Lok Sabha Question No. 220 (STARRED), answered on 2024-12-10
Subject: Welfare of Persons with Disabilities
Ministry: SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
Asked by: Smt. D K Aruna, Shri Suresh Kumar Shetkar

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

## LOK SABHA

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

## STARRED QUESTION NO. *220

TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.12.2024

## Welfare of Persons with Disabilities

*220. Shri Suresh Kumar Shetkar:

Smt. D K Aruna:

WILL  THE  MINISTER  OF  SOCIAL  JUSTICE  AND  EMPOWERMENT BE  PLEASED  TO STATE:

- (a) whether some States have urged to consider a slew of demands for the welfare of Persons with  Disabilities  (PwDs)  as  out  of  140  crore  people  in  the  country,  2.68  crore  were classified as disabled and they accounted for 2.21% of the population;
- (b) if so, the details of their demands to increase the disability allowance to 6,000 a month for 'partially disabled persons' and 15,000 a month for fully disabled person;
- (c) the  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  give  jobs  to  all  PwDs  who  have  applied  for  jobs under  the  Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural  Employment  Guarantee  Act  and  to  issue Antyodaya Anna Yojana family cards to all PwDs and extending the disability allowance to all the eligible persons; State-wise particularly Andhra Pradesh and Telangana; and
- (d) the details of funds sanctioned and utilised under each scheme in this regard during the last three years and the current year State-wise particularly Andhra Pradesh and Telangana?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT

(DR. VIRENDRA KUMAR)

## Statement  referred  to  in  reply  to  part  (a)  to  (d)  of  the  Lok  Sabha  Starred Question No. 220 raised by Shri Suresh Kumar Shetkar and Smt. D K Aruna Hon'ble M.P. regarding 'Welfare of Persons with Disabilities' for answer on 10.12.2024.

(a)    Relief  to  the  disabled  is  a  State  subject  by  virtue  of  entry  9  of  the  State  list  of  the Constitution  of  India.  The  Ministry  supplements  the  efforts  of  the  State  Government  through various  schemes  and  programmes.  State  Governments  raise  issues  relating  to  difficulties  in implementation of schemes/programmes which are responded by the Ministry from time to time.

(b)    Relief  to  the  disabled  is  a  State  subject  by  virtue  of  entry  9  of  the  State  list  of  the Constitution of India. Under Indira Gandhi National Disability Pension Scheme(IGNDPS) of National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP), assistance of Rs. 300/- per month per person with severe or multiple disability belonging  to BPL category in the age category of 18-79 years and  Rs.  500/-  to  persons  of  80  years  and  above  is  provided.  Currently,  more  than  8.81  lakh beneficiaries  are  covered  under  the  scheme  of  IGNDPS.  Demands  received  from  various quarters including from some States/UTs for revamping of NSAP viz. increase in assistance, coverage & change in criteria etc. were considered in the proposal for continuation of NSAP Scheme  for  15th  Finance  Commission  cycle.  However,  the  Government  has  approved continuation of the Scheme in its present form till year 2025-26.

Besides, assistance are also provided to Persons with Disabilites by various state governments.

(c)  and (d) Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (Mahatma Gandhi NREGS) is a demand driven wage employment Scheme which provides for the enhancement of livelihood  security  of  the  households  in  rural  areas  of  the  country  by  providing  at  least  one hundred days of guaranteed wage employment in every financial year to every household whose adult members volunteer to do unskilled manual work.

As per provision of the Scheme, adequate shelf of works shall be maintained by every Gram Panchayat to meet the expected demand for work in such a way that at least one labour intensive public work with at least one work which is suitable for Particularly Vulnerable Groups especially the aged and the disabled, which shall be kept open at all times to provide work as per demand.

Under the scheme, if the job seeker is a single woman or disabled person or aged person or  released  bonded labour or belonging to particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group, they must be given  a  special  job  card  of  a  distinct  colour  which  will  ensure  them  a  special  protection  in providing work, work evaluation and work as site facilitates.  For allocation of work, efforts shall be made to increase participation of the persons with disabilities.

