Lok Sabha Question No. 405 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-07-20
Subject: Survey on Differently Abled Persons
Ministry: SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
Asked by: P.R. Natarajan

## DEPARTMENT OF EMPOWERMENT OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 405

TO BE ANSWERED ON 20.07.2021

## SURVEY ON DIFFERENTLY ABLED PERSONS

405. SHRI NATARAJAN PR:

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

- (a) whether the Government is having any data on the number of Differently Abled Persons who are selling activities in running trains, buses and other public places; doing
- (b) if so, the details thereof; State-wise particularly in Tamil Nadu
- (c) whether these kinds of differently abled persons are identified as platform traders;
- (d) if so, the details thereof: and
- (e) if not; the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

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

(a) t0 (e) The Ministry has not conducted any survey 0n the number of persons with disabilities (PwDs) involved in selling activities in running trains, buses and other public places. Relief to the persons with disabilities is a State subject by virtue of  Entry 9 the Constitution Management of public  places and passenger bus   transport   also fall under   the domain of State Governments

As regards railways Ministry of Railways has informed that there are 8 1 catering/vending units on railway platforms which have been contracted to PwDs State-wise  breakup of these units is at Annexure.

Annexure Annexure referred in reply to parts (a) and (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 405 to be answered on 20.07.2021 raised by Shri Natarajan P R. regarding Survey on Differently Abled Persons

| SNo:   | Name of State     | No_ of Catering/Vending units allotted to person with disabilities   |
|--------|-------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|        | Andhra Pradesh    | 7                                                                    |
| 2      | Arunachal Pradesh | 0                                                                    |
| 3      | Assam             | 0                                                                    |
| 4      | Bihar             | 8                                                                    |
| 5      | Chhattisgarh      | 2                                                                    |
| 6      | Delhi             | 4                                                                    |
|        | Goa               | 0                                                                    |
|        | Gujarat           |                                                                      |
| 9      | Haryana           | 3                                                                    |
| 10     | Himachal Pradesh  | 0                                                                    |
| 11     | Jammu and Kashmir |                                                                      |
| 12     | Jharkhand         | 2                                                                    |
| 13     | Karnataka         | 2                                                                    |
| 14     | Kerala            | 1                                                                    |
| 15     | Madhya Pradesh    | 3                                                                    |
| 16     | Maharashtra       | 8                                                                    |
| 17     | Manipur           |                                                                      |
| 18     | Meghalaya         |                                                                      |
| 19     | Mizoram           |                                                                      |
| 20     | Nagaland          | 0                                                                    |
| 21     | Orissa            |                                                                      |
| 22     | Punjab            |                                                                      |
| 23     | Rajasthan         |                                                                      |
| 24     | Sikkim            |                                                                      |
| 25     | Tamil Nadu        | 4                                                                    |
| 26     | Telangana         | 3                                                                    |
| 27     | Tripura           | 0                                                                    |
| 28     | Uttar Pradesh     |                                                                      |
| 29     | Uttaranchal       | 2                                                                    |
| 30     | West Bengal       |                                                                      |
|        | Total             | 81                                                                   |