Lok Sabha Question No. 1532 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-26
Subject: Schemes for Specially Abled Persons
Ministry: SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
Asked by: Sarmistha Sethi

## GOVERNEMNT OF INDIA

## LOK SABHA

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

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1532

TO BE ANSWERED ON 26.07.2022

## SCHEMES FOR SPECIALLY ABLED PERSONS

## 1532. SHRIMATI SARMISTHA SETHI:

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

- (a)  the  number  of  specially  abled  persons  in  the  country,  State-wise  and gender-wise;
- (b)  the  details  of  number of these specially abled/ Divyangjans who have not been  provided  with  disability  certificate/UDID  Cards  as  on  date,  State-wise, disabilitywise and gender-wise;
- (c)  the  details  of  the  schemes  being  implemented  by  the  Government  for empowerment  of  such  persons  during  the  last  two  years  and  the  results thereof, State/ UTwise;
- (d)  the  funds  allocated  and  released  under  various  schemes  during  the  said period;
- (e) whether the Government proposes to raise the percentage of reservation for the specially abled persons and if so, the details thereof; and
- (f)  the  action  taken  for  issuance  of  disability  certificate/UDID  Card  to  them with the details of fund provision made for the last four years including current year, State-wise, disability-wise and gender-wise?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT

(SUSHRI PRATIMA BHOUMIK)

- (a)  As  per Census 2011 there are 2,68,14,994 Persons with Disabilities (PwDs) across  the  country.  State-wise  and  gender-wise  population  of  PwDs  is  at Annexure-I .
- (b)  There  is  no  precise  data  available  with  the  Ministry  regarding  number  of PwDs,  who  have  not  yet  been  provided  Disability  Certificate/UDID  Cards. However,  state-wise/  gender-wise  UDID  Cards  generated  as  on  20.07.2022  is enclosed at Annexure-II .
- (c) 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 details of major schemes of this Department for welfare of PwDs implemented throughout the country are as under:
- (i) Assistance to Disabled Persons for Purchase/Fitting of Aids and Appliances (ADIP): Under ADIP Scheme, funds are released to various implementing  agencies  to  assist  needy  persons  with  disabilities  in  procuring durable,  sophisticated  and  scientifically  manufactured,  modern,  standard  aids and  appliances  that  can  promote  their  physical,  social  and  psychological rehabilitation by reducing the effects of disabilities and  enhancing  their economic potential.  During  the  last  two  years,  5,02,136  PwDs  were  benefitted under this Scheme.
- (ii) Scheme for Implementation of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act (SIPDA): Under this Scheme, assistance is provided to State Governments and autonomous organizations/ Institutions under Central or State Governments/  various  implementing  agencies  for  various  activities  relating  to the implementation of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016. Major Components  of  Scheme  for  Implementation  of  Persons  with  Disabilities  Act (SIPDA) are:
1. Creation  of  Barrier  Free  Environment  for  PwDs: During  the  last  two years  grants  for  retrofitting  of  122  Central/State  Govt  Buildings  were provided.
3. Accessible India Campaign (AIC): During the last two years the State/UT Governments  reported  completion  of  retrofitting  in  316  state  owned buildings funded under AIC.  Central Public Works Department reported completion of retrofitting work in 32 Central Govt. Buildings.
2. National Action Plan for Skill Development : During the last two years, 5829 PwDs were benefitted.
4. Unique Disability Identity Card: During  the  last  two  years,  27,20,097 UDID cards have been generated.
- (iii) Deendayal Disabled Rehabilitation Scheme (DDRS): Under the Scheme grant-in-aid is provided to Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs)   for their projects relating to rehabilitation of persons with disabilities, aimed at enabling them to reach and maintain their optimal physical, sensory, intellectual,  psychiatric  or  social  functional  levels.  During  the  last  two  years, 61,715 PwDs were benefitted under the Scheme.
- (iv) Scholarship schemes for students with disabilities: Under this Scheme, the Government provides scholarships for students with disabilities such as Prematric  (for  classes  IX  &  X),  Post-matric  (from  class  XI  up  to  Post  Graduate degree/diploma  level),  Top  Class  Education  (Post  graduate  degree/diploma  in notified  Institutes),  National  Fellowship  (M.Phil  and  PhD  courses),  National Overseas  Scholarship  (for  Overseas  education  at  P.G./Doctorate  level).  During the last two years, 68,198 PwDs were benefitted under the Scheme.
- (d) The details of funds allocated and released under various schemes of the De partment during last two financial years is as under:-

