Lok Sabha Question No. 2538 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-03-14
Subject: Higher Education for Differently Abled Students
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: ALOK SANJAR

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2538 TO BE ANSWERED ON 14.03.2016

## Higher Education for Differently Abled Students

## †2538. SHRI ALOK SANJAR

## Will the Minister of HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the schemes being implemented to assist the differently abled students for studying in higher technical vocational education course; and
- (b) the details of the proposals received under the schemes during each of the last three years and the current year, State-wise including Madhya Pradesh?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT

## (SMT. SMRITI ZUBIN IRANI)

(a): Ministry of Human Resource Development has initiated special provisions to assist the  differently-abled  students  and  has  directed  All  India  Council  for  Technical  Education (AICTE) and University Grants Commission (UGC) to create 5% supernumerary seats for the differently-abled persons in all the existing scheme of Skill Development. The schemes implemented by the Ministry for differently abled students are as under:

- i. Scheme  of  Integrating  Persons with Disabilities in  the  Mainstream  of Technical and Vocational Education: The detail of the scheme is available at the website of MHRD i.e. www.mhrd.gov.in/technical-education-15.
- ii. All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has launched a scholarship scheme namely SAKSHAM  for  differently abled students pursuing diploma/degree level technical education in its approved institutions  since  2014-15.  The  detail  of  the  scheme  is  available  at  AICTE website i.e. www.aicte-india.org.
- iii. The  differently-abled  students  in  the  IITs  have  been  granted  a  complete waiver of the tuition fee.

(b): The State-wise details of the funds released to various polytechnics covered under the  'Scheme  of  Integrating  Persons  with  Disabilities  in  the  Mainstream  of  Technical  and Vocational Education' during the last three years and current year are at Annexure-I. The details  of  the  applications  received  for  scholarship  under  the  SAKSHAM  scheme  are  at Annexure-II.

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Annexure-I as referred to in reply to part (b) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question no. 2538 for 14.03.2016 asked by Shri Alok Sanjar regarding Higher Education for Differently Abled Students:

Rs. In lakh

| Name of State    | Grant released in 2012-13   | Grant released in 2013-14   | Grant released in 2014-15   | Grant released during current year   |
|------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|--------------------------------------|
| Chhattisgarh     | 8.00                        | -                           | 4.00                        | 34.50                                |
| Goa              | -                           | -                           | -                           | -                                    |
| Gujarat          | 28.00                       | 9.00                        | 4.00                        | 28.50                                |
| Haryana          | 18.00                       | -                           | -                           | 9.50                                 |
| Himachal Pradesh | -                           | 5.00                        | 10.00                       | 12.00                                |
| J&K              | 18.00                       | 20.00                       | 1.00                        | 24.00                                |
| Karnataka        | 7.00                        | 3.00                        | 4.00                        | 44.00                                |
| Kerala           | -                           | 10.00                       | 5.50                        | 35.50                                |
| Madhya Pradesh   | -                           | 3.00                        | 4.00                        | 26.00                                |
| Maharashtra      | -                           | 15.00                       | -                           | 43.50                                |
| Delhi            | 3.00                        | -                           | -                           | -                                    |
| Orissa           | -                           | -                           | 10.00                       | 18.00                                |
| Puducherry       | -                           | -                           | 6.00                        | 20.00                                |
| Punjab           | 10.00                       | 3.00                        | 1.00                        | -                                    |
| Rajasthan        | 5.00                        | 5.00                        | 3.00                        | 11.50                                |
| Tamil nadu       | 12.00                       | -                           | 1.00                        | 45.00                                |
| Uttar Pradesh    | 10.00                       | 11.00                       | 6.50                        | -                                    |
| Uttarakhand      | 20.00                       | -                           | 18.00                       | 23.00                                |

Annexure-II as referred to in reply to part (b) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question no. 2538 for 14.03.2016 asked by Shri Alok Sanjar regarding Higher Education for Differently Abled Students:

| Number of Applications received under Saksham Scholarship Scheme for Differently abled students   | Number of Applications received under Saksham Scholarship Scheme for Differently abled students   | Number of Applications received under Saksham Scholarship Scheme for Differently abled students   | Number of Applications received under Saksham Scholarship Scheme for Differently abled students   |
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Sl. No.                                                                                           | States                                                                                            | 2014-15                                                                                           | 2015-16                                                                                           |
| 1                                                                                                 | Andhra Pradesh                                                                                    | 4                                                                                                 | 10                                                                                                |
| 2                                                                                                 | Bihar                                                                                             | 2                                                                                                 | 7                                                                                                 |
| 3                                                                                                 | Chhattisgarh                                                                                      | 1                                                                                                 | 3                                                                                                 |
| 4                                                                                                 | National Capital Territory of Delhi                                                               | 1                                                                                                 | 0                                                                                                 |
| 5                                                                                                 | Gujarat                                                                                           | 1                                                                                                 | 1                                                                                                 |
| 6                                                                                                 | Haryana                                                                                           | 1                                                                                                 | 6                                                                                                 |
| 7                                                                                                 | Jammu and Kashmir                                                                                 | 0                                                                                                 | 1                                                                                                 |
| 8                                                                                                 | Jharkhand                                                                                         | 1                                                                                                 | 2                                                                                                 |
| 9                                                                                                 | Karnataka                                                                                         | 40                                                                                                | 55                                                                                                |
| 10                                                                                                | Kerala                                                                                            | 0                                                                                                 | 7                                                                                                 |
| 11                                                                                                | Madhya Pradesh                                                                                    | 5                                                                                                 | 2                                                                                                 |
| 12                                                                                                | Maharashtra                                                                                       | 3                                                                                                 | 14                                                                                                |
| 13                                                                                                | Orissa                                                                                            | 6                                                                                                 | 2                                                                                                 |
| 14                                                                                                | Punjab                                                                                            | 1                                                                                                 | 1                                                                                                 |
| 15                                                                                                | Rajasthan                                                                                         | 2                                                                                                 | 2                                                                                                 |
| 16                                                                                                | Tamil Nadu                                                                                        | 6                                                                                                 | 17                                                                                                |
| 17                                                                                                | Telangana                                                                                         | 2                                                                                                 | 10                                                                                                |
| 18                                                                                                | Tripura                                                                                           | 1                                                                                                 | 0                                                                                                 |
| 19                                                                                                | Uttar Pradesh                                                                                     | 6                                                                                                 | 19                                                                                                |
| 20                                                                                                | Uttarakhand                                                                                       | 0                                                                                                 | 1                                                                                                 |
| 21                                                                                                | West Bengal                                                                                       | 6                                                                                                 | 9                                                                                                 |
| TOTAL                                                                                             |                                                                                                   |                                                                                                   | 169                                                                                               |
|                                                                                                   |                                                                                                   | 89                                                                                                |                                                                                                   |