Lok Sabha Question No. 134 (STARRED), answered on 2021-12-07
Subject: Issuance of Disabilty Certificate
Ministry: SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
Asked by: Krishna Pal Singh Yadav, Rajbahadur Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTR Y OF SOCIAL JUSTICE & EMPOWERMENT DEPARTMENT OF EMPOWERMENT OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES (DIVYANGJAN)

LOK SABHA

STARRED QUESTION NO. 134 TO BE ANSWERED ON 07.12.2021

## Issuance of Disability Certificate

## 134. DR KRISHNAPAL SINGH YADAV: SHRI RAJBAHADUR SINGH:

Will the Minister of SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT be pleased t0 state:

- (a) the details of disability certificates issued in the country, State-wise and also district-wise in Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan;
- whether the Government is planning to formulate guidelines for hospitals and e-mitra centres for issuance of disability certificates;
- (c) if so, the details thereof and if not; the reasons therefor; and
- (d) the steps taken by the Government to increase the efficiency of the software through which certificates are generated?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT

(DR VIRENDRA KUMAR)

(a) to (d) A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

Statement referred to in reply to part (a) to (d) of the Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 134 raised by DR KRISHNAPAL SINGH YADAV: SHRI RAJBAHADUR SINGH: regarding "Issuance of Disability Certificate" for answer on 07.12.2021.

(a) Certificate of disability is issued by the competent medical authorities as notified by the States/Union Territories. available   from the office of Chief Commissioner of Persons with Disabilities (CCPD), the number of certificates of disability issued by various States/Union Territories District-wise data on certificate of disability is not maintained by the office of CCPD. However; district-wise data as received by the office of CCPD from Government Of Uttar Pradesh on 02.12.2021 is at Annexure II.

(6) (c The Ministry notified the guidelines for assessment of specified disabilities included under Rights of Persons with Disabilities ACT, 2016 (except Autism Spectrum Disorder) on 04.01.2018. The guidelines for assessment of Autism Spectrum Disorder notified on 25.04.2016, is applicable.  These guidelines are required to be followed by all certifying medical authorities while assessing disability: Further, the Ministry has also issued a notification on Sth 2021, which mandates issuance of certificate of with effect from 01.06.2021 by the competent medical authorities as notified by the States and Union Territories Further; the   Department of   Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities has signed an Memorandum of Understanding with CSC c-Governance Services India Limited under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology with a view to enable registration of persons with disabilities for applying for certificate of "disability under the Unique Disability ID (UDID) portal. May

Up-gradation of the application software of the UDID portal through which certificates of disability are issued, is a continuous process: The Ministry undertakes security audit of the UDID application   software periodically and enhances the capacity of servers and addresses Other technical parameters as and when required t0 increase the efficiency.

Annexure 1 as referred to in reply to part (a) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 134 for answer on 07.12.2021 regarding issuance of disability certificate raised Dr. Krishna Pal Singh Yadav and Shri Rajbahadur Singh: by

| SL No   | State/ UTs                                | Issuance of Disability Certificates   |
|---------|-------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|         | Andaman &Nicobar Island                   | 4,604                                 |
| 2       | Andhra Pradesh                            | 11,81,097                             |
| 3       | Arunachal Pradesh                         | 2,907                                 |
| 4       | Assam                                     | 3,44,665                              |
| 5       | Bihar                                     |                                       |
| 6       | Chandigarh (UT)                           | 29,054                                |
| 7       | Chhattisgarh                              | 2,84,464                              |
| 8       | Dadra & Nagar Haveli (UT) and Daman & Diu | 6,069                                 |
| 9       | Delhi (UT)                                | 1,83,160                              |
| 10      | Goa                                       | 19,202                                |
| 11      | Gujarat                                   | 5,51,000                              |
| 12      | Haryana                                   | 3,39,190                              |
| 13      | Himachal Pradesh                          | 95,630                                |
| 14      | Jammu & Kashmir                           | 1,79,385                              |
| 15      | Ladakh                                    |                                       |
| 16      | Jharkhand                                 | 4,93,012                              |
| 17      | Karnataka                                 | 12,29,825                             |
| 18      | Kerala                                    | 3,14,777                              |
| 19      | Lakshadweep                               | 1,353                                 |
| 20      | Madhya Pradesh                            | 6,60,313                              |
| 21      | Maharashtra                               | 17,79,545                             |
| 22      | Manipur                                   | 26,450                                |
| 23      | Meghalaya                                 | 22,244                                |
| 24      | Mizoram                                   | 12,409                                |
| 25      | Nagaland                                  | 1,752                                 |
| 26      | Odisha                                    | 8,44,250                              |
| 27      | Puducherry (UT)                           | 29,700                                |
| 28      | Punjab                                    | 3,82,081                              |
| 29      | Rajasthan                                 | 5,66.157                              |
| 30      | Sikkim                                    | 5,767                                 |
| 31      | Tamilnadu                                 | 11,79,303                             |
| 32      | Telangana                                 | 7,92,345                              |
| 33      | Tripura                                   | 89,060                                |
| 34      | Uttar Pradesh                             | 23,95,120                             |
| 35      | Uttarakhand                               | 1,28,947                              |
| 36      | West Bengal                               | 17,63,711                             |
|         | Total                                     | 1,74,25,905                           |

