Lok Sabha Question No. 2314 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-08-03
Subject: Schemes for the Intellectually Disabled
Ministry: SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
Asked by: Mala Rajya Laxmi Shah, Pushpendra Singh Chandel

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE AND) EMPOWERMENT DEPARTMENT OF EMPOWERMENT OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES

UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 2314 TO BE ANSWERED ON: 03.08.2021

## Schemes for the Intellectually Disabled

## 2314: SHRIMATI MALA RAJYA LAXMI SHAH: SHRI KUNWAR PUSHPENDRA SINGH CHANDEL:

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

- the details of the schemes implemented for intellectually disabled children in the country; being
- (b) the details of such children in the country. State-wise including the State of Uttarakhand and Bundelkhand region:
- whether efforts are made to ensure the livelihood of such children; and special being
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) The  Department of  Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (DEPwD) implements following major schemes for the welfare of Persons with Disabilities including children with intellectual disabilities:
- Deendayal Disabled Rehabilitation Scheme (DDRS)
- (ii) Assistance to Disabled Persons for Purchase/Fitting of Aids/Appliances Scheme (ADIP)
- (iii)National Action Plan for Skill Development of Persons with Disabilities (PwDs)
- (iv) Scholarships for Students with Disabilities;

Details of these schemes are at Annexure-[.

In addition. National Trust, a statutory body under the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (DEPwD) was set up in 2000 under the National Trust for the welfare of persons with autism; cerebral palsy; mental retardation and multiple disabilities Acl 1999. National Trust runs intervention for   children uplo 10 years to   residential centres for   adults with disabilities. The major Schemes of National Trust are as follows:

- Disha (Early Intervention and School Readiness Scheme for 0-[0 years).
- (ii) VIKAAS (Day Care Scheme for [0+ years).
- (iii) Disha-cum-Vikaas Scheme (Day Care),
- (iv) Samarth (Respite Care Residential Scheme)
- (vi)
- (vii) Badhte Kadam (Awareness; Community Interaction & Innovative Project Scheme).
- (viii) `Niramaya' Health Insurance Scheme;
- (6) As per Census 20/, there are 5.95.231 children with intellectual disabilities (in the age group of 0-[9 year) in the country. State/UT-wise number of such children is at AnnexureII. Region-wise separate data is not available.
- (c) and (d) Relief to the disabled is a State subject by virtue of entry 9 of the State List of constitution Of India. However, the Central Government supplements the efforts of the States Government

The Central Government has enacted the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (RPwD) Act 2016 which came into force on 19.04.2017. The Act   provides various   rights   and entitlements for Persons with Disabilities and mandates the appropriate Government to take measures promote education; skill development social security, health rehabilitation and recreation for PwDs so that they can enjoy their rights equally with others The Act provides for reservation in seats in Government/ Government aided higher educational institutions and reservation in Government jobs aS well as in allotment of land for housing; setting up of business etc. for persons with benchmark disabilities including persons with intellectual disabilities:

Further; in order t0 implement the provision of reservation in Government employment envisaged under the RPwD Act 2016. the Ministry notified the list of 3566 posts suitable for various categories of persons with benchmark disabilities on 04.01.2021\_

In   addition. the Department implements a National Action Plan (NAP) for Skill Development of Persons with Disabilities (PwDs) under which skilling of PwDs is conducted through a  network of empanelled training partners  comprising Government organizations and non-Governmental organizations

- Samarth-cum-Gharaunda Scheme (Residential)

Unstarred Question No 2314 to referred to in reply to (a) of Lok Sabha Disabled' raised by Annexure Schemes for the Intellectually be 03.08.2021 regarding Pushpendra Singh Chandel Laxmi Shah Shri Kunwar Shrimati Mala Rajya part answered on and including for\_persons\_with\_disabilities under the\_Department disabilities i the with intellectual with Disabilities areas follows: children

## Disabled Rehabilitation Scheme (DDRS): Deendayal

is provided to the financial assistance in the form of Grant-in-riid of Under the seheme: for thcir projeets relating t0 rehabilitation Programme Implementing Ageneies (PIAs)\_ with intellectual disabilities (0 cnable Pergons with Disabilities (PwDs) including children intellectual, psychiatric and reach and maintain their physical, sensory. them t0 socio functional levels: optimal,

Model Projeets under DDRS are as under: The

- (ii) Special Schools for:
- Training Pre-School, Early Intervention and
- (a) Children with Intellectual Disabilities
- (c) Children with Visual Disabilities
- 6) Children with Hearing & Speech Disabilities
- (iii)Projeet for Cerebral Palsied Children

people with mental Illness Management Programme (vi)Home Based Rehabilitation Programme/H lome

