Lok Sabha Question No. 2679 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-08-02
Subject: National Handicapped Finance and Development Corporation
Ministry: SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
Asked by: E. T. MOHAMMED BASHEER

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION N0.2679 TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.08.2016

## NATIONAL HANDICAPPED FINANCE AND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

## 2679. SHRI ET: MOHAMMED BASHEER:

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

- (a) whether there is any provision for appointment of differently abled persons a8 members of Board of Directors of NHFDC and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether   such   persons are appointed in the Board or their   representatives are appointed; being being
- (c) if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether there is vacancy in the Board of Directors of NHFDC and if the details thereof along with the category of vacant seats; and
- (e) the reasons for not filling up the vacancies along with the details of action taken in this regard? being

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT (SHRI KRISHANPAL GUJJAR)

- (a) to (c) As per Memorandum of Association (MoA) of' National Handicapped Finance and Development Corporation (NHFDC), there is a provision of having three members a8 non-official Directors working for/representing Persons with Disabilities (one person for each disability) in the Board of Directors of NHFDC. At present these three positions are lying vacant:
- (d) and (e) There are 6 vacancies in the Board of Directors of NHFDC. The details regarding the category of vacant seats are shown in the Statement enclosed at Annexure. The filling-up of these vacancies is under consideration in the Department,

STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (d) AND (e) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION NO.2679 FOR ANSWER ON AUGUST, 2016 RAISED BY SHRI ET; MOHAMMED BASHEER REGARDING `NATIONAL HANDICAPPED FINANCE AND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION 2ND

| Sl No.   | Particular                                                                                                                                                                                          | Nos,   |
|----------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|
|          | Non-official members working forhrepresenting Handicapped (one person from each disability)                                                                                                         | 3      |
| (ii)     | Persons representing Bio-Medical Engineering Department, Indian Institutes  of Technology (IITs)Research Institutes                                                                                 |        |
| (iii)    | Representative of Small Industrial Development Bank of India (SIDBI)                                                                                                                                |        |
| (iv)     | Development Commissioner; Small Scale Industries Development Commissioner; Handicrafts/  Representative of Development  Commissioner, Small Scale Industries Development Commissioner,_Handicrafts_ |        |

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