Lok Sabha Question No. 1423 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-07
Subject: Empowering Dumb and Deaf
Ministry: SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
Asked by: Manoj Kishorbhai Kotak

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE & EMPOWERMENT DEPARTMENT OF EMPOWERMENT OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES (DIVYANGJAN) LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1423 TO BE ANSWERED ON 07.12.2021

## EMPOWERING DUMB AND) DEAF

## 1423. SHRI MANOJ KOTAK:

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

- (a) whether the Government is working towards empowering deaf-dumb people;
- (b) if so, the details of the scheme by the Government;
- (c) whether the Government is planning for uniformity of language and sign
- (d) if so, the details thereof of the R&D and new technology which will same sign language to all deaf people? provide

## ANSWER

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

(a) & (b) This Ministry is   implementing the Scheme of Assistance to Disabled Persons for Purchase/Fitting of Aids and Appliances' (ADIP) to provide free aids and assistive devices to eligible persons   with disabilities  (Divyangan)   ineluding persons to pcomote their physical. social and psychological empowerment by reducing the effeets of disabilities and enhancing their economic potential.

Under the ADIP Scheme, there is a for Cochlear Implant to 500 children with speech and hearing impairment Up to the age of 5 years per year with a cost ceiling of Rs.6.00 lakh per unit to be borne by the Government: provision

Clinical and Rehabilitation services are being provided by National Institutes (NIs) and Composite Regional Centers (CRCs) functioning under this Ministry to Persons with   Disabilities (PwDs) including persons with speech and hearing impairment: In addition   various professional courses are also conducted by NIs and CRCs to train manpower for rehabilitation and education of Persons with Disabilities (PwDs). Amongst National  Institutes Ali Yavar National  Institute of Speech and Hearing Disabilities (AYJNISHD) Mumbai and Indian Sign Language Research and Training Centre Jung

(ISLRTC), New Delhi aim to empower PwDs, especially persons with speech and hearing impairment through their various activities

This Ministry is also implementing a Central Sector Scheme, namely Deendayal Disabled Rehabilitation Scheme (DDRS) under which   grant-in-aid is provided to Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) running projects for the welfare %f PwDs including those with speech and psychiatric or social functional level.

Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has informed that a National Programme for Prevention and Control of Deafness (NPPCD) is being implemented as a 100% Centrally Sponsored Scheme.

(c) & (d Indian Sign Language Research and Training Centre (ISLRTC); a National Institute under the Ministry has been working for the empowerment Of persons with and hearing impairment, through its various courses and short term training programs on Indian Sign Language Interpretation and teaching: speech

With a view to ensuring uniformity of sign language; the Centre is working jointly, with National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) and Rehabilitation Council of India (RCI) for standardization of Indian Sign Language (ISL ) and preparation of ISL version of NCERT Textbooks and  Teaching-Learning Material (TLM) in ISL as per the Universal  Design of Learning (UDL) guidelines.

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