Lok Sabha Question No. 1265 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-07-30
Subject: Setting up of Residential and non-Residential School for Disable Children
Ministry: SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
Asked by: Dr. Kirsan Namdeo

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

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

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 1265 TO BE ANSWERED ON: 30.07.2024

## SETTING UP OF RESIDENTIAL AND NON-RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL FOR DISABLE CHILDREN

## 1265.   Dr. Kirsan Namdeo:

Will the Minister of SOCIAL JUSTICE & EMPOWERMENT सामािजक Ɋाय और अिधकाįरता मंũी be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has received any proposals regarding setting up of residential and non-residential schools for the physically and mentally challenged children including deaf and mute children in various States of the country including Maharashtra;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the funds allocated and utilized for the said purpose during each of the last three years and the current year, agency/organization and State-wise;
- (c) the details of such schools set up during the said period, State-wise;
- (d) whether the Government has reviewed the said schemes and if so, the details thereof;
- (e) whether any shortcomings have been found in this regard; and
- (f) if so, the action taken to overcome such shortcomings?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT

(SHRI B. L. VERMA)

(a) to (f):  No, Sir. However, the Department, through its National Institutes, runs model schools for specific disabilities and the amount of funds utilized by the said institutes during the last 3 years and the current year are as under:-

| Sl. No   | Name of NIs                                                                                             | Amount spent (Rs. in lakh)   | Amount spent (Rs. in lakh)   | Amount spent (Rs. in lakh)   | Amount spent (Rs. in lakh)   | Amount spent (Rs. in lakh)   |
|----------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|          |                                                                                                         | 2021-22                      | 2022-23                      | 2023-24                      | 2023-24 30.06.2024           | (upto                        |
| 1        | Pt. Deendayal Upadhyaya National Institute for Persons with Physical Disabilities (PDUNIPPD), New Delhi | 0.47                         | 0.27                         | 0.00*                        | 0.00*                        |                              |
| 2        | National Institute                                                                                      | for249.50                    | 338.90                       | 480.60                       | 127.88                       |                              |

|    | the Empowerment of Persons with Visual Disabilities (NIEPVD), Dehradun                                         |        |        |        |
|----|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|--------|--------|
|  3 | National Institute for the Empowerment of Persons with Intellectual Disabilities (NIEPID), Secunderabad 301.46 | 306.07 | 381.49 | 129.48 |
|  4 | National Institute for Empowerment of Persons with Multiple Disabilities (NIEPMD), Chennai 128.99              | 141.35 | 185.41 |  33.24 |

*The integrated Primary school has been closed in phase wise manner w.e.f. 31.03.2023.

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