Lok Sabha Question No. 268 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-11-30
Subject: PwDs in Maharshtra
Ministry: SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
Asked by: Sudhakar Tukaram Shrangre

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

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 268 TO BE ANSWERED ON: 30.11.2021

## PwDs in Maharshtra

## 268. SHRI SUDHAKAR TUKARAM SHRANGARE:

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

- (a) the funds released to various States for the welfare of' Persons with Disabilities (PwDs) during the last three years, year-wise; specially in the State of Maharshtra:
- (b) the new schemes formulated for the welfare of Persons with Disabilities; and
- (c) the fresh steps taken by the Government t0 increase job avenues for the PwDs across the country?

## ANSWER

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

Relief to the persons with disabilities is a State subject by virtue of entry 9' of the State list of the Constitution of India. However; the Central Government supplements the efforts of the State Governments for the welfare of persons with disabilities:

The Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities  implements various Central Sector Schemes for the welfare of Persons with Disabilities through various implementing agencies including its institutes/organisations, Voluntary Organisations, State Governments throughout the country including in the State of Maharashtra. Details of the funds released under the Schemes of the Department in which funds are released to State Governments are at Annexure [ and I:

(b) The Department is implementing various Central Sector Schemes namely Deendayal Disabled Rehabilitation (since 1999). Assistance to Disabled Persons for   Purchase/Fitting of Scholarship for   Students   with Disabilities  (since 2012-13) and Scheme for Implementation of Persons with Disabilities Act (since [999). There are following six sub-schemes under the Scholarship Schemes:

- Pre-matric Scholarship for SwDs (since 2014-15);
- iii. Scholarship for Class Education for SwDs (since 2015-16); Top
- ii. Post-matric Scholarships for SwDs (since 2014-15):
- iv National Overseas Scholarship (since 2012-13):
- vi. Free Coaching for SwD (since 2017-18).
- V National Fellowship for PwDs (since 2014-15). and

Major Components of Scheme for Implementation of Persons with Disabilities Act (SIPDA) are:

1. Creation of Barrier Free Environment for PwDs (since 1998-99),
- ii. Component of Skill Development (since 2013-14).
3. iv\_ Unique Disability Identity Card (since 2014-15).
- iii. Accessible India Campaign (since 2016-17).

In addition; National Trust; a statutory body under the Department and set up in 2000 under the National Trust  for the welfare of persons multiple disabilities Act; 1999 implements following major schemes for the welfare of Persons with Disabilities:

- (i) Disha (Early Intervention and School Readiness Scheme for 0-|0 years) (since 2015-16)
- (iii) Disha-cum Vikaas Scheme (Day Care) (since 2018-19)
- (ii)  VIKAAS (Day Care Scheme for [0+ years) (since 2015-16)
- (iv) Samarth (Respite Care Residential Scheme) (since 2015-16)
- (vi) Samarth-cum-Gharaunda Scheme (Residential) (since 2018-19)
- (v) Gharaunda (Group Home for Adults (since 2015-16)
- (vii) `Niramaya' Health Insurance Scheme (since 2015-16)

(c) The Government has enacted the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (RPwD) Act; 2016 which came into force 0n 19.04.2017. Section 34 of the said Act provides for not less than 4% reservation in Government vacancies for following categories of persons with benchmark disabilities (disability of 40% or more):

|    | lblindness and low vision                                                                                            | 1%   |
|----|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------|
|    | Ideaf and hard of hearing                                                                                            | 1%   |
|    | Jocomotor disability including cerebral palsy, Teprosy cured, dwarfism; lacid attack victims and muscular dystrophy; | 1%   |
| iv | hautism,  intellectual  disability, specific learning disability and mental lillness:                                | 1%   |
|    | under clauses (i) to (iv) lincluding deaf- blindness:                                                                | 1%   |

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 1046 in Group A\_ 515 in Group B 1724 in Group C and 28/ in Group D) suitable for various categories of persons with benchmark disabilities on 04.01.2021 .