Annexure II as referred in reply t0 part (a) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 134 for answer On 07.12.2020 regarding issuance of disability certificate raised by Dr Krishna Pal Singh Yadav and Shri Raj Bahadur Singh.

District-wise disability certificates issued by Govcrnment of Uttar Pradesh as on 31.03.2021

|    |     | tii    | (.c.01.04.2019 t   |        | Toral    |
|----|-----|--------|--------------------|--------|----------|
|    |     |        | 26044              |        |          |
|    |     |        |                    | 717    |          |
|    |     |        |                    | "      |          |
|    |     |        | 271                |        |          |
|    |     |        | I68                |        |          |
|    |     |        | 1097               | 10]    |          |
|    |     |        |                    |        | Iv| |
|    |     |        |                    | 1167   |          |
|    |     |        | 740                |        |          |
|    |     |        |                    | 642    |          |
|    |     |        |                    | 180) 7 |          |
|    |     |        |                    | 762    |          |
|    | Gnm |        |                    |        |          |
|    |     | 1077   | 700                |        | 12020    |
| "  |     | 24220  |                    | 275    |          |
|    |     |        | 371                | 60     |          |
| '5 |     | 45367  |                    | 1366   |          |
|    |     |        | 704                | 176    |          |
|    |     |        | 358                |        | 34274    |
|    |     | 304417 | 29j0               |        |          |
| 29 |     | 2158   | 119|          | 740    |          |
|    |     |        | 121                | 478    |          |
|    |     |        | 4898               |        | 39966    |
|    |     |        | 698                | 384    |          |
| 34 |     |        | 14;                | 797    |          |
|    |     | J648   | 2705               | 3827   |          |
|    |     | 77228  | 506 |         | 2440   |          |
|    |     | 26542  |                    | 1245   |          |
|    |     | 22107  | 802                |        |          |
|    |     |        |                    | 73")   |          |

|    | Totul Number of   | Certificates issued durlng   |      |         |
|----|-------------------|------------------------------|------|---------|
|    | 16758             | 659                          |      |         |
|    |                   | 270                          |      |         |
|    |                   | 3870                         |      |         |
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| 4; |                   | 229)                         |      |         |
|    | 15207             | 5154                         |      |         |
|    | 15908             | ;27                          |      |         |
|    | 21394             |                              |      | 41077   |
|    |                   | 1427                         |      |         |
|    |                   | 4874                         | 1470 | 2716    |
|    | 24513             | 2182                         |      |         |
|    | 30+8              |                              |      |         |
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|    |                   |                              | 81   |         |
|    |                   | J274                         | 298  |         |
|    | 7710              | 68                           | 1262 |         |
|    |                   | 846                          |      |         |
|    |                   | 859                          |      |         |
|    |                   | 2472                         | 286  |         |
|    | 7064              | 1521                         |      |         |
| 20 |                   | 682                          |      |         |
|    | 513441            |                              |      |         |
|    | 12586             |                              | 172  |         |
|    | 53278             |                              |      | 5567;   |
| 59 |                   | 40 |                    |      |         |
|    | 7227              |                              |      |         |
|    | 22508             | 1827                         | 365  |         |
| 72 | 40152             | 1639                         | 2002 |         |
|    | 07744             |                              | 5504 | 107214  |
| 71 |                   | 3287                         |      |         |
|    |                   |                              |      | 2396194 |
|    | 2176892           |                              |      |         |

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