State-wise details of fund released under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS during the last three years and the current financial year 2024-25 (as on 04.12.2024), including the state of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana,  is  at Annexure-I .

Under  the  National  Food  Security  Act  (NFSA),  2013,  the  Antyodaya  Anna  Yojana (AAY)  was  adopted  as  one  of  its  categories  for  the  continued  benefit  of  highly  subsidized foodgrains  to  2.5  Crore  poorest-of-poor  households  besides  the  Priority  Households  (PHH)

category beneficiaries. W.e.f. 1st January, 2023, foodgrains under the Act are being distributed to eligible beneficiaries free of cost under Pradhan Mantri  GaribKalyan  Anna  Yojana (PMGKAY). Presently, against the ceiling of 2.5 Crore AAY families under NFSA, about 2.37 Crore  AAY  families  are  covered  by  the  States/UTs  in  the  country.  A  statement  showing State/UT wise number of AAY households and beneficiaries is annexed,  including the state of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, at Annexure-II.

The  minimum  suggestive  guidelines  for  States/UTs  for  inclusion  of  eligible  families under Antyodaya Anna Yojana include families headed by a widow or a person suffering from a terminal disease or a person with disability or a person aged 60 years or above or a single woman or man who does not have an assured source of livelihood or does not receive family and social support  and widows or persons suffering from incurable diseases or persons with disabilities or persons aged 60 years or above or single women or single men who have no family or social support or who have no assured means of livelihood.

Further, as per the provisions of NFSA, inter-alia the identification of eligible households under  AAY,  and  issuance  of  ration  cards  to  them  is  done  by  the  respective  State/UT Governments through their own procedures, criteria and norms.

Details  of  funds  Allocated/released  to  the  States/UTs  during  the  last  three  years  &  Current year under Indira Gandhi National Disability Pension Schemes (IGNDPS), including the state of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, is at Annexure-III.

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## Annexure-I

State-wise details of fund released under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS during the last three years and the current financial year 2024-25 (as on 04.12.2024)

