Lok Sabha Question No. 3889 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-21
Subject: Artificial Limbs Distribution
Ministry: SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
Asked by: Sudarshan Bhagat

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE & EMPOWERMENT DEPARTMENT OF EMPOWERMENT OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3889

TO BE ANSWERED ON 21.12.2021

## ARTIFICIAL LIMBS DISTRIBUTION

3889. SHRI SUDARSHAN BHAGAT:

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

- (a) whether the Government is distributing artificial limbs and assistive equipments for Divyang persons on a large-scale;
- (c) if not; the reasons for reduction being noticed in such distribution during the last three years?

## ANSWER

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

- (a): Yes, Sir: The Government is implementing Assistance to Disabled Persons for PurchaselFitting of Aids and Appliances (ADIP)' to provide various aids and assistive devices including artificial limbs, to eligible persons with disabilities (Divyangjan) across the country, which can promote their physical, social and psychological empowerment by reducing the effects of disabilities and enhancing their economic potential,
- (b) The  year-wise and State-wise   details of  beneficiaries   provided aids & assistive devices including artificial limbs during the last five years under the ADIP Scheme is at Annexure\_
- (c) Does not arise, in view of reply to part (b) above:

## answer on 21.12.2021 regarding Artificial Limbs Distribution"

| State-wise details 0f beneficiaries covered under the Assistance to Dieabled JPersons for Purchase/Fitting of Aids and Appliances (ADIP) Scheme during thel   | State-wise details 0f beneficiaries covered under the Assistance to Dieabled JPersons for Purchase/Fitting of Aids and Appliances (ADIP) Scheme during thel   | State-wise details 0f beneficiaries covered under the Assistance to Dieabled JPersons for Purchase/Fitting of Aids and Appliances (ADIP) Scheme during thel   | State-wise details 0f beneficiaries covered under the Assistance to Dieabled JPersons for Purchase/Fitting of Aids and Appliances (ADIP) Scheme during thel   | State-wise details 0f beneficiaries covered under the Assistance to Dieabled JPersons for Purchase/Fitting of Aids and Appliances (ADIP) Scheme during thel   | State-wise details 0f beneficiaries covered under the Assistance to Dieabled JPersons for Purchase/Fitting of Aids and Appliances (ADIP) Scheme during thel   | State-wise details 0f beneficiaries covered under the Assistance to Dieabled JPersons for Purchase/Fitting of Aids and Appliances (ADIP) Scheme during thel   |
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|                                                                                                                                                               |                                                                                                                                                               | 2016-17                                                                                                                                                       | 2017-18                                                                                                                                                       | 2018-19                                                                                                                                                       | 2019-20                                                                                                                                                       | 2020-21                                                                                                                                                       |
|                                                                                                                                                               | IState UTs                                                                                                                                                    | No. of Beneficiaries covered                                                                                                                                  | Beneficiaries covered                                                                                                                                         | No. of Beneficiaries covered                                                                                                                                  | No: of Beneficiaries |Beneficiaries  covered                                                                                                             | No. of covered                                                                                                                                                |
|                                                                                                                                                               | Andhra [Pradesh                                                                                                                                               | 3180                                                                                                                                                          | 5812                                                                                                                                                          |                                                                                                                                                               | 6331                                                                                                                                                          | 8748                                                                                                                                                          |
| 2                                                                                                                                                             | Bihar                                                                                                                                                         | 2178                                                                                                                                                          | 9049                                                                                                                                                          | 13554                                                                                                                                                         | 5420                                                                                                                                                          | 12985                                                                                                                                                         |
| 3                                                                                                                                                             | IChhattisgarh                                                                                                                                                 | 4034                                                                                                                                                          | 1588                                                                                                                                                          | 324                                                                                                                                                           | 7409                                                                                                                                                          | 4532                                                                                                                                                          |
| 4                                                                                                                                                             | Goa                                                                                                                                                           | 166                                                                                                                                                           | 989                                                                                                                                                           | 838                                                                                                                                                           | 76                                                                                                                                                            | 3094                                                                                                                                                          |
| 5                                                                                                                                                             | IGujarat                                                                                                                                                      | 28082                                                                                                                                                         | 50687                                                                                                                                                         | 16835                                                                                                                                                         | 24819                                                                                                                                                         | 21633                                                                                                                                                         |
| 6                                                                                                                                                             | HHaryana                                                                                                                                                      | 12453                                                                                                                                                         | 7944                                                                                                                                                          | 12519                                                                                                                                                         | 17617                                                                                                                                                         | 3713                                                                                                                                                          |
| 7                                                                                                                                                             | Himachal Pradesh                                                                                                                                              | 2306                                                                                                                                                          | 1372                                                                                                                                                          | 2186                                                                                                                                                          | 220                                                                                                                                                           | 2304                                                                                                                                                          |
| 8                                                                                                                                                             | IJammu and KKashmir                                                                                                                                           | 3154                                                                                                                                                          | 3296                                                                                                                                                          | 4456                                                                                                                                                          | 2307                                                                                                                                                          | 3907                                                                                                                                                          |
| 9                                                                                                                                                             | Jharkhand                                                                                                                                                     | 806                                                                                                                                                           | 1604                                                                                                                                                          | 4882                                                                                                                                                          | 216                                                                                                                                                           | 1809                                                                                                                                                          |
