Lok Sabha Question No. 1245 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-02-09
Subject: Targets for Accessible India Campaign
Ministry: SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
Asked by: P.R. Natarajan

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## DEPARTMENT OF EMPOWERMENT OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES

## MINISTRY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1245 TO BE ANSWERED ON 09.02.2021

## Targets of Accessible India Campaign

## 1245. SHRI NATARAJAN PR:

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

- (a) whether the Government has set some targets for Accessible India Campaign 2015;

(b) If so, the details of the target and its objectives therein;

(c the details of achievement made in this Accessible India Campaign including the target set for Railways; and

(d) the details of funds sanctioned, allocated and utilized SO far?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT

## (SHRI KRISHANPAL GURJAR)

(a) & (b): Accessible India Campaign (AIC) was launched on 03.12.2015 as a nation-wide flagship campaign for achieving universal accessibility. The campaign focuses on enhancing the accessibility of built environment; transport system and information & communication eco-system to make the life of Persons with Disabilities more convenient: Details of objectives & target of AIC are at Annexure [.

(c) & (d): Till 34.12.2020, under built up environment; Rs 445.99 Crores have been released to States/Uts to make 1153 identified buildings accessible. Out of these, 356 buildings have been made accessible. CPWD has made 998 central government buildings accessible:

Under the transportation system; 709 AI, A & B category railway stations, seven Short Term Facilities   (provision of non slippery   walkway from parking of signages, provision of at least one drinking water tap, provision of at least one disable friendly toilet and help you booth have been provided etc. and 2 Long Term Facilities (facilities for interplatform transfer and engraving on of platforms) have been provided at 603 railway stations May edges

Furthermore 35 International Airports and 55 Domestic Airports have been made   partially accessible.

Out of 1,47,368 buses, 42,169 buses are partially accessible and 10,175 are fully accessible:

Under Information and Communication Technology ecosystem INR 20.52 Crores has been released to Nodal agency; ERNET India to make identified websites of States/Uts accessible. 584 identified websites of States/Uts have been made accessible. In addition; 95 Central Government websites have been made accessible.

Annexure   referred in Lok Sabha regarding Targets for Accessible India Campaign.

## Details of target & objectives under Accessible India Campaign

Objective /-Enhancing the proportion of accessible government buildings audit of 25-50 most important   government   buildings and converting them into fully accessible in 50 cities:

Target [.2: Converting 50% of all the government buildings of National Capital and all the State capitals into fully accessible buildings.

them into   fully accessible buildings in /0 most important cities towns of all the States (other than those, which are

Objective 2-Enhancing proportion of accessible airports

Target 2.1: Conducting accessibility audit of all the international airports and converting them into fully accessible international airports.

Target 2.2: Conducting accessibility audit of all the domestie airports and converting them into fully accessible airports.

Objective 3-Enhancing the proportion of accessible railway stations fully accessible railway stations.

Target 3.2:Ensuring that 50% of railway stations in the country are converted into accessible railway stations. fully

Objective 4- Enhancing the proportion of accessible Publie Transport

Target 4.1: Ensuring that [0% of Government owned public transport carriers in the country are converted into fully accessible carriers.

Objective 5- Enhaneing proportion of accessible and usable public documents and websites that meet internationally recognized accessibility standards

Target 5.1: Conducting   accessibility audit of 50% of all   government (both Central & State Governments) websites and converting them into fully accessible websites:

Target 5.2: Ensuring that at least 50% of all public documents issued by the Central Government and the State Governments meet accessibility standards.

Objective 6- Enhancing the of sign language interpreters pool

Target 6.1: Training and developing 200 additional sign language interpreters.

Objective 7- Enhancing the proportion of daily captioning and sign-language interpretation of public television news programmes

Target 7. :Developing and   adoption of national standards captioning and sign-language interpretation in consultation with National media authorities.

Target 7.2: Ensuring that 25% of all public television programmes aired by government channels meet these standards.

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