Lok Sabha Question No. 1705 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-03-08
Subject: District Disability Rehabilitation Centres
Ministry: SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
Asked by: C.R. CHAUDHARY

## DEPARTMENT OF EMPOWERMENT OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES

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

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1705 TO BE ANSWERED ON 08.03.2016

## District Disability Rehabilitation Centres

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

- (a) whether the Government has any proposal to set up some new District Disability Rehabilitation Centres (DDRCs) in the country;
- (b) If so, the details thereof; State-wise; and
- (c) the number of new DDRCs finalized so far for Rajasthan?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) & (b) As of overall strategy to provide comprehensive services to the persons with disabilities at the grass root   level; establishment of District   Disability Rehabilitation Centres (DDRCs) was started as an outreach activity of the National Institutes of this Department in the year 1999-2000. 310 districts were identified and approved for setting up of DDRCs upto the year 2012-13. However; funds to set up DDRCs could be released for the 249 DDRCs upto 31.03.2015. In the remaining 61 districts, complete proposals were not received However; there were proposals from some States in respect of districts which were not in the identified list of 310 districts. It was decided to consider the proposals of these 16 districts on first-come-first-serve basis. A detailed statement indicating details of districts state-wise is at Annexure: part
- (c) No proposal  from State Government of Rajasthan  for additional districts has been received,

Statement referred to in reply to Part (a) & (b) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.1705 for answer on 08.03.2016

| SlNo.   | STATE            |     | DISTRICT                                                                            |
|---------|------------------|-----|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1       | Chhattisgarh     | 1_  | Bilaspur                                                                            |
|         | Goa              | 2.  | South Goa                                                                           |
| 3.      | Haryana          | 3.  | Yamunanagar                                                                         |
| 3.      | Haryana          | 4   | Palwal                                                                              |
| 3.      | Haryana          | 5   | Jhajjar                                                                             |
| 4.      | Himachal Pradesh | 6.  | Bilaspur                                                                            |
| 4.      | Himachal Pradesh | 7   | Kullu                                                                               |
| 5       | Jammu & Kashmir  | 8_  | Kathua                                                                              |
| 5       | Jammu & Kashmir  | 9   | Kargil                                                                              |
| 5       | Jammu & Kashmir  | 10. | Kupwara Rs.18,82,000/- sanctioned vide order dated 29.07.2015.) (1st                |
| 5       | Jammu & Kashmir  | 11_ | Pulwama                                                                             |
|         | Madhya Pradesh   | 12. | Shajapur year grant of Rs.16,97,200/- sanctioned vide order dated 29.02.2016.) (1st |
| 7_      | Maharashtra      | 13. | Washim                                                                              |
| 8       | Odisha           | 14. | Subaranpur (in lieu of Bhadrak district earlier approved)                           |
| 9_      | Uttar Pradesh    | 15. | Mainpuri                                                                            |
| 10.     | Uttarakhand      | 16. | Udhamsingh Nagar                                                                    |