| 10                                                                                                                                                            | Karnataka                                                                                                                                                     | 6520                                                                                                                                                          | 5713                                                                                                                                                          | 9640                                                                                                                                                          | 4997                                                                                                                                                          | 5171                                                                                                                                                          |
| 11                                                                                                                                                            | Kerala                                                                                                                                                        | 3106                                                                                                                                                          | 7788                                                                                                                                                          | 5733                                                                                                                                                          | 3833                                                                                                                                                          | 3687                                                                                                                                                          |
|                                                                                                                                                               | Madhya Pradesh                                                                                                                                                | 16699                                                                                                                                                         | 14652                                                                                                                                                         | 15317                                                                                                                                                         | 17587                                                                                                                                                         | 20437                                                                                                                                                         |
| 13                                                                                                                                                            | Maharashtra                                                                                                                                                   | 18996                                                                                                                                                         | 21337                                                                                                                                                         | 42305                                                                                                                                                         | 49762                                                                                                                                                         | 30057                                                                                                                                                         |
| 14                                                                                                                                                            | Odisha                                                                                                                                                        | 13757                                                                                                                                                         | 11864                                                                                                                                                         | 6374                                                                                                                                                          | 9480                                                                                                                                                          | 10526                                                                                                                                                         |
| 15                                                                                                                                                            | [Punjab                                                                                                                                                       | 9882                                                                                                                                                          | 7788                                                                                                                                                          | 11685                                                                                                                                                         | 18863                                                                                                                                                         | 5996                                                                                                                                                          |
| 16                                                                                                                                                            | IRajasthan                                                                                                                                                    | 9754                                                                                                                                                          | 9904                                                                                                                                                          | 16874                                                                                                                                                         | 15343                                                                                                                                                         | 6826                                                                                                                                                          |
| 17                                                                                                                                                            | Tamil Nadu                                                                                                                                                    | 9538                                                                                                                                                          | 11377                                                                                                                                                         | 16319                                                                                                                                                         | 14557                                                                                                                                                         | 14595                                                                                                                                                         |
| 18                                                                                                                                                            | Uttar Pradesh                                                                                                                                                 | 71375                                                                                                                                                         | 38749                                                                                                                                                         | 55460                                                                                                                                                         | 109239                                                                                                                                                        | 41107                                                                                                                                                         |
| 19                                                                                                                                                            | JUttarakhand                                                                                                                                                  | 8888                                                                                                                                                          | 6101                                                                                                                                                          | 4222                                                                                                                                                          | 4299                                                                                                                                                          | 5454                                                                                                                                                          |
| 20                                                                                                                                                            | West Bengal                                                                                                                                                   | 25199                                                                                                                                                         | 17602                                                                                                                                                         | 21384                                                                                                                                                         | 18047                                                                                                                                                         | 18312                                                                                                                                                         |
| 21                                                                                                                                                            | Andaman & NNicobar                                                                                                                                            | 368                                                                                                                                                           | 570                                                                                                                                                           | 948                                                                                                                                                           | 114                                                                                                                                                           | 166                                                                                                                                                           |
| 22                                                                                                                                                            |                                                                                                                                                               | 223                                                                                                                                                           | 14                                                                                                                                                            | 88                                                                                                                                                            | 227                                                                                                                                                           | 622                                                                                                                                                           |
| 23                                                                                                                                                            | Haveli                                                                                                                                                        | 70                                                                                                                                                            | 85                                                                                                                                                            |                                                                                                                                                               | 333                                                                                                                                                           | 87                                                                                                                                                            |
