Lok Sabha Question No. 1253 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-02-09
Subject: Basic Amenities for Divyangjans
Ministry: SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
Asked by: Dipsinh Shankarsinh Rathod, Anil Firojiya, Mohanbhai Kalyanji Kundariya

## COVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT DEPARTMENT OF EMPOWERMENT OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1253 TO BE ANSWERED ON 09.02.2021

## Basic Amenities for Divyangjans

## 1253. SHRI DIPSINH SHANKARSINH RATHOD; SHRI ANIL FIROJIYA; SHRI MOHANBHAI KALYANJI KUNDARIYA:

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

- (a) Whether the Government has taken steps to ensure basic amenities for the Divyang to enable them to reach Covid-19 hospitals for testing; quarantine and treatment;
- (b) If so, the details of the said facilities;
- c) whether any steps have been taken by the Government for destitute/beggars/homeless during the lockdown; and
- (d) If so, the details thereof; State-wise?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT

## (SHRI KRISHANPAL GURJAR)

(a) to (b): Relief to Divyangjan is a State  subject by virtue of entry 9' of the State list of the Constitution of India. Government in 2014 has written to the States/UTs to frame suitable schemes exclusively to take care   of' homeless   persons with   intellectual   disabilities to enable them live a dignified iife. Further; advisory has been issued to States/UTs on 24.04.20 to ensure basic features of accessibility for Divyangjan at COVID-19 hospitals for testing; quarantine and treatment:

(c) & (d): Government had identified ten cities for Pilot project of Comprehensive Rehabilitation of Persons engaged  in the Act the country in the wake of COVID 19, the Munieipal Corporations of these 10 cities were requested to set up feeding centers for providing cooked food for the persons engaged in beggary: As per information available, 1.27 Crore persons have been provided cooked food in these cities facing

Government through National  Backward Classes Finance & Development Corporation (NBCFDC) disbursed subsistence allowance to 5.711 Transgender persons (TGs) @Rs.1500/- per person directly into   their  accounts and also   provided ration kit to 1.229 transgender persons   during COVID-19 lockdown. The State-wise details are attached at Annexure-[ and Annexure-II:

Annexure referred in Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.1253 dated 09.02.2021 regarding Basic Amenities for Divyangjans:

## City-wise details of destitutel beggars/ homeless persons provided cooked food

|    | Name City         |   Number of persons provided free food (in Lakhs) |
|----|-------------------|---------------------------------------------------|
| 1_ | Delhi             |                                              75   |
| 2  | Mumbai and Nagpur |                                              10.6 |
| 3  | Kolkata           |                                               1.3 |
| 4_ | Chennai           |                                               3.5 |
| 5_ | Bangalore         |                                              14   |
| 6  | Hyderabad         |                                               7   |
| 7_ | Indore            |                                               8.4 |
| 8_ | Lucknow           |                                               7   |
| 9_ | Patna             |                                               0   |
|    | Total             |                                             127.3 |

Annexure referred in Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.1253 dated 09.02.2021 regarding Basic Amenities for Divyangjans

State wise Amount transferred through Direct Bank Transfer & Ration Assistance to Transgender Persons during the year 2019-20 to 2020-21 (Lockdown period)

| No:   | State               | Details of DBT   | Details of DBT               | Details of Ration Assistance   | Details of Ration Assistance      | composite sum   | composite sum                      |
|-------|---------------------|------------------|------------------------------|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------|------------------------------------|
| No:   | State               | number of TGs    | Total Transferred Amount Rs. | number                         | Total Amount of Expenditure (Rs.) | number of TGs   | Total Amount of Expenditure (Rs. ) |
|       | (b)                 |                  | (d)                          |                                |                                   | (g)= (ct e)     | (h) (d+ f)=                        |
|       | Andhra Pradesh      | 118              | 177000                       |                                |                                   | 118             | 177000                             |
| 2     | Arunachal Pradesh   | 31               | 46500                        |                                |                                   | 31              | 46500                              |
| 3     | Assam               | 10               | 15000                        | 94                             | 141000                            | 104             | 156000                             |
| 4     | Bihar               | 165              | 247500                       |                                |                                   | 165             | 247500                             |
| 5     | Chhattisgarh        | 624              | 936000                       | 72                             |                                   | 696             | 1044000                            |
|       | Goa                 | 31               | 46500                        |                                |                                   | 31              | 46500                              |
| 6     | Gujarat             | 150              | 225000                       |                                |                                   | 150             |                                    |
| 8     | Haryana             | 52               | 78000                        |                                |                                   | 52              | 78000                              |
| 9     | Himachal Pradesh    | 2                | 3000                         |                                |                                   | 2               | 3000                               |
| 10    | Jammu & Kashmir (t+ | 8                | 12000                        |                                |                                   | 8               | 12000                              |
| 11    | Jharkhand           | 86               | 129000                       |                                |                                   | 86              | 129000                             |
| 12    | Karnataka           | 561              | 841500                       |                                |                                   | 561             | 841500                             |
| 13    | Kerala              | 172              | 258000                       |                                |                                   | 172             | 258000                             |
| 14    | Madhya Pradesh      | 47               | 70500                        |                                |                                   |                 | 70500                              |
| 15    | Maharashtra         | 510              | 765000                       |                                |                                   | 510             | 765000                             |
| 16    | Manipur             | 189              | 283500                       | 63                             | 94500                             | 252             | 378000                             |
| 17    | Meghalaya           | 2                | 3000                         |                                |                                   | 2               | 3000                               |
| 18    | Mizoram             | 8                | 12000                        |                                |                                   | 8               | 12000                              |
| 19    | Nagaland            | 5                | 7500                         |                                |                                   | 5               | 7500                               |
| 20    | Odisha              | 218              | 327000                       |                                |                                   | 218             | 327000                             |
| 21    | Punjab              | 216              | 324000                       |                                |                                   | 216             | 324000                             |
| 22    | Rajasthan           | 215              | 322500                       |                                |                                   | 215             | 322500                             |
| 23    | Sikkim              | 1                | 1500                         |                                |                                   |                 | 1500                               |
| 24    | Tamil Nadu          | 1036             | 1554000                      |                                |                                   | 1036            | 1554000                            |
| 25    | Telangana_          | 37               | 55500                        |                                |                                   | 37              | 55500                              |
| 26    | Tripura             |                  | 1500                         |                                |                                   |                 | 1500                               |
| 27    | Uttar Pradesh       | 119              | 178500                       | 280                            | 263200                            | 399             | 441700                             |
| 28    | Uttarakhand         | 7                | 10500                        |                                |                                   | 7               | 10500                              |
| 29    | West Bengal         | 814              | 1221000                      |                                |                                   | 814             | 1221000                            |
| 30    |                     | 17               | 25500                        |                                |                                   | 17              | 25500                              |
| 31    | Delhi               | 158              | 237000                       | 720                            | 676800                            | 878             | 913800                             |
| 32    | Lakshadweep         | 44               | 66000                        |                                |                                   | 44              | 66000                              |
| 33    | Puducherry          | 57               | 85500                        |                                |                                   | 57              | 85500                              |
|       | Total               | 5711             | 8566500                      | 1229                           | 1283500                           | 6940            | 9850000                            |