- (iv)Project for Rehabilitation of Leprosy Cured Persoio Treated and  Controlled Home for Psyeho-Social Rehabilitation of Half Way
- (vi) Projeet for Community Based Rehabilitation
- (x) Projeets for Human Resource Development
- (viii) Project for Low Vision Centers

## for Purchase/Fitting of Aids/Appliances Scheme 2 Assistance to Disabled Persons (ADIP):

- of Persons with Disabilities (PwDs): 3\_ National Aetion Plan for Skill Development

Agencies to assist the Implementing durable; children with intellectual disabilities in procuring eligible Divyangian including modern, standard aids and that and scientifically manufactured; rehabilitation by reducing the eflects can their physical, social and psychological of disabilities and enhance their economic appliances sophisticated promote potential.

scheme namely Scheme for Implementation of Persons DEPwD implements an umbrella for Skill Development for PwDs: with Disabilities Act (SIPDA) which has & component Plan (NAP) for Skill the Department launched the National Action Under this component; (PwDs) in Mareh: 2015 which is implemented Development of Persons with Disabilities through a network of Under NAP skilling of PwDs is conducted across the country\_ Government organizations (National empanelled training partners comprising Corporation/Composite Handicapped Finance and Development Institutes/National Organisations) and Non-Governmental Regional Centres/Other Government Organizations (NGOs)

## 4. Scholarships for\_Students\_with Disabilities:

Under the Scheme; scholarship is provided to students with disabilities ineluding children with intellectual disabilities under the following six components:

- Pre-Matric Scholarship for SwDs (For Classes IX & X)
- (ii) Post-Matric Scholarship for SwDs (For Classes XI to Post-graduate Degree/Diploma) ,
- (iii) Class Education   Scholarship for SwDs (For Graduate Degree/Diploma in notified Institutes of excellence in Education). Top
- (iv) National Overseas Scholarship (For Degree/Ph.D. in Foreign Universities).
- National Fellowship for PwDs (For M.Phil. and Ph.D. in Indian Universities, and
- (vi) Free Coaching for SwDs (For recruitment examinations for Group A & B posts and entrance examinations for admission in technical and professional courses);

Annexure referred to part (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.2314 to be answered on 03.08.2021 regarding 'Schemes for the Intellectually Disabled' raised by Shrimati Mala Rajya Laxmi Shah and Shri Kunwar Pushpendra Singh Chandel:

| Number of children with Intellectual Disabilities in the age group of 0-19 years as per Census 2011   | Number of children with Intellectual Disabilities in the age group of 0-19 years as per Census 2011   | Number of children with Intellectual Disabilities in the age group of 0-19 years as per Census 2011   | Number of children with Intellectual Disabilities in the age group of 0-19 years as per Census 2011   | Number of children with Intellectual Disabilities in the age group of 0-19 years as per Census 2011   | Number of children with Intellectual Disabilities in the age group of 0-19 years as per Census 2011   |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| S:                                                                                                    | State/UT Name                                                                                         | Intellectual Disabilities                                                                             | Intellectual Disabilities                                                                             | Intellectual Disabilities                                                                             | Intellectual Disabilities                                                                             |
| No:                                                                                                   |                                                                                                       | 0-4 yrs                                                                                               | 5-9 yrs                                                                                               | 10-19 yrs                                                                                             | Total (0-19 years)                                                                                    |
|                                                                                                       | Jammu & Kashmir                                                                                       | 72 1                                                                                                  | 1324                                                                                                  | 3666                                                                                                  | 5,711                                                                                                 |
|                                                                                                       | Himachal Pradesh                                                                                      | 152                                                                                                   | 693                                                                                                   | 2209                                                                                                  | 3,054                                                                                                 |
| 3                                                                                                     | Punjab                                                                                                | 1265                                                                                                  | 3260                                                                                                  | 10965                                                                                                 | 15,490                                                                                                |
| 4                                                                                                     | Chandigarh                                                                                            | 25                                                                                                    | 102                                                                                                   | 350                                                                                                   | 477                                                                                                   |
| 5                                                                                                     | Uttarakhand                                                                                           | 258                                                                                                   | 939                                                                                                   | 3106                                                                                                  | 4,303                                                                                                 |
| 6                                                                                                     | Haryana                                                                                               | 893                                                                                                   | 2481                                                                                                  | 8256                                                                                                  | 11,630                                                                                                |
| 7                                                                                                     | NCT Of Delhi                                                                                          | 436                                                                                                   | 1300                                                                                                  | 4912                                                                                                  | 6,648                                                                                                 |
| 8                                                                                                     | Rajasthan                                                                                             | 1932                                                                                                  |                                                                                                       | 24004                                                                                                 | 33,368                                                                                                |
| 9                                                                                                     | Uttar Pradesh                                                                                         | 6867                                                                                                  | 16588                                                                                                 | 52713                                                                                                 | 76,168                                                                                                |
| 10                                                                                                    | Bihar                                                                                                 | 4697                                                                                                  | 9101                                                                                                  | 23276                                                                                                 | 37,074                                                                                                |
|                                                                                                       | Sikkim                                                                                                | 14                                                                                                    |                                                                                                       | 98                                                                                                    | 140                                                                                                   |
| 12                                                                                                    | Arunachal Pradesh                                                                                     | 77                                                                                                    | 128                                                                                                   | 315                                                                                                   | 520                                                                                                   |
| 13                                                                                                    | Nagaland                                                                                              | 34                                                                                                    | 64                                                                                                    | 231                                                                                                   | 329                                                                                                   |
| 14                                                                                                    | Manipur                                                                                               | 216                                                                                                   | 302                                                                                                   | 920                                                                                                   | 1,438                                                                                                 |
| 15                                                                                                    | Mizoram                                                                                               | 32                                                                                                    | 92                                                                                                    | 302                                                                                                   | 426                                                                                                   |
| 16                                                                                                    | Tripura                                                                                               | 141                                                                                                   | 218                                                                                                   | 805                                                                                                   | 1,164                                                                                                 |
| 17                                                                                                    | Meghalaya                                                                                             | 90                                                                                                    | 172                                                                                                   | 635                                                                                                   | 897                                                                                                   |
| 18                                                                                                    | Assam                                                                                                 | 1041                                                                                                  | 1691                                                                                                  | 5025                                                                                                  | 7,757                                                                                                 |
| 19                                                                                                    | West Bengal                                                                                           | 4087                                                                                                  | 9022                                                                                                  | 3002 1                                                                                                | 130 43,                                                                                               |
| 20                                                                                                    | Jharkhand                                                                                             | 1545                                                                                                  | 3631                                                                                                  | 10276                                                                                                 | 15,452                                                                                                |
| 21                                                                                                    | Odisha                                                                                                | 2494                                                                                                  | 7537                                                                                                  | 18405                                                                                                 | 28,436                                                                                                |
| 22                                                                                                    | Chhattisgarh                                                                                          | 825                                                                                                   | 3153                                                                                                  | 9569                                                                                                  | 13,547                                                                                                |
| 23                                                                                                    | Madhya Pradesh                                                                                        | 2416                                                                                                  | 6867                                                                                                  | 20735                                                                                                 | 30,018                                                                                                |
| 24                                                                                                    | Gujarat                                                                                               | 1502                                                                                                  | 7319                                                                                                  | 21148                                                                                                 | 29,969                                                                                                |
| 25                                                                                                    | Daman & Diu                                                                                           | 3                                                                                                     | 12                                                                                                    | 44                                                                                                    | 59                                                                                                    |
| 26                                                                                                    | Dadra & Nagar Haveli                                                                                  | 6                                                                                                     | 23                                                                                                    | 71                                                                                                    | 100                                                                                                   |
| 27                                                                                                    | Maharashtra                                                                                           | 5845                                                                                                  | [6617                                                                                                 | 51319                                                                                                 | 73,781                                                                                                |
| 28                                                                                                    | Andhra Pradesh                                                                                        | 3784                                                                                                  | 12434                                                                                                 | 35675                                                                                                 | 51,893                                                                                                |
| 29                                                                                                    | Karnataka                                                                                             | 3376                                                                                                  | 8702                                                                                                  | 26113                                                                                                 | 38,191                                                                                                |
| 30                                                                                                    | Goa                                                                                                   | 59                                                                                                    | 108                                                                                                   | 459                                                                                                   | 626                                                                                                   |
| 31                                                                                                    | Lakshadweep                                                                                           |                                                                                                       | 13                                                                                                    | 34                                                                                                    | 48                                                                                                    |
| 32                                                                                                    | Kerala                                                                                                | 909                                                                                                   | 3766                                                                                                  |                                                                                                       | 19.824                                                                                                |
| 33                                                                                                    | Tamil Nadu                                                                                            | 3543                                                                                                  | 10356                                                                                                 | 28610                                                                                                 | 42,509                                                                                                |
| 34                                                                                                    | Puducherry                                                                                            | 90                                                                                                    | 242                                                                                                   | 619                                                                                                   | 951                                                                                                   |
| 35 Andaman &  Nicobar Islands Total                                                                   | 35 Andaman &  Nicobar Islands Total                                                                   | 49,384                                                                                                | 135,736                                                                                               |                                                                                                       | 5,95,231                                                                                              |

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