| 24                                                                                                                                                            | Daman & Diu                                                                                                                                                   | 82                                                                                                                                                            | 64                                                                                                                                                            | 74                                                                                                                                                            | 0                                                                                                                                                             | 130                                                                                                                                                           |
| 25                                                                                                                                                            | Delhi                                                                                                                                                         | 8828                                                                                                                                                          | 3366                                                                                                                                                          | 6410                                                                                                                                                          | 2991                                                                                                                                                          | 949                                                                                                                                                           |
| 26                                                                                                                                                            | Lakshadweep                                                                                                                                                   |                                                                                                                                                               | 266                                                                                                                                                           | 101                                                                                                                                                           | 0                                                                                                                                                             |                                                                                                                                                               |
| 27                                                                                                                                                            | Puducherry                                                                                                                                                    | 259                                                                                                                                                           | 298                                                                                                                                                           | 681                                                                                                                                                           | 720                                                                                                                                                           | 573                                                                                                                                                           |
| 28                                                                                                                                                            | Arunachal Pradesh                                                                                                                                             | 335                                                                                                                                                           | 439                                                                                                                                                           | 881                                                                                                                                                           | 309                                                                                                                                                           | 707                                                                                                                                                           |
| 29                                                                                                                                                            | Assam                                                                                                                                                         | 12876                                                                                                                                                         | 21092                                                                                                                                                         |                                                                                                                                                               | 13000                                                                                                                                                         | 5440                                                                                                                                                          |
| 30                                                                                                                                                            | Manipur                                                                                                                                                       | 6827                                                                                                                                                          | 2464                                                                                                                                                          |                                                                                                                                                               | 145                                                                                                                                                           | 2490                                                                                                                                                          |
| 31                                                                                                                                                            | Meghalaya                                                                                                                                                     | 1422                                                                                                                                                          | 164                                                                                                                                                           | 3192                                                                                                                                                          | 46                                                                                                                                                            | 201                                                                                                                                                           |
| 32                                                                                                                                                            | Mizoram                                                                                                                                                       | 636                                                                                                                                                           | 282                                                                                                                                                           | 178                                                                                                                                                           | 0                                                                                                                                                             | 82                                                                                                                                                            |
| 33                                                                                                                                                            | Nagaland                                                                                                                                                      | 432                                                                                                                                                           | 387                                                                                                                                                           | 1258                                                                                                                                                          | 255                                                                                                                                                           | 412                                                                                                                                                           |
| 34                                                                                                                                                            | Sikkim                                                                                                                                                        | 0                                                                                                                                                             | 523                                                                                                                                                           | 377                                                                                                                                                           | 321                                                                                                                                                           | 169                                                                                                                                                           |
| 35                                                                                                                                                            | Tripura                                                                                                                                                       | 3031                                                                                                                                                          | 2326                                                                                                                                                          | 5134                                                                                                                                                          | 350                                                                                                                                                           | 2508                                                                                                                                                          |
| 36                                                                                                                                                            | [Telangana                                                                                                                                                    | 4833                                                                                                                                                          | 5175                                                                                                                                                          | 8383                                                                                                                                                          |                                                                                                                                                               | 2063                                                                                                                                                          |
| Total                                                                                                                                                         |                                                                                                                                                               | 290295                                                                                                                                                        | 272731                                                                                                                                                        | 300865                                                                                                                                                        | 351629                                                                                                                                                        | 241492                                                                                                                                                        |