Lok Sabha Question No. 3705 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-08-12
Subject: Advisory Boards on Disability
Ministry: SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
Asked by: Dr. Byreddy Shabari, Shri Tejasvi Surya

3705.  Shri Tejasvi Surya:

Dr. Byreddy Shabari:

Will the Minister of SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT

be pleased to state:-

- (a) the details of funds allocated, released, and utilised under various Central schemes for persons with disabilities during the last five years, scheme, year and /UT-wise;
- (b) the details of the number constituted State Advisory Boards, set up Special Courts, and appointed Special Public Prosecutors under the RPwD Act, 2016, and the number of meetings held by the Central Advisory Board along with their operational status, State and UT-wise;
- (c) the current status of vacancies in the offices of Central and State Commissioners for Persons with Disabilities and whether all States have appointed independent Commissioners as mandated under Section 79 of the Act, if so, the details thereof, State-wise;
- (d) the details and total number of persons with benchmark disabilities employed and promoted in Government establishments in posts reserved for them since enactment of the Act; and (e) whether the Ministry has submitted a country report to the UNCRPD in recent years; if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE & EMPOWERMENT

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

## LOK SABHA

## Advisory Boards on Disability

## UNSTARRED QUESTION No- 3705

TO BE ANSWERED ON- 12/08/2025

## (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) The post of Chief Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities (CCPD) is currently held on additional charge basis by the Secretary, DEPwD. The process of regular appointment to the post of CCPD is currently underway. The post of Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities (reserved) is filled on regular basis and the process of regular appointment to the post of Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities  (unreserved)  is  currently  underway.  The  status  of  vacancies  in  the  office  of  the  State  Commissioner  for  Persons  with Disabilities (Divyangjan) is at Annexure III. As regards vacancies position in the offices of the State Commissioners for Persons with Disabilities (SCPDs) and appointment of independent SCPD, the issues pertains to the State Governments, as Section 79 of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 prescribes the appointment of State Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities (SCPD) and other staff in the office of SCPD is to be made by respective state government.

(d) 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 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. As on 01.01.2024, there are 27,693 employees under persons with disabilities category.

(e)  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 referred to in reply to part (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3705 to be answered on 12/08/2025 regarding 'Advisory Boards on Disability'

| 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                                                                                                              |
|                                                                                                                      | 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/Fitt ing 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 Annexure referred to in reply to part (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3705 to be answered on 12/08/2025 regarding 'Advisory Boards on Disability'

| Details of State Advisory Boards, Special Courts and Special Public Prosecutors   | Details of State Advisory Boards, Special Courts and Special Public Prosecutors   | Details of State Advisory Boards, Special Courts and Special Public Prosecutors   | Details of State Advisory Boards, Special Courts and Special Public Prosecutors   | 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                                                                               | Yes                                                                               | Yes                                                                               |
| 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. | Lakshadweep   | Yes   | Yes   | Yes   |
|-------|---------------|-------|-------|-------|
|    36 | Puducherry    | Yes   | Yes   | Yes   |

## Annexure-III

## Annexure referred to in reply to part (c) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3705 to be answered on 12/08/2025 regarding 'Advisory Boards on Disability'