| S.No   | States/UTs                          | Fund released (Rs. In crore)   | Fund released (Rs. In crore)   | Fund released (Rs. In crore)   | Fund released (Rs. In crore)   |
|--------|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
| S.No   | States/UTs                          | 2021-22                        | 2022-23                        | 2023-24                        | 2024-25                        |
| 1      | Andhra Pradesh                      | 7182.67                        | 7989.09                        | 7332.63                        | 7082.29                        |
| 2      | Arunachal Pradesh                   | 453.74                         | 577.58                         | 426.10                         | 441.36                         |
| 3      | Assam                               | 2220.26                        | 2052.35                        | 2221.38                        | 1618.00                        |
| 4      | Bihar                               | 5407.37                        | 6395.29                        | 6200.03                        | 6438.74                        |
| 5      | Chhattisgarh                        | 3894.34                        | 3383.55                        | 2888.56                        | 2989.52                        |
| 6      | Goa                                 | 0.04                           | 5.12                           | 0.88                           | 2.98                           |
| 7      | Gujarat                             | 1615.24                        | 1692.07                        | 1801.62                        | 1215.72                        |
| 8      | Haryana                             | 722.68                         | 373.99                         | 476.71                         | 526.82                         |
| 9      | Himachal Pradesh                    | 975.75                         | 1157.48                        | 997.13                         | 1140.13                        |
| 10     | Jammu and Kashmir                   | 950.14                         | 1050.61                        | 920.44                         | 1010.78                        |
| 11     | Jharkhand                           | 3063.83                        | 2708.64                        | 2916.76                        | 2051.70                        |
| 12     | Karnataka                           | 6028.08                        | 6225.28                        | 5415.74                        | 5000.40                        |
| 13     | Kerala                              | 3551.93                        | 3818.43                        | 3513.48                        | 2811.15                        |
| 14     | Madhya Pradesh                      | 8479.09                        | 5702.13                        | 5871.14                        | 5199.89                        |
| 15     | Maharashtra                         | 2056.46                        | 2549.73                        | 3034.44                        | 3868.31                        |
| 16     | Manipur                             | 563.11                         | 1086.63                        | 0.00                           | 350.20                         |
| 17     | Meghalaya                           | 1121.66                        | 1116.92                        | 912.33                         | 895.72                         |
| 18     | Mizoram                             | 548.92                         | 538.72                         | 506.06                         | 405.39                         |
| 19     | Nagaland                            | 569.46                         | 897.45                         | 637.96                         | 236.20                         |
| 20     | Odisha                              | 5680.15                        | 4638.36                        | 4891.89                        | 3031.49                        |
| 21     | Punjab                              | 1257.59                        | 1182.13                        | 1166.55                        | 1118.56                        |
| 22     | Rajasthan                           | 9867.75                        | 9662.99                        | 8671.62                        | 7066.92                        |
| 23     | Sikkim                              | 112.42                         | 92.55                          | 111.95                         | 85.80                          |
| 24     | Tamil Nadu                          | 9638.13                        | 9706.62                        | 12603.36                       | 7182.56                        |
| 25     | Telangana                           | 4105.20                        | 2988.68                        | 3508.59                        | 3751.51                        |
| 26     | Tripura                             | 988.88                         | 922.03                         | 1043.59                        | 926.06                         |
| 27     | Uttar Pradesh                       | 8509.57                        | 10629.01                       | 9808.55                        | 9272.55                        |
| 28     | Uttarakhand                         | 642.03                         | 792.84                         | 551.66                         | 535.41                         |
| 29     | West Bengal                         | 7507.80                        | 0.00                           | 0.00                           | 0.00                           |
| 30     | Andaman and Nicobar                 | 7.63                           | 9.60                           | 0.00                           | 2.31                           |
| 31     | Lakshadweep                         | 0.30                           | 0.00                           | 0.00                           | 0.00                           |
| 32     | Puducherry                          | 13.07                          | 24.95                          | 58.77                          | 36.96                          |
| 33     | Ladakh                              | 59.04                          | 68.93                          | 62.64                          | 62.25                          |
| 34     | Dadra and Nagar Haveli & Daman &Diu | 0.00                           | 1.62                           | 2.21                           | 4.34                           |
| Total  | Total                               | 97794.33                       | 90041.39                       | 88554.76                       | 76362.00                       |

Annexure-II

Coverage under AAY (October, 2024) (in lakh)

| Sl No.   | Name of State/UT   |   No. of families |   No. of person |
|----------|--------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh     |              9.08 |           23.52 |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh  |              0.38 |            1.5  |
| 3        | Assam              |              6.92 |           28.08 |
| 4        | Bihar              |             25.01 |          125.05 |
| 5        | Chattisgarh        |              7.19 |           20.42 |
| 6        | Delhi              |              0.69 |            2.78 |
| 7        | Goa                |              0.12 |            0.46 |
| 8        | Gujarat            |              7.76 |           35.82 |
| 9        | Haryana            |              2.68 |           11.35 |
| 10       | Himachal Pradesh   |              1.65 |            6.82 |
| 11       | Jharkhand          |              8.94 |           34.76 |
| 12       | Karnataka          |             10.97 |           43.91 |
| 13       | Kerala             |              5.96 |           25.59 |
| 14       | Madhya Pradesh     |             14.63 |           54.93 |
| 15       | Maharashtra        |             25.05 |          108.01 |
| 16       | Manipur            |              0.64 |            1.91 |
| 17       | Meghalaya          |              0.7  |            2.91 |
| 18       | Mizoram            |              0.26 |            0.64 |
| 19       | Nagaland           |              0.48 |            2.11 |
| 20       | Odisha             |             12.53 |           37.57 |
| 21       | Punjab             |              1.79 |            7.64 |
| 22       | Rajasthan          |              6.29 |           22.29 |
| 23       | Sikkim             |              0.17 |            0.57 |
| 24       | Tamil Nadu         |             18.64 |           65.78 |
| 25       | Telangana          |              5.67 |           15.95 |
| 26       | Tripura            |              1.09 |            4.62 |
| 27       | Uttar Pradesh      |             40.9  |          132.57 |
| 28       | Uttarakhand        |              1.84 |            7.92 |
| 29       | West Bengal        |             16.42 |           54.99 |
| 30       | A&N                |              0.04 |            0.14 |
| 31       | DNH&DD             |              0.05 |            0.24 |
| 32       | Lakshadweep        |              0.01 |            0.04 |
| 33       | Chandigarh (DBT)   |              0    |            0.01 |
| 34       | Puduchery (DBT)    |              0.25 |            0.82 |
| 35       | J&K                |              2.33 |           10.61 |
| 36       | Ladakh             |              0.06 |            0.29 |
| Total    | Total              |            237.19 |          892.62 |

