Lok Sabha Question No. 484 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-02-06
Subject: Schools for Divyangs/Deaf and Mute Children
Ministry: SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
Asked by: Ramcharan Bohra

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 484

TO BE ANSWERED ON: 06.02.2024

## SCHOOLS FOR DIVYANGS/DEAF AND MUTE CHILDREN

## 484. SHRI RAMCHARAN BOHRA:

Will the Minister of SOCIAL JUSTICE & EMPOWERMENT 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 Rajasthan;
- (b)   if so, the details thereof and the funds allocated and utilized for the said purpose during the last three years and the current year, total agency-wise/organization-wise 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;
- (e)   if so, the details thereof and 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 (SUSHRI PRATIMA BHOUMIK)

- (a) to (f):  No, Sir. However, the Department, through its National Institutes, runs model school 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:-

| S. No   | Name of Nis                                                                                             | Amount spent (Rs. in lakh)   | Amount spent (Rs. in lakh)   | Amount spent (Rs. in lakh)   | Amount spent (Rs. in lakh)   |
|---------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|
| S. No   | Name of Nis                                                                                             | 2020-21                      | 2021-22                      | 2022-23                      | 2023-24 (upto 31.12.23       |
| 1       | Pt. Deendayal Upadhyaya National Institute for Persons with Physical Disabilities (PDUNIPPD), New Delhi | 12.65                        | 0.47                         | 0.27                         | 0.00*                        |
| 2       | National Institute for the Empowerment of Persons with Visual Disabilities (NIEPVD), Dehradun           | 236.28                       | 249.50                       | 338.90                       | 301.35                       |
| 3       | National Institute for the Empowerment of Persons with Intellectual Disabilities (NIEPID), Secunderabad | 270.65                       | 301.46                       | 306.07                       | 275.95                       |
| 4       | National Institute for Empowerment of Persons with Multiple Disabilities (NIEPMD), Chennai              | 110.58                       | 128.99                       | 141.35                       | 130.66                       |

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