Lok Sabha Question No. 2287 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-14
Subject: Skill Development for PwDs
Ministry: SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
Asked by: Ramesh Bidhuri

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2287

TO BE ANSWERED ON 14.03.2023

## 'SKILL DEVELOPMENT FOR PWDS'

## 2287:  Shri Ramesh Bidhuri:

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

- (a) whether the Government has opened any special institute for rehabilitation, empowerment and skill development for Persons with Disabilities (PwDs);
- (b) if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the steps taken for giving employment to PwDs through skill development?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT

(SUSHRI PRATIMA BHOUMIK)

(a)&(b) Yes,  Sir.  There  are  nine  National  Institutes  (NIs)  working  under  the  Department  of Empowerment  of  Persons  with  Disabilities  (Divyangjan)     specializing  in  different  kinds  of disabilities.  The main objectives of these Institutes are to conduct various courses in the field of disabilities,  to  provide  rehabilitation  services  to  Persons  with  Disabilities  and  to  undertake Research and Development. Details of National Institutes is at Annexure-I.

21 Composite Regional Centres for Skill Development, Rehabilitation & Empowerment of  Persons  with  Disabilities  (CRCs)  have  been  approved  in  various  States/UTs  as  outreach centres/extended  arms of the National Institutes under the Department.   CRCs  provide rehabilitation services to all categories of Persons with Disabilities (PwDs), train rehabilitation professionals, workers and functionaries, undertake programmes  of education and skill development  and  create  awareness  amongst  parents  and  the  community  regarding  needs  and rights of PwDs. Details of CRCs is at Annexure-II.

- (c)        Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities   implements 'National Action Plan   for Skill Development of Persons with Disabilities (PwDs)' which was launched in March, 2015. The objective of the scheme is to provide skill training to Persons with Disabilities for enabling  them  to  become  self-reliant  and  productive  members  of  the  society  and  to  integrate them with the mainstream of the society.

In order to strengthen the base of training partners, Department signed Memorandum of Understanding  (MoU)  with Food  Industry  Capacity  and  Skill  Initiatives  (FICSI).  Further,  two more tripartite  MoUs have also been signed by the Department and Skill Council for Persons with Disabilities  with  Flipkart Internet Private Limited and with Amazon Seller Private Limited to jointly provide skill training and employment opportunities to PwDs in E-commerce sector.

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## (Annexure referred to in reply to part-(a) &(b) of  Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.2287 for answer on 14.3.2023)

## Details of National Institutes

| i.    | Pt. Deendayal Upadhyaya National Institute for Persons with Physical Disabilities (PDUNIPPD), Delhi.     |
|-------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| ii.   | Swami Vivekanand National Institute of the Rehabilitation Training and Research (SVNIRTAR), Cuttack.     |
| iii.  | National Institute for Locomotor Disabilities (NILD), Kolkata.                                           |
| iv.   | National Institute for the Empowerment of Persons with Visual Disabilities (NIEPVD), Dehradun.           |
| v.    | Ali Yavar Jung National Institute of Speech and Hearing Disabilities (AYJNISHD), Mumbai                  |
| vi.   | National Institute for the Empowerment of Persons with Intellectual Disabilities (NIEPID), Secunderabad. |
| vii.  | National Institute for Empowerment of Persons with Multiple Disabilities (NIEPMD), Chennai.              |
| viii. | Indian Sign Language Research and Training Centre (ISLRTC), New Delhi.                                   |
| ix.   | National Institute of Mental Health Rehabilitation (NIMHR), Sehore, Madhya Pradesh                       |

## (Annexure referred to in reply to part-(a) &(b) of  Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.2287 for answer on 14.3.2023)

## Detail of Composite Regional Centres for Skill Development, Rehabilitation & Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (CRCs).

|   S.No. | Composite regional Centres (CRCs)   | State/UTs         |
|---------|-------------------------------------|-------------------|
|       1 | CRC, Srinagar                       | Jammu &Kashmir    |
|       2 | CRC, Bhopal                         | Madhya Pradesh    |
|       3 | CRC, Lucknow                        | Uttar Pradesh     |
|       4 | CRC, Guwahati                       | Assam             |
|       5 | CRC, Sundernagar                    | Himachal Pradesh  |
|       6 | CRC, Patna                          | Bihar             |
|       7 | CRC, Ahmedabad                      | Gujarat           |
|       8 | CRC, Kozhikode                      | Kerala            |
|       9 | CRC, Rajnandgaon                    | Chattisgarh       |
|      10 | CRC, Nellore                        | Andhra Pradesh    |
|      11 | CRC, Davengere                      | Karnataka         |
|      12 | CRC, Nagpur                         | Maharashtra       |
|      13 | CRC, Agartala                       | Tripura           |
|      14 | CRC, Naharlaghun                    | Arunachal Pradesh |
|      15 | CRC, Ranchi                         | Jharkhand         |
|      16 | CRC, Gorakhpur                      | Uttar Pradesh     |
|      17 | CRC, Balangir                       | Odisha            |
|      18 | CRC, Gangtok                        | Sikkim            |
|      19 | CRC, Portblair                      | Andaman &Nicobar  |
|      20 | CRC, Shillong                       | Meghalaya         |
|      21 | CRC, Imphal                         | Manipur           |

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