Lok Sabha Question No. 2359 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-09
Subject: Organisation Working under DEPWD
Ministry: SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
Asked by: Rajan Baburao  Vichare, Riti Pathak

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT

## DEPARTMENT OF EMPOWERMENT OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 2359

TO BE ANSWERED ON: 09.03.2021

Organisation Working under DEPWD

2359: SHRI RAJAN VICHARE: SHRIMATI RITI PATHAK:

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

the details of the   organizations  working  under the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (DEPWD) alongwith the objectives thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE AND) EMPOWERMENT

(SHRI KRISHANPAL GURJAR)

There is one attached office, two statutory bodies, nine National  Institutes and two Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSESs) under the Department of Empowerment of Persons   with Disabilities (DEPwD) The details of these organisations with their objectives are at Annexure. along

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## Annexure

Annexure referred t0 in reply of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2359 to be answered on 09.03.2021 regarding "Organisations working under DEPWD" raised by Shri Rajan Vichare and Shrimati Riti Pathak:

## Details   of organizations   working under Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities are as follows:

## (a)Attached Office:

The Office of the Chief Commissioner  for  Persons with Disabilities was set up under Section 57 (1) of the erstwhile Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act 1995 and continues t0 function under Section 74 of the Right of' Persons with Disabilities  Act, 2016. The Chief' Commissioncr is mandated to coordinate the work of' the State Commissioners  for Persons monitor utilization of funds disbursed by the Central Government and take steps to safeguard the rights and facilities made available to the persons with disabilities

## (b) Statutory Bodies:

- The National Trust was set up under the "National Trust for the Welfare of Persons with Autism, Cerebral Mental Retardation and Multiple Disabilities" Act (Act 44 of 1999). The National Trust works towards providing opportunities for capacity development of Persons wilh   Disability and their   families   fulfilling their rights. facilitating and promoting the creation of an enabling environment and an inclusive society. Palsy.
- (ii) The Rehabilitation Council of India (RCI). constituted under the Rehabilitation Council of India Act 1992, regulates and monitors the training programmes for professionals and personnel in the field of rehabilitation in rehabilitation and special education and maintains the Central Rehabilitation Register.

## (c) National Institutes:

There are   nine National Institutes which are in the nature of autonomous bodies and specialize in different types of disabilities. These   institutes are engaged in Human Resources Development in the field of disability, provide rehabilitation services to the persons with disabilities and undertake Research and Development These nine National Institutes are as follows:

- 1\_ Pt. Deendayal Upadhyaya National Institute for Persons with Physical Disabilities (PDUNIPPD), Delhi.
- 2\_ Swami Vivekanand National Institute of the Rehabilitation Training and Research (SVNIRTAR) Cuttack
3. National Institute for Locomotor Disabilities (NILD) Kolkata:

4. National Institute for the   Empowerment of Persons with Visual Disabilities (NIEPVD) Dehradun.
5. Ali Yavar National Institute of Speech and Hearing Disabilities (A YJNISHD), Mumbai. Jung
3. 6\_ National  Institute  for the Empowerment of' Persons with Intellectual  Disabilities (NIEPID). Secunderabad.
4. 7 . National Institute for Empowerment of Persons with Multiple Disabilities (NIEPMD), Chennai.
5. 9\_ National Institute Health Rehabilitation Madhya Pradesh
8. Indian Sign Language Research and Training Centre (ISLRTC), New Delhi.

## (d) Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSESs)

- (i) Artificial Limbs  Manufacturing   Corporation of' India  (ALIMCO) is C Companies Act 2013 (corresponding to Section 25 of the Companies Act; 1956). The objective of the Corporation is to promote. encourage;   develop and manufacture rehabilitation aids and assistive devices and supply them for distribution t0 the persons with disabilities of the country.
- (ii) National Handicapped Finance and  Development Corporation (NHFDC) January 24,1997 and is registered under Section 25 of the Companies Act; 1956 as a not for profit Company. The main objective of NHFDC is to promote self-employment and other ventures for the benefitleconomic rehabilitation of the   Divyangjan. NHFDC functions as an apex institution for channelising funds to persons with disabilities through the   Implementing Agencies nominated by the State Government;   partner   banks & Financial Institutions and other state level institutions.