Further; the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (DEPwD) implements National Action Plan (NAP) for Skill Development of Persons with Disabilities (between the age group of 15 to 59 years) in March;  2015 with a view to enhancing their scope of employability in both public and private  sectors besides promoting  self-employment; To promote entrepreneurship among PwDs, financial assistance in terms of loan on subsidized rates is provided by National Handicapped Finance and Development Corporation (NHFDC) a Central Public of the Department under  Divyangjan Swavalamban Yojna. NHFDC has also set up a Job which persons with disabilities can apply for jobs, skill trainings, education loans and self employment loans:

Annexure referred to\_in reply to part (a) of\_Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No268 for answer on 304L2021 regarding PwDs Maharashtra\_ raised by Shri Sudhakar Tukaram Shrangare

Details of the funds released under the Schemes of the Department in which funds are released to State Governments are as under:

- Accessible India Campaign (AIC): Details of the funds released to the States/UTs during last three years are at Annexure I.
- 2 Unique  Disability  Identity Card   (UDID): Details of the funds   released to the States/UTs during last three years are as under:

(Rs. in lakh)

| S.No.   |                                        | 2018-19   | 2019-20   | 2020-21   |
|---------|----------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|         | Andaman and Nicobar Islands            | 6.001     | 13.00     | 0.001     |
| 2       | Andhra Pradesh                         |           |           | 29.251    |
|         | Arunachal Pradesh                      | 31.00     | 24.72     | 2.481     |
| 4       | Assam                                  |           | 64.751    | 6.001     |
| 5       | Bihar                                  | 0.00      | 87.281    | 6.001     |
| 6       | Chandigarh                             |           |           | 0.001     |
| 7       | IChhattisgarh                          | 35.50     | 24.251    | 30.761    |
| 8       | Dadra and Nagar Haveli & Daman and Diu |           | 6.50      | 0.00      |
| 9       | Delhi                                  | 7.43      | 35.90     | 6.001     |
| 10      | Goa                                    | 0.00      | 2.00      | 1.50      |
|         | kGujarat                               | 38.50     | 41.0      | 6.00      |
| 12      | Haryana                                | 22.001    | 0.75      |           |
| 13      | Himachal Pradesh                       | 19.581    | 15.12     | 6.001     |
| 14      |                                        | 23.00     | 4.001     |           |
| 15      | Wharkhand                              | 38.10     | 24.44     | 0.00      |
| 16      | Karnataka                              | 33.00     | 36.1      | 6.001     |
| 17      | Kerala                                 | 24.00     | 14.50     | 9.50      |
| 18      | Ladakh                                 | 2.001     | 0.001     | 0.001     |
| 19      | Lakshadweep                            | 0.00      |           | 6.42      |
| 20      | Madhya Pradesh                         | 51.00     |           | 0.00      |
| 21      | Maharashtra                            | 43.50     |           | 0.00      |
| 22      | Manipur                                |           | 28.00     | 0.00      |
| 23      | Meghalaya                              |           | 14.751    | 6.00      |
| 24      | Mizoram                                | 14.00     | 12.60     | 1.42      |
| 25      | Nagaland                               |           | 22.251    | 6.001     |
| 26      | JOdisha                                | 3.051     | 0.001     | 2.881     |
| 27      | Puducherry                             | 0.00      | 10.00     | 3.00      |
| 28      | Punjab                                 | 28.00     | 26.651    | 12.08     |

| 29    | IRajasthan    |        | 6.00   | 6.00    |
|-------|---------------|--------|--------|---------|
| 30    | Sikkim        | 3.90   | 10.00  | 9.001   |
| 31    | Tamil Nadu    | 4.651  |        | 4.801   |
| 32    | Telangana     | 0.00   | 3.001  | 61.75   |
| 33    | Tripura       | 0.00   | 0.00   |         |
| 34    | Uttar Pradesh |        |        |         |
| 35    | Uttarakhand   | 0.00   | 26.50  | 3.73    |
| 36    | West Bengal   | 23.00  | 0.001  |         |
| Total | Total         | 597.29 | 583.21 | 308.001 |

- 3 Creation of Barrier Free Environment for Persons with Disabilities: Details of the funds released to the States/UTs during last three years are as under:

