.04.2017. Section with benchmark disabilities (disability Government vacancies for certain of persons imh Government employment envisaged under in In order to or more): 2016, the Ministry notified the list 0f 3566 of persons with benchmark the RPwD Act; ndentified  suitable for various categories in Group C and 281 in Group D) disabilities on 04.01.2021 . gainful engaged enacted provides categories posts to persons with disabilities incentive scheme for providing employment The Ministry also implements (PwDs) in the sector. private

of namely, Scheme for Implementation of Rights Government implements an umbrella schemec for Skill Development of Persons with The Disabilities Act (SIPDA) which has & component National Action Plan (NAP) for Persons with Disabilities (PwDs) (between the age group of 15 to SkiabDevelopment of Persons with Disabilities both and sectors besides promoting enhancing their scope of employability in with a view to self-employment private public assistance in terms of loan at subsidized entrepreneurship among PwDs  finaevel Further; to "inance and Development Corporation rates is by the National Handicapped promote provided

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