Lok Sabha Question No. 339 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-19
Subject: Schemes for Differently abled
Ministry: SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
Asked by: Vivek Narayan Shejwalkar

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 339

TO BE ANSWERED ON: 19.07.2022

## SCHEMES FOR DIFFERENTLY ABLED

## 339:   SHRI VIVEK NARAYAN SHEJWALKAR:

Will the Minister of SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT be pleased to state: (a)  whether the Government is running any self supporting scheme for differently abled persons in the country and if so, the details thereof;

(b) whether any survey has been conducted regarding number of differently abled persons in the country; and

(c) if so, the details thereof including the number of disabled persons in the country, disabilitywise and category-wise especially in Madhya Pradesh, district-wise?

## ANSWER

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

(a) National  Handicapped  Finance  and  Development  Corporation  (NHFDC),  a  Central  Public Sector Enterprises under  the Department  of  Empowerment  of  Persons  with  Disabilities (DEPwD), channelizes concessional loans for the socio-economic empowerment of Persons with Disabilities  (PwDs)  throughout  the  country.  There  are  two  flagship  schemes  of  NHFDC  for channelizing concessional finance to PwDs through its partner agencies.

(i) Divyangjan Swavalamban Yojana (DSY):- An individual centric scheme under which concessional loan up to Rs.50 Lakh is available for income generating activities, pursuing higher education/ vocational/skill training and purchase of assistive devices for PwDs.

(ii) Vishesh Microfinance Yojana (VMY):-  Scheme for Self Help Groups/ Joint liability groups  under  which  concessional  credit  up  to  Rs.  60,000/-  is  given  to  a  PwD  for  promoting sustainable and inclusive livelihoods.

In  addition  to  the  above,  DEPwD  also  implements  a  "National  Action  Plan  (NAP)  for  Skill Development of PwDs to provide skill training to PwDs for enabling them to become self-reliant and productive members of the society and to integrate them with the mainstream of the society. NAP  is  implemented  as  per  Common  Norms  guidelines  of  M/o  Skill  Development  and Entrepreneurship  (MSDE).  The  Department  is  also  implementing  an  Umbrella  Scheme  titled 'Scholarships for Students with Disabilities (Divyangjan)' which comprises six components viz; Pre-matric (Classes IX & X),  Post-matric (Classes XI to Post graduate Degree and Diploma), Top  Class  Education  (Graduate  and  Post  graduate  Degree/Diploma  in  notified  institutes  of excellence  in  education),  National  Overseas  Scholarship  (Masters  Degree/  Ph.D  in  Foreign Universities),  National  Fellowship  for  PwDs  (M  Phil  and  Ph.D  in  Indian  Universities),  Free Coaching (to appear for competitive examinations conducted by Union  Public Service Commission  and  State  Public  Service  Commissions  for  Government  jobs  and  admission  to technical and professional courses). All the above Schemes are implemented pan-India.

(b) and (c) As per the last Census 2011, the number of persons with disabilities in the country is 2,68,14,994.

State -wise and disability-wise details of PwDs are at Annexure .

The  district-wise  details  are  available  on  the  website  of  the  Registrar  General  of  India (https://censusindia.gov.in/census.website/data/census-tables).

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## Annexure

Annexure referred to in reply to part (b) and (c) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 339 to be answered on 19.07.2022 regarding 'Schemes for Differently abled ' raised by Shri Vivek Narayan Shejwalkar .

