Lok Sabha Question No. 486 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-02-06
Subject: Development under Sugamya Bharat Abhiyan
Ministry: SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
Asked by: Geeta Kora, Navneet Ravi Rana, Ramesh Chander Kaushik, Rama Devi, Ajay Kumar Mandal

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

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 486

TO BE ANSWERED ON 06.02.2024

## DEVELOPMENT UNDER SUGAMYA BHARAT ABHIYAN

486.     SHRIMATI GEETA KORA:

SHRIMATI NAVNEET RAVI RANA:

SHRI RAMESH CHANDER KAUSHIK:

SHRIMATI RAMA DEVI:

SHRI AJAY KUMAR MANDAL:

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

(a) the details of the developments made under the Sugamya Bharat Abhiyan to develop barrierfree  environment,  transportation  system  and  information  and  communication  ecosystems  in Maharashtra, Jharkhand, Haryana,  Bihar particularly in Amaravati, Singhbhum,  Sonipat, Sheohar and Bhagalpur Parliamentary Constituencies; and

(b)  the  expenditure  made  for  the  implementation  of  the  said  campaign  in  such  States  and Constituencies during the last five years, year-wise?

## ANSWER

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

(a)  and  (b):   Sir,  the  details  of  the  developments  made  under  the  Sugamya  Bharat Abhiyan to develop barrier-free environment and information and communication ecosystems in Maharashtra, Jharkhand, Haryana, Bihar are given in table below:

|   S.No. | State       |   No. of funded |   Buildings No. of buildings made accessible (as per reports of the State Governments) No. of accessible |   websites made |
|---------|-------------|-----------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------|
|       1 | Maharashtra |             142 |                                                                                                      135 |              23 |
|       2 | Jharkhand   |              14 |                                                                                                        0 |              40 |
|       3 | Haryana     |              64 |                                                                                                        3 |              63 |
|       4 | Bihar       |              21 |                                                                                                       21 |               0 |

Further, Amaravati, Singhbhum, Sonipat, Sheohar and Bhagalpur Parliamentary Constituencies  were  not  identified  under  the  target  1.1  of  the  Accessible  India  Campaign; therefore,  buildings  of  these  constituencies  were  not  identified  under the  campaign.  The  yearwise expenditure made for the implementation of the said campaign in such States during the last five years is given below:

(All amount in Rs.)

|   S. No. | State/UT/Years   | 2018-2019   | 2019-20   | 2020-2021   | 2021-22   | 2022-23   |
|----------|------------------|-------------|-----------|-------------|-----------|-----------|
|        1 | Bihar            | -           | -         | -           | -         | -         |
|        2 | Haryana          | 8,80,01,927 | -         | -           | -         | -         |
|        3 | Jharkhand        | 5,83,42,725 | -         | -           | -         | -         |
|        4 | Maharashtra      | -           | -         | 6,27,42,550 | -         | -         |

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