## Annexure-III

| State/UT-wise details of funds released under IGNDPS since 2020-21 to 2024-25   | State/UT-wise details of funds released under IGNDPS since 2020-21 to 2024-25   | State/UT-wise details of funds released under IGNDPS since 2020-21 to 2024-25   | State/UT-wise details of funds released under IGNDPS since 2020-21 to 2024-25   | State/UT-wise details of funds released under IGNDPS since 2020-21 to 2024-25   | State/UT-wise details of funds released under IGNDPS since 2020-21 to 2024-25   | State/UT-wise details of funds released under IGNDPS since 2020-21 to 2024-25   |
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Sl.No.                                                                          | States/UTs                                                                      | 2020-21                                                                         | 2021-22                                                                         | 2022-23                                                                         | 2023-24                                                                         | 2024-25* As on 05.12.2024                                                       |
| 1                                                                               | Andhra Pradesh                                                                  | 9.05                                                                            | 6.79                                                                            | 9.05                                                                            | 11.32                                                                           | 6.96                                                                            |
| 2                                                                               | Bihar                                                                           | 44.70                                                                           | 46.78                                                                           | 46.78                                                                           | 47.13                                                                           | 15.20                                                                           |
| 3                                                                               | Chhattisgarh                                                                    | 8.90                                                                            | 11.85                                                                           | 11.86                                                                           | 11.89                                                                           | 8.93                                                                            |
| 4                                                                               | Goa                                                                             | 0.00                                                                            | 0.00                                                                            | 0.00                                                                            | 0.00                                                                            | 0.00                                                                            |
| 5                                                                               | Gujarat                                                                         | 4.59                                                                            | 5.72                                                                            | 8.44                                                                            | 7.53                                                                            | 3.57                                                                            |
| 6                                                                               | Haryana                                                                         | 1.54                                                                            | 0.00                                                                            | 8.91                                                                            | 0.00                                                                            | 0.00                                                                            |
| 7                                                                               | Himachal Pradesh                                                                | 0.32                                                                            | 0.08                                                                            | 0.24                                                                            | 0.55                                                                            | 0.00                                                                            |
| 8                                                                               | J&K                                                                             | 0.28                                                                            | 0.67                                                                            | 0.45                                                                            | 2.00                                                                            | 0.00                                                                            |
| 9                                                                               | Jharkhand                                                                       | 7.12                                                                            | 12.20                                                                           | 9.83                                                                            | 7.25                                                                            | 2.47                                                                            |
| 10                                                                              | Karnataka                                                                       | 16.18                                                                           | 16.18                                                                           | 15.74                                                                           | 12.91                                                                           | 0.00                                                                            |
| 11                                                                              | Kerala                                                                          | 13.87                                                                           | 0.00                                                                            | 0.00                                                                            | 31.18                                                                           | 0.00                                                                            |
| 12                                                                              | Madhya Pradesh                                                                  | 35.50                                                                           | 27.52                                                                           | 45.23                                                                           | 37.63                                                                           | 28.47                                                                           |
| 13                                                                              | Maharashtra                                                                     | 0.00                                                                            | 0.00                                                                            | 0.00                                                                            | 0.00                                                                            | 0.00                                                                            |
| 14                                                                              | Odisha                                                                          | 33.31                                                                           | 31.82                                                                           | 33.65                                                                           | 33.16                                                                           | 5.11                                                                            |
| 15                                                                              | Punjab                                                                          | 1.74                                                                            | 0.45                                                                            | 0.00                                                                            | 1.11                                                                            | 0.46                                                                            |
| 16                                                                              | Rajasthan                                                                       | 10.94                                                                           | 2.08                                                                            | 15.50                                                                           | 7.10                                                                            | 8.85                                                                            |
| 17                                                                              | Tamilnadu                                                                       | 10.61                                                                           | 34.06                                                                           | 17.59                                                                           | 23.69                                                                           | 16.37                                                                           |
