Lok Sabha Question No. 3111 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-22
Subject: Employability of PwDs
Ministry: SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
Asked by: Abdul Khaleque

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE & EMPOWERMENT

## LOK SABHA

## DEPARTMENT OF EMPOWERMENT OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3111

TO BE ANSWERED ON 22.03.2022

## EMPLOYABILITY OF PWDS

## 3111.   SHRI ABDUL KHALEQUE:

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

- (a) whether there are schemes to enhance skills of persons with disabilities to increase the chance of their employability;
- (b) if so, the detail of the schemes enforced at present;
- (c) the number of persons with disabilities who have been trained and employed during the last five years and the current year, State-wise including Assam, districtwise; and
- (d) whether there is any scheme whereby persons with disabilities can avail loan and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT

## (SUSHRI PRATIMA BHOUMIK)

- (a)    &  (b)    Yes,  Sir.  With  objective  to  provide  skill  training  to  persons  with  disabilities  (PwDs)  for enabling them to become self-reliant and productive members of the society in order to achieve gainful wage/self-employment  and  integrate them  with the  mainstream of the society, Department  of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (DEPwD) implements a "National Action Plan (NAP) for Skill Development of Persons with Disabilities (PwDs)" which was launched in March, 2015. NAP is implemented  under  the  umbrella  scheme  -  'Scheme  for  Implementation  of  Rights  of  Persons  with Disabilities  Act,  2016  (SIPDA)'  as  per  Common  Norms  guidelines  of  M/o  Skill  Development  and Entrepreneurship (MSDE). Under NAP, for imparting training to persons with disabilities (Not less than 15 years and not more than 59 years of age), fund is released to training partners (ETPs) empanelled from Government (GOs) and Non-Government Organizations (NGOs) as well as organizations of the Department such as National Handicapped Finance and Development Corporation (NHFDC), National Institutes (NIs) and Composite Regional Centres (CRCs) directly.
- (c)    The  number  of  persons  with  disabilities  trained  and  employed  through  Training  Partners  in  the States including the State of Assam is at Annexure.
- (d)   National Handicapped Finance and Development Corporation (NHFDC), a Central Public Sector Enterprise  (CPSE)  under  the  aegis  of  Department  of  Empowerment  of  Persons  with  Disabilities implements   two  flagship  schemes  for channelizing  concessional  loan  through  its  agencies  i.e. Divyangjan Swavalamban Yojana (DSY), which is individual centric and Vishesh Microfinance Yojana (VMY), which is for Self Help Groups/Joint Liability groups through various partner agencies for the welfare and rehabilitation of persons with disabilities. A concessional loan upto Rs. 50 Lakh is available under DSY scheme for income generating activities, pursuing higher education/vocational/skill training and purchase of assistive devices for PwDs. Further, a concessional credit upto Rs. 60,000/- is given to PwD for promoting sustainable and inclusive livelihoods under VMY scheme.

Annexure referred to in reply to part (c) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.3111 for answer on 22.03.2022 regarding 'Employability of PwDs'.

The number of persons with disabilities trained and employed through Training Partners in the States including the State of Assam as on 28/02/2022:

| Sl. No.   | State                                |   No. of PwD trained |   No. of PwD employed (wage &Self) |
|-----------|--------------------------------------|----------------------|------------------------------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh                       |                   90 |                                  0 |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh                    |                   96 |                                 96 |
| 3         | Assam                                |                  143 |                                  0 |
| 4         | Bihar                                |                    0 |                                  0 |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh                         |                  318 |                                124 |
| 6         | Delhi                                |                47330 |                              13406 |
| 7         | Goa                                  |                    0 |                                  0 |
| 8         | Gujarat                              |                  788 |                                 81 |
| 9         | Haryana                              |                 1460 |                                335 |
| 10        | Himachal Pradesh                     |                  150 |                                  0 |
| 11        | J&K including Ladakh                 |                  860 |                                711 |
| 12        | Jharkhand                            |                    0 |                                  0 |
| 13        | Karnataka                            |                  428 |                                240 |
| 14        | Kerala                               |                   20 |                                  0 |
| 15        | Madhya Pradesh                       |                 3320 |                               1122 |
| 16        | Maharashtra                          |                 3000 |                               1498 |
| 17        | Manipur                              |                  973 |                                 29 |
| 18        | Mizoram                              |                    0 |                                  0 |
| 19        | Meghalaya                            |                    0 |                                  0 |
| 20        | Nagaland                             |                    0 |                                  0 |
| 21        | Odisha                               |                  935 |                                496 |
| 22        | Punjab                               |                 1017 |                                562 |
| 23        | Rajasthan                            |                  762 |                                557 |
| 24        | Sikkim                               |                    0 |                                  0 |
| 25        | Tamil Nadu                           |                 1980 |                                656 |
| 26        | Telangana                            |                 1846 |                                173 |
| 27        | Tripura                              |                    0 |                                  0 |
| 28        | Uttar Pradesh                        |                 4628 |                               1971 |
| 29        | Uttarakhand                          |                    0 |                                  0 |
| 30        | West Bengal                          |                 9658 |                               2965 |
| 31        | A&N Islands                          |                    0 |                                  0 |
| 32        | Chandigarh                           |                  100 |                                 51 |
| 33        | Dadar &Nagar Havil and Daman and Diu |                    0 |                                  0 |
| 34        | Lakshadweep                          |                    0 |                                  0 |
| 35        | Puducherry                           |                    0 |                                  0 |
|           | Total                                |                79902 |                              25073 |