Lok Sabha Question No. 2548 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-15
Subject: Visually Impaired Children
Ministry: SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
Asked by: K. KAMARAAJ

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

## LOK SABHA

## 2548. DR K KAMARAJ:

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

- (a) the total number of visually impaired children and the details of schools for them in the country, State-wise; and special
- (6) the quantur of funds allocated/ utilised for the education of such children in the country during the last three years and the current year, State-wise?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT

## (SHRI KRISHANPAL GURJAR)

- (a) & (b) As per Census 2011 there are 11,33,472 children with visual impairment in the age group of 519 years The details of special  Schools run by the State Governments are not centrally maintained. However; this Ministry is implementing Deendayal Disabled Rehabilitalion Scheme (DDRS) under which grant-in-aid is provided to Non-Governmental Organisations (NGO) for their projects including schools for visually impaired aimed at enabling persons with disabilities to reach and maintain their A Statement indicating State/UT wise number of special schools for visually impaired, admissible financial assistance sanctioned during last three and the current year is at Annexure-I. special years

In addition, the Ministry of Human Resource and Development is implementing Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) as main programme for universalising elementary education for all children from 6-14 years of age. SSA provides Rs. 3000/- per child per annum. The major interventions under SSA for the education of children with special needs (CWSN) are identification; assessment, provision of free aids and appliances, teacher training; engagement of resource persons exclusively for CWSN, support services and barrier free access. The quantum of funds allocated/ utilised for inclusive education for children with special needs in the country during the last three years and the current year; State-wise under the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan is at Annexure-II;

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UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2548 TO BE ANSWERED ON 15.12.2015

## Visually Impaired Children

Annexure referred to in reply to Part (a) and (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question Number 2548 for answer on 15.12.2015 regarding "Visually Impaired Children

Number of Special Schools for Visually Impalred (VI) admissible financial assistance sanctioned under DDRS during the last three years and Current year:

(Amount Rsin Lakhs

|    | Andhra Pradesh   | 4   | 93.52   |    | 153.97   | 2 11,.04   |    | 39.29   |
|----|------------------|-----|---------|----|----------|------------|----|---------|
| 2  | Assam            |     |         |    | 4.45     |            |    | 0       |
| 3  | Bihar            |     | 2.65    |    | 6,92     | 0          | 2  | 10.43   |
|    | Chhattisgarh     |     | 10.69   | 2  | 14.24    |            |    | 4.65    |
| 5  | Delhi            | 2   | 48.17   | 2  | 58.79    | 2          | 4  | 55.09   |
|    | Goa              |     |         |    | 0        |            |    |         |
|    | Gujarat          |     | 2.87    |    | 1.64     | 0          |    |         |
| 8  | Haryana          |     | 6.65    | 3  | 38       | 2 22.22    |    |         |
|    |                  |     |         | 2  | 10.93    | 4.89       |    |         |
| 10 | Jammu & Kashmir  |     |         |    |          |            |    |         |
| 11 | Jharkhand        |     | 0       |    |          |            |    |         |
| 12 | Karnataka        |     | 54.37   |    | 49.24    | 2 6.24     | 0  |         |
| 13 | Kerala           | 2   | 14.65   | 2  | 27.58    | 0          |    |         |
| 14 | Madhya Pradesh   |     | 6.91    |    | 3.61     |            |    | 3.92    |
| 15 | Maharashtra      |     | 10.11   |    | 1.8      | 2 16.18    |    |         |
| 16 | Manipur          | 0   | 0       |    | 0        | 3.13       |    |         |
| 17 | Meghalaya        |     |         |    |          | 0          |    |         |
| 18 | Mizoram          |     | 5.89    |    | 203      | 0.67       |    |         |
| 19 | Odisha           | 5   | 62.41   | 0  | 134.14   | 20.55      | 7  | 57.32   |
| 20 | Puducherry       |     | 0       |    |          | 0 0        | 0  | 0       |
| 21 | Punjab           |     | 6.13    |    |          | 3 35.53    |    | 4.84    |
| 22 | Rajsthan         | 2   | 14.27   | 2  | 57.13    |            |    | 10.24   |
| 23 | Tamil Nadu       |     | 37.86   |    |          | 4.38       | 2  | 9.79    |
|    | Telangana        |     |         |    |          | 109.42     |    | 6.37    |
| 25 | Tripura          |     | 0       |    | 66.38    |            |    |         |
| 26 | Uttar Pradesh    | 2   | 35.76   | 5  | 0        | 43.66      | 3  | 17.16   |
| 27 | Utrakhand        | 0   |         | 0  | 11.45    | 0          | 0  |         |
| 28 | West Bengal      | 2   | 31.83   | 2  |          | 10.68      |    | 4.06    |
|    | Total            | 40  | 444.74  | 52 | 644.82   | 29 292.83  | 29 | 224.16  |

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