Lok Sabha Question No. 2485 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-09
Subject: Free Assistive Aids and Devices to Divyangs
Ministry: SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
Asked by: Annpurna Devi

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

UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 2485 TO BE ANSWERED ON: 09.03.2021

## Free Assistive Aids and Devices to Divyangs

## 2485: SHRIMATI ANNPURNA DEVI:

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

(a) whether the Government provides free assistive aids and devices to divyangs by organising special camps at district level; and

(b) if sO, the details thereof alongwith the names of the districts of Jharkhand where the said camps have been organised or proposed to be organised?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT

## (SHRI KRISHANPAL GURJAR)

(a) Yes Madam. Under the Assistance to Disabled  Persons for Purchase/Fitting of Aids and Appliances"' (ADIP) Scheme, special camps are organized at district level throughout the country on the   requests   of' Members of Parliament and other dignitaries or requirement/demand  from District/State authorities.

(b) During the last six years and current year; 686 special camps have been organized across the country wherein aids and assistive devices amounting t0 Rs.517.88 crore were distributed to 6.07 Lakh beneficiaries.

Holding of camps for distribution of aids and assistive devices under the Scheme is a continuous activity. including Jharkhand, based on the requirement and demand in a particular district Being

The details of camps organized in the districts of Jharkhand under the Scheme the last six years and the current year are at Annexure: during

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## LOK SABHA

Annexure   referred to in reply to part (b) of LokSabha Unstarred   Question No.2485 raised byl for answer on 09.03.2021 regarding Free Assistive Aids and Devices tof

## District-wise details Of special camps Organised in Jharkhand State under the Assistance to Disabled Persons for Purchase/Fitting of Aids and Applianccs (ADIP) Scheme during the last six years and current year:

| S: No.   | District                 | Date of distribution camp   |   Number of beneficiaries covered | (Rs: in Lakh)   |
|----------|--------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------|
|          | IRanchi,                 | August, 2014                |                               399 | 55.94           |
| 2        | IGumla,                  |                             |                               187 | 55.94           |
| 3        |                          | 31st August ,2014           |                               243 | 55.94           |
|          |                          | January, 2015               |                               158 | 10.48           |
| 5        | IRanchi                  | 12th January, 2017          |                               401 |                 |
|          | Khunti                   |                             |                               172 | 11.89           |
| 7        | [Lohardaga               | 14" July, 2017              |                                79 | 6.17            |
| 8        | Hazaribagh               |                             |                               408 | 29.36           |
| 9        | KKodarma                 | th September, 2017          |                               282 | 22.73           |
|          | 10 IGiridih              | 12"h September, 2017        |                               240 | 22.46           |
| 11       |                          | 13/  December; 2017         |                               238 | 17.34           |
| 12       | Godda                    |                             |                               534 | 36.26           |
|          | 13 |Deoghar         | 17h  January, 2019          |                               182 | 12.53           |
|          |                          | pg" February, 2019          |                               330 | 27.58           |
| 15       | Bokaro                   | ps" February,2019           |                              1589 | 112.44          |
| 16       | Palamu                   |                             |                               224 | 15.29           |
| 17       | Koderma                  |                             |                               615 | 51.06           |
| 18       | Paschimi West) Singhbhum | to 31st   December 12020    |                               116 | 9.96            |
| 19       | Ranchi                   | 187to February, p2021       |                               390 | 30.47           |