(Amount in Rs. Crore)

| Year        | Financial Year 20-21   | Financial Year 20-21    | Financial Year 21-22   | Financial Year 21-22    |
|-------------|------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------|
| Scheme      | Revised Estimate (RE)  | Actual Expenditure (AE) | Revised Estimate (RE)  | Actual Expenditure (AE) |
| ADIP        | 195.00                 | 189.13                  | 220.00                 | 198.69                  |
| SIPDA       | 122.89                 | 103.43                  | 147.31                 | 108.44                  |
| DDRS        | 85.00                  | 83.18                   | 105.00                 | 100.89                  |
| Scholarship | 100.00                 | 97.37                   | 110.00                 | 120.25                  |

- (e) The Government has enacted the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 which  came  into  force  on  19.04.2017.  As  compared  to  the  Persons  With Disabilities  (Equal  Opportunities,  Protection  Of  Rights  And  Full  Participation) Act, 1995  which  has since been repealed, reservation for persons with benchmark disabilities in Government jobs has been increased from 3% to 4% and  reservation  in  seats  in  Government/Government-aided  higher  educational institutions has been increased from 3 % to 5%. Similarly, under the RPwD Act, 2016,  provision  of  reservation  for  persons  with  bench  mark  disabilities  in poverty alleviation schemes has been increased from 3% to 5%.
- (f)  As  on  20.07.22,  more  than  77  lakhs  UDID  cards  have  been  generated.  The Ministry provides financial support to States/UTs  for procurement  of IT infrastructure (desktop, Printer, fingerprint device, web  camera),  publicity awareness activity, digitization of manual certificate and remuneration of state coordinator  for  implementation  of  UDID  project.  Funds  released  to  various States/UTs for this purpose during the last four years including the current year is at Annexure-III .

## Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1532 to be answered on 26.07.2022 regarding Schemes for Specially abled persons raised by Shrimati Sarmistha Sethi:

| State-wise and Gender-wise number of persons with disabilities as per Census 2011   | State-wise and Gender-wise number of persons with disabilities as per Census 2011   | State-wise and Gender-wise number of persons with disabilities as per Census 2011   | State-wise and Gender-wise number of persons with disabilities as per Census 2011   | State-wise and Gender-wise number of persons with disabilities as per Census 2011   |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| S. No.                                                                              | State/UT name                                                                       | Total No. of PwDs                                                                   | Total No. of PwDs                                                                   | Total No. of PwDs                                                                   |
|                                                                                     |                                                                                     | Total                                                                               | Males                                                                               | Females                                                                             |
| 1                                                                                   | JAMMU & KASHMIR                                                                     | 361153                                                                              | 204834                                                                              | 156319                                                                              |
| 2                                                                                   | HIMACHAL PRADESH                                                                    | 155316                                                                              | 86321                                                                               | 68995                                                                               |
| 3                                                                                   | PUNJAB                                                                              | 654063                                                                              | 379551                                                                              | 274512                                                                              |
| 4                                                                                   | CHANDIGARH                                                                          | 14796                                                                               | 8743                                                                                | 6053                                                                                |
| 5                                                                                   | UTTARAKHAND                                                                         | 185272                                                                              | 102787                                                                              | 82485                                                                               |
| 6                                                                                   | HARYANA                                                                             | 546374                                                                              | 315533                                                                              | 230841                                                                              |
| 7                                                                                   | NCT OF DELHI                                                                        | 234882                                                                              | 138379                                                                              | 96503                                                                               |
| 8                                                                                   | RAJASTHAN                                                                           | 1563694                                                                             | 848287                                                                              | 715407                                                                              |
| 9                                                                                   | UTTAR PRADESH                                                                       | 4157514                                                                             | 2364171                                                                             | 1793343                                                                             |
| 10                                                                                  | BIHAR                                                                               | 2331009                                                                             | 1343100                                                                             | 987909                                                                              |
| 11                                                                                  | SIKKIM                                                                              | 18187                                                                               | 9779                                                                                | 8408                                                                                |
| 12                                                                                  | ARUNACHAL PRADESH                                                                   | 26734                                                                               | 14245                                                                               | 12489                                                                               |
| 13                                                                                  | NAGALAND                                                                            | 29631                                                                               | 16148                                                                               | 13483                                                                               |
| 14                                                                                  | MANIPUR                                                                             | 58547                                                                               | 31174                                                                               | 27373                                                                               |
| 15                                                                                  | MIZORAM                                                                             | 15160                                                                               | 8198                                                                                | 6962                                                                                |
| 16                                                                                  | TRIPURA                                                                             | 64346                                                                               | 35482                                                                               | 28864                                                                               |
| 17                                                                                  | MEGHALAYA                                                                           | 44317                                                                               | 23326                                                                               | 20991                                                                               |
| 18                                                                                  | ASSAM                                                                               | 480065                                                                              | 257385                                                                              | 222680                                                                              |
| 19                                                                                  | WEST BENGAL                                                                         | 2017406                                                                             | 1127181                                                                             | 890225                                                                              |
| 20                                                                                  | JHARKHAND                                                                           | 769980                                                                              | 426876                                                                              | 343104                                                                              |
| 21                                                                                  | ODISHA                                                                              | 1244402                                                                             | 674775                                                                              | 569627                                                                              |
| 22                                                                                  | CHHATTISGARH                                                                        | 624937                                                                              | 334093                                                                              | 290844                                                                              |
| 23                                                                                  | MADHYA PRADESH                                                                      | 1551931                                                                             | 888751                                                                              | 663180                                                                              |
| 24                                                                                  | GUJARAT                                                                             | 1092302                                                                             | 612804                                                                              | 479498                                                                              |
| 25                                                                                  | DAMAN & DIU                                                                         | 2196                                                                                | 1300                                                                                | 896                                                                                 |
| 26                                                                                  | DADRA & NAGAR HAVELI                                                                | 3294                                                                                | 1893                                                                                | 1401                                                                                |
| 27                                                                                  | MAHARASHTRA                                                                         | 2963392                                                                             | 1692285                                                                             | 1271107                                                                             |
| 28                                                                                  | ANDHRA PRADESH (undivided)                                                          | 2266607                                                                             | 1224459                                                                             | 1042148                                                                             |
| 29                                                                                  | KARNATAKA                                                                           | 1324205                                                                             | 726521                                                                              | 597684                                                                              |
| 30                                                                                  | GOA                                                                                 | 33012                                                                               | 17016                                                                               | 15996                                                                               |
| 31                                                                                  | LAKSHADWEEP                                                                         | 1615                                                                                | 838                                                                                 | 777                                                                                 |
| 32                                                                                  | KERALA                                                                              | 761843                                                                              | 394706                                                                              | 367137                                                                              |
| 33                                                                                  | TAMIL NADU                                                                          | 1179963                                                                             | 657418                                                                              | 522545                                                                              |
| 34                                                                                  | PUDUCHERRY                                                                          | 30189                                                                               | 16373                                                                               | 13816                                                                               |
| 35                                                                                  | ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLANDS Total                                                     | 6660 2,68,14,994                                                                    | 3861 1,49,88,593                                                                    | 2799 1,18,26,401                                                                    |

## Annexure referred to in reply to part (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1532 to be answered on 26.07.2022 regarding Schemes for Specially abled persons raised by Shrimati Sarmistha Sethi:

