Lok Sabha Question No. 4195 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-08-19
Subject: Implementation Status of the RPWD Act
Ministry: SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
Asked by: Dr. Byreddy Shabari

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

## LOK SABHA

## 4195.  Dr. Byreddy Shabari

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

- (a) the details of funds requested, allocated, released and utilised under various Central schemes for  persons  with  disabilities  during  the  last  five  years,  scheme  and  intervention,  year  and State-wise;
- (b) the  number of State Advisory Boards, Special  Courts that have  constituted  and appointed Special Public Prosecutors as mandated by the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016, along  with  the  number  of  meetings  convened  by  the  Central  Advisory  Board  since  its establishment, and their operational status, State and UT-wise;
- (c) the number of persons with benchmark disabilities employed and promoted in Government establishments in posts reserved for them since the enactment of the RPWD Act, 2016; and
- (d) whether the Ministry has submitted a report to the UNCRPD Committee in recent years, if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE & EMPOWERMENT (SHRI B. L. VERMA)

- (a) The Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities is implementing only Central Sector Schemes and the details of funds allocated, released, and utilised under various Central  schemes  for  persons  with  disabilities  during  the  last  five  years  is  enclosed  at Annexure-I.
- (b) The details of States/UTs who constituted State Advisory Boards, set up Special Courts and appointed Special Public Prosecutors under the RPwD Act, 2016 are at Annexure -II . Seven meetings of the Central Advisory Board have been held so far; the last (7th) meeting was held on 15.12.2024 in New Delhi.
- (c) As per Section 34 of the RPwD Act 2016, there is provision of atleast  4% reservation in government employment against total number of vacancies in cadre strength in each group

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO- 4195 TO BE ANSWERED ON- 19/08/2025

## Implementation Status of the RPWD Act

- of posts for specified categories of benchmark disabilities. Further, as per the proviso to the section,  the  reservation  in  promotion  shall  be  in  accordance  with  such  instructions  as  are issued  by  the  appropriate  Government  from  time  to  time.  Occurrence  and  filling  of vacancies, alongwith backlog reserve vacancies, is a continuous process. Instructions have been issued by Department of Personnel & Training (DOPT) to all Ministries/ Department of  the  Central  Government  to  constitute  an  In-House  Committee  for  identifications  of backlog reserved vacancies, to study the root cause of such vacancies, to initiate measures to remove the factors causing such vacancies and to fill them up through special recruitment drives.
- (d) India  is  a  party  to  the  United  National  Convention  on  Rights  of  Persons  with  Disabilities (UNCRPD) since October 2007. In pursuance of Article 35 of the UNCRPD, India  submitted the First Country Report on the Status of Disability in India before the UN  Committee on CRPD in 2015. The UN Committee considered the first Country Report of India in September, 2019.

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## Annexure-I

| Budget Estimates(BE), Revised Estimates (RE) and Actual Expenditure (AE) under the schemes for the last five years   | Budget Estimates(BE), Revised Estimates (RE) and Actual Expenditure (AE) under the schemes for the last five years   | Budget Estimates(BE), Revised Estimates (RE) and Actual Expenditure (AE) under the schemes for the last five years   | Budget Estimates(BE), Revised Estimates (RE) and Actual Expenditure (AE) under the schemes for the last five years   | Budget Estimates(BE), Revised Estimates (RE) and Actual Expenditure (AE) under the schemes for the last five years   | Budget Estimates(BE), Revised Estimates (RE) and Actual Expenditure (AE) under the schemes for the last five years   | Budget Estimates(BE), Revised Estimates (RE) and Actual Expenditure (AE) under the schemes for the last five years   | Budget Estimates(BE), Revised Estimates (RE) and Actual Expenditure (AE) under the schemes for the last five years   | Budget Estimates(BE), Revised Estimates (RE) and Actual Expenditure (AE) under the schemes for the last five years   | Budget Estimates(BE), Revised Estimates (RE) and Actual Expenditure (AE) under the schemes for the last five years   | Budget Estimates(BE), Revised Estimates (RE) and Actual Expenditure (AE) under the schemes for the last five years   | Budget Estimates(BE), Revised Estimates (RE) and Actual Expenditure (AE) under the schemes for the last five years   | Budget Estimates(BE), Revised Estimates (RE) and Actual Expenditure (AE) under the schemes for the last five years   | Budget Estimates(BE), Revised Estimates (RE) and Actual Expenditure (AE) under the schemes for the last five years   | Budget Estimates(BE), Revised Estimates (RE) and Actual Expenditure (AE) under the schemes for the last five years   | Budget Estimates(BE), Revised Estimates (RE) and Actual Expenditure (AE) under the schemes for the last five years   | Budget Estimates(BE), Revised Estimates (RE) and Actual Expenditure (AE) under the schemes for the last five years   |
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|                                                                                                                      |                                                                                                                      | 2020-21                                                                                                              | 2020-21                                                                                                              | 2020-21                                                                                                              | 2021-22                                                                                                              | 2021-22                                                                                                              | 2021-22                                                                                                              | 2022-23                                                                                                              | 2022-23                                                                                                              | 2022-23                                                                                                              | 2023-24                                                                                                              | 2023-24                                                                                                              | 2023-24                                                                                                              | 2024-25                                                                                                              | 2024-25                                                                                                              | 2024-25                                                                                                              |
|                                                                                                                      | Schemes                                                                                                              | BE                                                                                                                   | RE                                                                                                                   | AE                                                                                                                   | BE                                                                                                                   | RE                                                                                                                   | AE                                                                                                                   | BE                                                                                                                   | RE                                                                                                                   | AE                                                                                                                   | BE                                                                                                                   | RE                                                                                                                   | AE                                                                                                                   | BE                                                                                                                   | RE                                                                                                                   | AE                                                                                                                   |
| 1                                                                                                                    | Scheme of Assistance to Persons with Disabilities for Purchase/ Fitting of Aids /Appliances                          | 230.0 0                                                                                                              | 195.0 0                                                                                                              | 189.1 3                                                                                                              | 220.0 0                                                                                                              | 180.0 0                                                                                                              | 198.7 0                                                                                                              | 235.0 0                                                                                                              | 230.0 0                                                                                                              | 242.2 9                                                                                                              | 245.0 0                                                                                                              | 305.0 0                                                                                                              | 290.6 0                                                                                                              | 315.0 0                                                                                                              | 350.0 0                                                                                                              | 348.8 1                                                                                                              |
| 2                                                                                                                    | Deendayal Divyangjan Rehabilitatio n Scheme                                                                          | 130.0 0                                                                                                              | 85.00                                                                                                                | 83.18                                                                                                                | 125.0 0                                                                                                              | 105.0 0                                                                                                              | 100.9 0                                                                                                              | 125.0 0                                                                                                              | 105.0 0                                                                                                              | 114.6 9                                                                                                              | 130.0 0                                                                                                              | 130.0 0                                                                                                              | 129.9 8                                                                                                              | 165.0 0                                                                                                              | 139.0 0                                                                                                              | 139.3 9                                                                                                              |
| 3                                                                                                                    | Scholarship for Students with Disabilities                                                                           | 125.0 0                                                                                                              | 100.0 0                                                                                                              | 97.40                                                                                                                | 125.0 0                                                                                                              | 110.0 0                                                                                                              | 120.3 2                                                                                                              | 105.0 0                                                                                                              | 145.0 0                                                                                                              | 142.0 0                                                                                                              | 155.0 0                                                                                                              | 155.0 0                                                                                                              | 130.0 7                                                                                                              | 142.6 8                                                                                                              | 80.00                                                                                                                | 89.71                                                                                                                |
| 4                                                                                                                    | Scheme for Implementati on of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act 2016                                       | 251.5 0                                                                                                              | 122.8 9                                                                                                              | 103.4 3                                                                                                              | 209.7 7                                                                                                              | 147.3 1                                                                                                              | 108.4 4                                                                                                              | 240.3 9                                                                                                              | 100.0 0                                                                                                              | 65.59                                                                                                                | 150.0 0                                                                                                              | 67.00                                                                                                                | 76.79                                                                                                                | 135.3 3                                                                                                              | 111.0 0                                                                                                              | 44.16                                                                                                                |

