Lok Sabha Question No. 3592 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-08-11
Subject: Enhancing the Purview of Disability
Ministry: SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
Asked by: PANKAJ CHOWDHARY

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

DEPARTMENT OF EMPOWERMENT OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES

MINISTRY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE & EMPOWERMENT

LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.  3592

##### 1 TO BE ANSWERED ON 11.08.2015

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##### 3 Enhancing the Purview of Disability

3592. SHRI PANKAJ CHAUDHARY:

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

| (a) the various categories of handicapped persons included under the category of disability;                                                                                                        |
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| (b) whether the Government has received the recommendations of the Parliamentary Standing Committee related to Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment for increasing the purview of disability; |
| (c) if so, the details thereof; and                                                                                                                                                                 |
| (d) the time by which a decision is likely to be taken in this regard?                                                                                                                              |
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ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT

(SHRI KRISHANPAL GURJAR)

| (a)  As per section 2(i) of the Persons with Disabilities ( Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995,  disability means- (i) blindness; (ii) low vision; (iii) leprosy-cured; (iv) hearing impairment; (v) locomotor disability; (vi) mental retardation; and (viii) mental illness.   |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |
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| (b) & (c) The Parliamentary Standing Committee in its report on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Bill, 2014, submitted to the Parliament on 7/05/2015 had, inter-alia, recommended to include diabetes type-I, blood cancer, dwarfism, kidney failure etc. as specified disabilities.                          |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |
| (d) No definite time can be envisaged at this stage.  *****                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |
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