## State-wise/ gender-wise UDID Cards generated as on 20.06.22 No. of PwDs

|   S.No | State Name                           | No. of PwDs (Male) issued Certificate of disability /UDID cards   | No. of PwDs (Female) issued Certificate of disability /UDID cards   | Total     |
|--------|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------|
|      1 | ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS          | 3,276                                                             | 1,915                                                               | 5,191     |
|      2 | ANDHRA PRADESH                       | 7,06,995                                                          | 4,07,486                                                            | 11,14,481 |
|      3 | ARUNACHAL PRADESH                    | 1,418                                                             | 893                                                                 | 2,311     |
|      4 | ASSAM                                | 83,518                                                            | 55,982                                                              | 1,39,500  |
|      5 | BIHAR                                | 2,00,519                                                          | 90,882                                                              | 2,91,401  |
|      6 | CHANDIGARH                           | 4,463                                                             | 2,139                                                               | 6,602     |
|      7 | CHHATTISGARH                         | 1,36,827                                                          | 77,643                                                              | 2,14,470  |
|      8 | DADRA NAGAR HAVELI AND DAMAN AND DIU | 1,690                                                             | 906                                                                 | 2,596     |
|      9 | DELHI                                | 17,043                                                            | 7,817                                                               | 24,860    |
|     10 | GOA                                  | 3,426                                                             | 1,832                                                               | 5,258     |
|     11 | GUJARAT                              | 2,09,708                                                          | 1,01,866                                                            | 3,11,574  |
|     12 | HARYANA                              | 53,968                                                            | 22,493                                                              | 76,461    |
|     13 | HIMACHAL PRADESH                     | 46,126                                                            | 21,443                                                              | 67,569    |
|     14 | JAMMU AND KASHMIR                    | 35,448                                                            | 20,376                                                              | 55,824    |
|     15 | JHARKHAND                            | 74,147                                                            | 40,814                                                              | 1,14,961  |
|     16 | KARNATAKA                            | 3,36,100                                                          | 1,80,355                                                            | 5,16,455  |
|     17 | KERALA                               | 1,11,154                                                          | 70,324                                                              | 1,81,478  |
|     18 | LADAKH                               | 1,552                                                             | 1,273                                                               | 2,825     |
|     19 | LAKSHADWEEP                          | 566                                                               | 346                                                                 | 912       |
|     20 | MADHYA PRADESH                       | 4,90,310                                                          | 2,34,922                                                            | 7,25,232  |
|     21 | MAHARASHTRA                          | 5,41,011                                                          | 2,22,556                                                            | 7,63,567  |
|     22 | MANIPUR                              | 3,861                                                             | 2,795                                                               | 6,656     |
|     23 | MEGHALAYA                            | 14,838                                                            | 11,651                                                              | 26,489    |
|     24 | MIZORAM                              | 2,215                                                             | 1,578                                                               | 3,793     |
|     25 | NAGALAND                             | 1,155                                                             | 667                                                                 | 1,822     |

26

1,67,972

|       | ODISHA        | 2,91,082   |           | 4,59,054   |
|-------|---------------|------------|-----------|------------|
| 27    | PUDUCHERRY    | 10,706     | 8,084     | 18,790     |
| 28    | PUNJAB        | 1,87,796   | 88,690    | 2,76,486   |
| 29    | RAJASTHAN     | 2,96,175   | 1,49,700  | 4,45,875   |
| 30    | SIKKIM        | 2,252      | 1,518     | 3,770      |
| 31    | TAMIL NADU    | 3,30,205   | 1,95,252  | 5,25,457   |
| 32    | TELANGANA     | 2,93,378   | 1,82,026  | 4,75,404   |
| 33    | TRIPURA       | 16,899     | 9,709     | 26,608     |
| 34    | UTTAR PRADESH | 6,13,701   | 2,08,856  | 8,22,557   |
| 35    | UTTARAKHAND   | 36,342     | 16,862    | 53,204     |
| 36    | WEST BENGAL   | 8          | 3         | 11         |
| Total | Total         | 51,59,878  | 26,09,626 | 77,69,504  |

## Annexure referred to in reply to part (f) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1532 to be answered on 26.07.2022 regarding Schemes for Specially abled persons raised by Shrimati Sarmistha Sethi:

| 21.07.2022)   | 21.07.2022)                            | 21.07.2022)            | 21.07.2022)                 | 21.07.2022)                 | 21.07.2022)                 | 21.07.2022)            |
|---------------|----------------------------------------|------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|------------------------|
|               |                                        | 2018-19 Fund           | 2019-20                     | 2020-21                     | 2021-22                     | 2022-23 Fund           |
| S.No.         | States/UTS                             | Released in (Rs. Lakh) | Fund Released in (Rs. Lakh) | Fund Released in (Rs. Lakh) | Fund Released in (Rs. Lakh) | Released in (Rs. Lakh) |
| 1             | ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS            | 6.00                   | 13.00                       | 0.00                        | 4.50                        | 0.00                   |
| 2             | ANDHRA PRADESH                         | 0.00                   | 0.00                        | 29.25                       | 6.00                        | 2.00                   |
| 3             | ARUNACHAL PRADESH                      | 31.00                  | 24.72                       | 2.48                        | 23.25                       | 3.00                   |
| 4             | ASSAM                                  | 0.00                   | 64.75                       | 6.00                        | 6.70                        | 0.00                   |
| 5             | BIHAR                                  | 0.00                   | 87.28                       | 6.00                        | 59.36                       | 0.00                   |
| 6             | CHANDIGARH                             | 0.00                   | 0.00                        | 0.00                        | 0.00                        | 0.00                   |
| 7             | CHHATTISGARH                           | 35.50                  | 24.25                       | 30.76                       | 6.50                        | 0.00                   |
| 8             | DADRA AND NAGAR HAVELI & DAMAN AND DIU | 0.00                   | 6.50                        | 0.00                        | 5.87                        | 0.00                   |
| 9             | DELHI                                  | 7.43                   | 35.90                       | 6.00                        | 5.29                        | 0.00                   |
| 10            | GOA                                    | 0.00                   | 2.00                        | 1.50                        | 12.29                       | 0.00                   |
| 11            | GUJARAT                                | 38.50                  | 41.10                       | 6.00                        | 36.00                       | 3.00                   |
| 12            | HARYANA                                | 22.00                  | 0.75                        | 0.00                        | 0.00                        | 0.00                   |
| 13            | HIMACHAL PRADESH                       | 19.58                  | 15.12                       | 6.00                        | 0.00                        | 0.00                   |
| 14            | JAMMU AND KASHMIR                      | 23.00                  | 4.00                        | 0.00                        | 0.00                        | 0.00                   |
| 15            | JHARKHAND                              | 38.10                  | 24.44                       | 0.00                        | 0.00                        | 0.00                   |
| 16            | KARNATAKA                              | 33.00                  | 36.11                       | 6.00                        | 41.82                       | 0.00                   |

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| 17    | KERALA         |   24.00 |   14.50 |   9.50 |   6.00 |   3.00 |
|-------|----------------|---------|---------|--------|--------|--------|
| 18    | LADAKH         |    2    |    0    |   0    |   0    |      0 |
| 19    | LAKSHADWEEP    |    0    |    4    |   6.42 |   6    |      0 |
| 20    | MADHYA PRADESH |   51    |    1    |   0    |   0    |      0 |
| 21    | MAHARASHTRA    |   43.5  |   11.07 |   0    |   0    |      0 |
| 22    | MANIPUR        |    0    |   28    |   0    |   0    |      3 |
| 23    | MEGHALAYA      |    6    |   14.75 |   6    |  14.19 |      0 |
| 24    | MIZORAM        |   14    |   12.6  |  11.42 |   3.5  |      3 |
| 25    | NAGALAND       |    0    |   22.25 |   6    |   9    |      0 |
| 26    | ODISHA         |    3.05 |    0    |   2.88 |   4.07 |      0 |
| 27    | PUDUCHERRY     |    0    |   10    |   3    |   6    |      0 |
| 28    | PUNJAB         |   28    |   26.65 |  12.08 |  26.63 |      0 |
| 29    | RAJASTHAN      |   26.6  |    6    |   6    |   6    |      3 |
| 30    | SIKKIM         |    3.9  |   10    |   9    |   9    |      0 |
| 31    | TAMIL NADU     |    4.65 |    6.82 |   4.8  |  59.96 |      0 |
| 32    | TELANGANA      |    0    |    3    |  61.75 |   0    |      0 |
| 33    | TRIPURA        |    0    |    0    |   0    |   0    |      3 |
| 34    | UTTAR PRADESH  |  113.49 |    6.16 |  65.43 |   0    |      0 |
| 35    | UTTARAKHAND    |    0    |   26.5  |   3.73 |   6    |      3 |
| 36    | WEST BENGAL    |   23    |    0    |   0    |   0    |      0 |
| Total | Total          |  597.29 |  583.21 | 308    | 363.93 |     26 |

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