(Rs. in Lakh

| S: No:   | State/UT          |   2018-19 | 2019-20   | 2020-21   |
|----------|-------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|          | Andhra Pradesh    |      0    | 0.0       | 0.0       |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh |      0    | 0.0       | 783.99    |
| 3        | Himachal Pradesh  |      0    | 19.90     | 0.0       |
| 4        | Madhya Pradesh    |    135.24 | 0.0       | 95.49     |
| 5        | Meghalaya         |      0    | 1208.61   | 0.0       |
| 6        | MMizoram          |      0    | 0.0       | 108.94    |
| 7        | Nagaland          |      0    | 0.0       | 0.0       |
| 8        | Punjab            |     82    | 0.0       |           |
| 9        | Tripura           |      0    | 0.0       | 587.44    |
| 10       | Uttarakhand       |      0    | 0.0       | 280.28    |
|          | Uttar Pradesh     |     42.43 | 0.0       | 417.94    |
| 12       | Puducherry        |      0    | 46.001    | 0.0       |
| 13       | Ladakh            |      0    | 0.0       | 0.0       |
| 14       | Rajasthan         |      6.03 | 0.0       | 0.0       |
| 15       | West Bengal       |      0    | 0.0       | 0.0       |
|          | TOTAL             |    265.7  | 1274.51/  | 2274.08   |

- Colleges for Deaf in Five Regions Of the Country: Details of the funds released to the States during last three years are as under:
- 5\_ State Spinal Injury Centre:- Details of the funds released t0 the States/UTs during last three years are as under:

| SNo    | Amount released (in Rs. lakh)   | Amount released (in Rs. lakh)   | Amount released (in Rs. lakh)   |
|--------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
| States | 2018-19                         | 2019-20                         | 2020-21                         |
| Kerala | 150.00                          | 0.0                             | 0.0                             |

| SNo   |                | State/UT   | State/UT   | State/UT   |
|-------|----------------|------------|------------|------------|
|       |                | 2018-19    | 2019-20    | 2020-21    |
|       | Madhya Pradesh | 282.0      | 0.0        | 0.0        |
| 2     | Rajasthan      | 0.0        | 0.0        | 31.0       |
| Total | Total          | 282.0      | 0.0        | 31.0       |

for answer on 30.4L2021 regarding PwDs in Maharashtra raised by Shri Sudhakar Tukaram \_Shrangare

Details of the funds released to the States during last three years  under Accessible India Campaign Scheme:

| ISI   | IState/UT                   | Amount of fund released (Rs: in lakh)   | Amount of fund released (Rs: in lakh)   | Amount of fund released (Rs: in lakh)   |
|-------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
| No:   |                             | 2018-2019                               | 2019-2020                               | 2020-2021                               |
|       | Andhra Pradesh              | 718.161                                 | 0.0                                     |                                         |
| 2     | Arunachal Pradesh           | 0.0                                     | 789.271                                 | 0                                       |
| 3     | Assam                       | 0                                       | 697.83                                  | 0.0                                     |
| 4     | Chattisgarh                 | 0.0                                     | 1988.22                                 |                                         |
| 5     |                             | 444.62                                  | 0.0                                     | 0.0                                     |
| 6     | Haryana                     | 880.01                                  | 0.0                                     | 0.0                                     |
| 7     | Himachal Pradesh            | 48.49                                   | 390.97                                  | 0.0                                     |
| 8     | ammu and Kashmir            | 1073.981                                | 878.571                                 | 0                                       |
|       | Vharkhand                   | 583.42                                  | 0.0                                     | 0                                       |
| 10    | Karnataka                   |                                         | 1604.53                                 | 0.0                                     |
|       | IKerala                     | 429.98                                  | 0.0                                     | 0.0                                     |
| 12    | Madhya Pradesh              | 467.481                                 | 190.03                                  | 0.0                                     |
| 13    | Maharashtra                 | 0.0                                     | 0.0                                     | 627.421                                 |
| 14    | Meghalaya                   | 325.161                                 | 31.881                                  | 0.0                                     |
| 15    | Mizoram                     | 0.0                                     | 417.661                                 | 0.0                                     |
| 16    | Nagaland                    | 0.0                                     | 0.0                                     | 317.61                                  |
| 17    | Odisha                      | 1028.481                                | 221.73                                  | 0.0                                     |
| 18    | Punjab                      | 837.74                                  | 144.01                                  | 0.0                                     |
| 19    | Tamil Nadu                  | 0.0                                     | 0.0                                     | 2856.37                                 |
| 20    | [elangana                   |                                         | 0.0                                     | 0.0                                     |
| 21    | Tripura                     | 0.0                                     | 2625_ .04                               | 0.0                                     |
| 22    | Uttar Pradesh               |                                         | 1446.70                                 | 0_                                      |
| 23    | Uttrakhand                  |                                         | 372.871                                 | 0.0                                     |
| 24    | West Bengal                 | 105.22                                  | 0.0                                     | 0.0                                     |
| 25    | Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 632.31                                  | 0.0                                     | 448.59                                  |