## Annexure -II

## Details of State Advisory Boards, Special Courts and Special Public Prosecutors

| S. No.   | State                              | State Advisory Boards   | Special Courts   | Special Public Prosecutors   |
|----------|------------------------------------|-------------------------|------------------|------------------------------|
| 1.       | Andhra Pradesh                     | Yes                     | Yes              | Yes                          |
| 2.       | Arunachal Pradesh                  | Yes                     | Yes              | Yes                          |
| 3.       | Assam                              | Yes                     | YesYes           |                              |
| 4.       | Bihar                              | Yes                     | Yes              | Yes                          |
| 5.       | Chhattisgarh                       | Yes                     | Yes              | Yes                          |
| 6.       | Goa                                | Yes                     | Yes              | Yes                          |
| 7.       | Gujarat                            | Yes                     | Yes              | Yes                          |
| 8.       | Haryana                            | Yes                     | Yes              | Yes                          |
| 9.       | Himachal Pradesh                   | Yes                     | Yes              | Yes                          |
| 10.      | Jharkhand                          | Yes                     | Yes              | Yes                          |
| 11.      | Karnataka                          | Yes                     | Yes              | Yes                          |
| 12.      | Kerala                             | Yes                     | Yes              | Yes                          |
| 13       | Madhya Pradesh                     | Yes                     | Yes              | Yes                          |
| 14.      | Maharashtra                        | Yes                     | Yes              | Yes                          |
| 15.      | Manipur                            | Yes                     | Yes              | Yes                          |
| 16.      | Meghalaya                          | Yes                     | Yes              | Yes                          |
| 17.      | Mizoram                            | Yes                     | Yes              | Yes                          |
| 18.      | Nagaland                           | Yes                     | Yes              | Yes                          |
| 19.      | Odisha                             | Yes                     | Yes              | Yes                          |
| 20.      | Punjab                             | Yes                     | Yes              | Yes                          |
| 21.      | Rajasthan                          | Yes                     | Yes              | Yes                          |
| 22.      | Sikkim                             | Yes                     | Yes              | Yes                          |
| 23.      | Tamil Nadu                         | Yes                     | Yes              | Yes                          |
| 24.      | Telangana                          | Yes                     | Yes              | Yes                          |
| 25.      | Tripura                            | Yes                     | Yes              | Yes                          |
| 26.      | Uttarakhand                        | Yes                     | Yes              | Yes                          |
| 27.      | Uttar Pradesh                      | Yes                     | Yes              | Yes                          |
| 28.      | West Bengal                        | Yes                     | Under Process    | Under Process                |
| 29.      | Andaman& Nicobar Islands           | Yes                     | Yes              | Yes                          |
| 30.      | Chandigarh                         | Yes                     | Yes              | Yes                          |
| 31.      | Dadar& Nagar Haveli and Daman &Die | Yes                     | Yes              | Yes                          |
| 32.      | Delhi                              | Yes                     | Yes              | Yes                          |
| 33.      | Jammu Kashmir                      | Yes                     | Yes              | Yes                          |
| 34.      | Ladakh                             | Under Process           | Yes              | Yes                          |
| 35. 36.  | Lakshadweep Puducherry             | Yes                     | Yes              | Yes                          |
|          |                                    | Yes                     | Yes              | Yes                          |

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