| 18                                                                              | Telangana                                                                       | 9.70                                                                            | 3.24                                                                            | 6.47                                                                            | 5.14                                                                            | 0.00                                                                            |
| 19                                                                              | Uttar Pradesh                                                                   | 20.36                                                                           | 13.96                                                                           | 20.94                                                                           | 22.88                                                                           | 8.04                                                                            |
| 20                                                                              | Uttarakhand                                                                     | 1.31                                                                            | 0.27                                                                            | 1.30                                                                            | 1.07                                                                            | 0.80                                                                            |
| 21                                                                              | West Bengal                                                                     | 22.78                                                                           | 13.87                                                                           | 11.31                                                                           | 32.34                                                                           | 10.13                                                                           |
| 22                                                                              | Arunachal Pradesh                                                               | 0.00                                                                            | 0.00                                                                            | 0.00                                                                            | 0.20                                                                            | 0.00                                                                            |
| 23                                                                              | Assam                                                                           | 7.01                                                                            | 7.01                                                                            | 12.93                                                                           | 12.29                                                                           | 4.87                                                                            |
| 24                                                                              | Manipur                                                                         | 0.56                                                                            | 0.09                                                                            | 0.47                                                                            | 0.27                                                                            | 0.00                                                                            |
| 25                                                                              | Meghalaya                                                                       | 0.36                                                                            | 0.17                                                                            | 0.47                                                                            | 0.56                                                                            | 0.44                                                                            |
| 26                                                                              | Mizoram                                                                         | 0.15                                                                            | 0.07                                                                            | 0.20                                                                            | 0.26                                                                            | 0.20                                                                            |
| 27                                                                              | Nagaland                                                                        | 0.36                                                                            | 0.27                                                                            | 0.36                                                                            | 0.28                                                                            | 0.28                                                                            |
| 28                                                                              | Sikkim                                                                          | 0.25                                                                            | 0.00                                                                            | 0.21                                                                            | 0.00                                                                            | 0.00                                                                            |
| 29                                                                              | Tripura                                                                         | 0.33                                                                            | 0.49                                                                            | 0.51                                                                            | 0.74                                                                            | 0.00                                                                            |
| 30                                                                              | A&N Islands                                                                     | 0.05                                                                            | 0.00                                                                            | 0.00                                                                            | 0.00                                                                            | 0.00                                                                            |
| 31                                                                              | Chandigarh                                                                      | 0.00                                                                            | 0.00                                                                            | 0.00                                                                            | 0.00                                                                            | 0.00                                                                            |
| 32                                                                              | D&NHaveli&D&D                                                                   | 0.00                                                                            | 0.00                                                                            | 0.00                                                                            | 0.00                                                                            | 0.00                                                                            |
| 33                                                                              | NCT Delhi                                                                       | 1.17                                                                            | 1.76                                                                            | 0.00                                                                            | 0.00                                                                            | 1.67                                                                            |
| 34                                                                              | Ladakh                                                                          | 0.01                                                                            | 0.00                                                                            | 0.13                                                                            | 0.00                                                                            | 0.03                                                                            |
| 35                                                                              | Lakshadweep                                                                     | 0.00                                                                            | 0.00                                                                            | 0.00                                                                            | 0.00                                                                            | 0.00                                                                            |
| 36                                                                              | Puducherry                                                                      | 0.09                                                                            | 0.00                                                                            | 0.00                                                                            | 0.00                                                                            | 0.00                                                                            |
|                                                                                 | TOTAL                                                                           | 263.14                                                                          | 237.40                                                                          | 278.57                                                                          | 310.47                                                                          | 122.86                                                                          |