## State-wise and Disability-wise details of Persons with Disabilities

| S. No.   | State/UT name     | Total No. of PwDs   | Total No. of PwDs   | Total No. of PwDs   | In seeing   | In Hearing   | In Speech   | In Movement   | Mental Retardation   | Mental Illness   | Any Other   | Multiple Disability   |
|----------|-------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|-------------|--------------|-------------|---------------|----------------------|------------------|-------------|-----------------------|
|          |                   | Total               | Males               | Females             | Total       | Total        | Total       | Total         | Total                | Total            | Total       | Total                 |
| 1        | Jammu & Kashmir   | 361153              | 204834              | 156319              | 66448       | 74096        | 18681       | 58137         | 16724                | 15669            | 66957       | 44441                 |
| 2        | Himachal Pradesh  | 155316              | 86321               | 68995               | 26076       | 26700        | 8278        | 32550         | 8986                 | 5166             | 29024       | 18536                 |
| 3        | Punjab            | 654063              | 379551              | 274512              | 82199       | 146696       | 24549       | 130044        | 45070                | 21925            | 165607      | 37973                 |
| 4        | Chandigarh        | 14796               | 8743                | 6053                | 1774        | 2475         | 961         | 3815          | 1090                 | 756              | 2583        | 1342                  |
| 5        | Uttarakhand       | 185272              | 102787              | 82485               | 29107       | 37681        | 12348       | 36996         | 11450                | 6443             | 30723       | 20524                 |
| 6        | Haryana           | 546374              | 315533              | 230841              | 82702       | 115527       | 21787       | 116026        | 30070                | 16191            | 116821      | 47250                 |
| 7        | Nct of Delhi      | 234882              | 138379              | 96503               | 30124       | 34499        | 15094       | 67383         | 16338                | 10046            | 37013       | 24385                 |
| 8        | Rajasthan         | 1563694             | 848287              | 715407              | 314618      | 218873       | 69484       | 427364        | 81389                | 41047            | 199696      | 211223                |
| 9        | Uttar Pradesh     | 4157514             | 2364171             | 1793343             | 763988      | 1027835      | 266586      | 677713        | 181342               | 76603            | 946436      | 217011                |
| 10       | Bihar             | 2331009             | 1343100             | 987909              | 549080      | 572163       | 170845      | 369577        | 89251                | 37521            | 431728      | 110844                |
| 11       | Sikkim            | 18187               | 9779                | 8408                | 2772        | 5343         | 1577        | 2067          | 516                  | 513              | 2459        | 2940                  |
| 12       | Arunachal Pradesh | 26734               | 14245               | 12489               | 5652        | 8127         | 1538        | 3235          | 1264                 | 631              | 3878        | 2409                  |
| 13       | Nagaland          | 29631               | 16148               | 13483               | 4150        | 8940         | 2294        | 3828          | 1250                 | 995              | 4838        | 3336                  |
| 14       | Manipur           | 58547               | 31174               | 27373               | 19194       | 12891        | 2661        | 5315          | 4846                 | 1459             | 8628        | 3553                  |
| 15       | Mizoram           | 15160               | 8198                | 6962                | 2035        | 3354         | 1163        | 1976          | 1585                 | 1050             | 1914        | 2083                  |
| 16       | Tripura           | 64346               | 35482               | 28864               | 10828       | 11695        | 4567        | 11707         | 4307                 | 2909             | 11825       | 6508                  |
| 17       | Meghalaya         | 44317               | 23326               | 20991               | 6980        | 12353        | 2707        | 5312          | 2332                 | 2340             | 8717        | 3576                  |
| 18       | Assam             | 480065              | 257385              | 222680              | 80553       | 101577       | 39750       | 76007         | 26374                | 18819            | 87461       | 49524                 |
| 19       | West Bengal       | 2017406             | 1127181             | 890225              | 424473      | 315192       | 147336      | 322945        | 136523               | 71515            | 402921      | 196501                |
| 20       | Jharkhand         | 769980              | 426876              | 343104              | 180721      | 165861       | 46684       | 147892        | 37458                | 20157            | 112372      | 58835                 |
| 21       | Odisha            | 1244402             | 674775              | 569627              | 263799      | 237858       | 68517       | 259899        | 72399                | 42837            | 172881      | 126212                |
| 22       | Chhattisgarh      | 624937              | 334093              | 290844              | 111169      | 92315        | 28262       | 190328        | 33171                | 20832            | 76903       | 71957                 |

| 23    | Madhya Pradesh             | 1551931     | 888751      | 663180      | 270751    | 267361    | 69324     | 404738    | 77803     | 39513    | 295035    | 127406    |
|-------|----------------------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|----------|-----------|-----------|
| 24    | Gujarat                    | 1092302     | 612804      | 479498      | 214150    | 190675    | 60332     | 245879    | 66393     | 42037    | 197725    | 75111     |
| 25    | Daman &Diu                 | 2196        | 1300        | 896         | 382       | 309       | 149       | 620       | 176       | 89       | 264       | 207       |
| 26    | Dadra &Nagar Haveli        | 3294        | 1893        | 1401        | 429       | 715       | 201       | 682       | 180       | 115      | 483       | 489       |
| 27    | Maharashtra                | 2963392     | 1692285     | 1271107     | 574052    | 473271    | 473610    | 548418    | 160209    | 58753    | 510736    | 164343    |
| 28    | Andhra Pradesh (Undivided) | 2266607     | 1224459     | 1042148     | 398144    | 334292    | 219543    | 538934    | 132380    | 43169    | 409775    | 190370    |
| 29    | Karnataka                  | 1324205     | 726521      | 597684      | 264170    | 235691    | 90741     | 271982    | 93974     | 20913    | 246721    | 100013    |
| 30    | Goa                        | 33012       | 17016       | 15996       | 4964      | 5347      | 5272      | 5578      | 1817      | 1675     | 5784      | 2575      |
| 31    | Lakshadweep                | 1615        | 838         | 777         | 337       | 224       | 73        | 361       | 112       | 96       | 183       | 229       |
| 32    | Kerala                     | 761843      | 394706      | 367137      | 115513    | 105366    | 41346     | 171630    | 65709     | 66915    | 96131     | 99233     |
| 33    | Tamil Nadu                 | 1179963     | 657418      | 522545      | 127405    | 220241    | 80077     | 287241    | 100847    | 32964    | 238392    | 92796     |
| 34    | Puducherry                 | 30189       | 16373       | 13816       | 3608      | 6152      | 1824      | 9054      | 2335      | 853      | 4137      | 2226      |
| 35    | Andaman & Nicobar Islands  | 6660        | 3861        | 2799        | 1084      | 1219      | 531       | 1593      | 294       | 364      | 838       | 737       |
| Total | Total                      | 2,68,14,994 | 1,49,88,593 | 1,18,26,401 | 50,33,431 | 50,72,914 | 19,98,692 | 54,36,826 | 15,05,964 | 7,22,880 | 49,27,589 | 21,16,698 |

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