| List of State-wise details of State Commissioner for PwDs   | List of State-wise details of State Commissioner for PwDs   | List of State-wise details of State Commissioner for PwDs    |
|-------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|
| S. No.                                                      | State                                                       | State Commissioner for PwDs (Independent/ Additional charge) |
| 1.                                                          | Andhra Pradesh                                              | Additional Charge                                            |
| 2.                                                          | Arunachal Pradesh                                           | Additional Charge                                            |
| 3.                                                          | Assam                                                       | Additional Charge                                            |
| 4.                                                          | Bihar                                                       | Additional Charge                                            |
| 5.                                                          | Chhattisgarh                                                | Additional Charge                                            |
| 6.                                                          | Goa                                                         | Independent                                                  |
| 7.                                                          | Gujarat                                                     | Independent                                                  |
| 8.                                                          | Haryana                                                     | Independent                                                  |
| 9.                                                          | Himachal Pradesh                                            | Additional Charge                                            |
| 10.                                                         | Jharkhand                                                   | Additional Charge                                            |
| 11.                                                         | Karnataka                                                   | Independent                                                  |
| 12.                                                         | Kerala                                                      | Independent                                                  |
| 13                                                          | Madhya Pradesh                                              | Additional Charge                                            |
| 14.                                                         | Maharashtra                                                 | Independent                                                  |
| 15.                                                         | Manipur                                                     | Independent                                                  |
| 16.                                                         | Meghalaya                                                   | Independent                                                  |
| 17.                                                         | Mizoram                                                     | Independent                                                  |
| 18.                                                         | Nagaland                                                    | Additional Charge                                            |
| 19.                                                         | Odisha                                                      | Independent                                                  |
| 20.                                                         | Punjab                                                      | Independent                                                  |
| 21.                                                         | Rajasthan                                                   | Vacant                                                       |
| 22.                                                         | Sikkim                                                      | Additional Charge                                            |
| 23.                                                         | Tamil Nadu                                                  | Independent                                                  |
| 24.                                                         | Telangana                                                   | Additional Charge                                            |
| 25.                                                         | Tripura                                                     | Additional Charge                                            |
| 26.                                                         | Uttarakhand                                                 | Additional Charge                                            |
| 27.                                                         | Uttar Pradesh                                               | Independent                                                  |
| 28.                                                         | West Bengal                                                 | Additional Charge                                            |
| 29.                                                         | Andaman &Nicobar Islands                                    | Independent                                                  |
| 30.                                                         | Chandigarh                                                  | Independent                                                  |
| 31.                                                         | Dadar &Nagar Haveli and Daman &Die                          | Additional Charge                                            |
| 32.                                                         | Delhi                                                       | Additional Charge                                            |
| 33.                                                         | Jammu Kashmir                                               | Independent                                                  |
| 34.                                                         | Ladakh                                                      | Additional Charge                                            |
| 35.                                                         | Lakshadweep                                                 | Additional Charge                                            |
| 36.                                                         | Puducherry                                                  | Additional Charge                                            |
| List of State-wise details of State Commissioner for PwDs   | List of State-wise details of State Commissioner for PwDs   | List of State-wise details of State Commissioner for PwDs    |
| S. No.                                                      | State                                                       | State Commissioner for PwDs (Independent/ Additional charge) |

|   1. | Andhra Pradesh                     | Additional Charge   |
|------|------------------------------------|---------------------|
|    2 | Arunachal Pradesh                  | Additional Charge   |
|    3 | Assam                              | Additional Charge   |
|    4 | Bihar                              | Additional Charge   |
|    5 | Chhattisgarh                       | Additional Charge   |
|    6 | Goa                                | Independent         |
|    7 | Gujarat                            | Independent         |
|    8 | Haryana                            | Independent         |
|    9 | Himachal Pradesh                   | Additional Charge   |
|   10 | Jharkhand                          | Additional Charge   |
|   11 | Karnataka                          | Independent         |
|   12 | Kerala                             | Independent         |
|   13 | Madhya Pradesh                     | Additional Charge   |
|   14 | Maharashtra                        | Independent         |
|   15 | Manipur                            | Independent         |
|   16 | Meghalaya                          | Independent         |
|   17 | Mizoram                            | Independent         |
|   18 | Nagaland                           | Additional Charge   |
|   19 | Odisha                             | Independent         |
|   20 | Punjab                             | Independent         |
|   21 | Rajasthan                          | Vacant              |
|   22 | Sikkim                             | Additional Charge   |
|   23 | Tamil Nadu                         | Independent         |
|   24 | Telangana                          | Additional Charge   |
|   25 | Tripura                            | Additional Charge   |
|   26 | Uttarakhand                        | Additional Charge   |
|   27 | Uttar Pradesh                      | Independent         |
|   28 | West Bengal                        | Additional Charge   |
|   29 | Andaman &Nicobar Islands           | Independent         |
|   30 | Chandigarh                         | Independent         |
|   31 | Dadar &Nagar Haveli and Daman &Die | Additional Charge   |
|   32 | Delhi                              | Additional Charge   |
|   33 | Jammu Kashmir                      | Independent         |
|   34 | Ladakh                             | Additional Charge   |
|   35 | Lakshadweep                        | Additional Charge   |
|   36 | Puducherry                         | Additional Charge   |