Section 33 of the Persons with
Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation)
(PwD) Act, 1995 envisages three percent reservations for persons with
disability in identified posts in Government establishments.
Under the Scheme of Incentives to
the Private Sector for Employment of Physically Challenged Persons, the
Government of India provides the employer’s contribution for Employees
Provident Fund (EPF) and Employees State Insurance (ESI) for 3 years, for
employees with disabilities including visually impaired persons employed in the
private sector on or after 01.04.2008, with a monthly salary upto Rs.25, 000.
The National Handicapped Finance and
Development Corporation (NHFDC) provides concessional credit to Persons with Disabilities
(PWDs) for taking up income generating activities by self-employment.
The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural
Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) guarantees employment to rural household
adults including differently abled persons. Under National Rural Livelihood
Mission(NRLM), a provision of 3% of the total beneficiaries has been made for
PwDs.
Indira Gandhi National Disability
Pension Scheme (IGNDPS) under the National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP)
provides pension to BPL persons with severe or multiple disabilities between
the age group of 18 to 79 years @ of Rs. 300 p.m. per beneficiary.
Under Deendayal Disabled
Rehabilitation Scheme (DDRS), financial assistance is provided through Non
Governmental Organizations (NGOs) for various projects for providing education,
vocational training and rehabilitation of persons with disabilities.
Under the National Scholarship
Scheme which is funded from Trust Fund for Empowerment of PwDs financial
assistance is provided to students with disabilities to enable them to pursue
professional or technical courses from recognized institutes and get
employed/self employed. Under the Scheme every year 1000 scholarships are
provided to the students with disabilities through out the country. 30%
scholarships are reserved for girls. Only Indian nationals are eligible for
scholarships.
National Fund has a scholarship
scheme for students with disabilities. 500 new scholarships to be awarded each
year are equally distributed (125 each) for the four major categories of disabilities
viz. (i) Orthopaedic (ii) Visual (iii) Hearing and (iv) Others. 40% of the
scholarships in each category are reserved for girls.
Scheme of ‘Rajiv Gandhi National
Fellowship’ provides scholarship to students with disability to pursue M.Phil
and Phd. programs in higher education. It is implemented by UGC.
A statement showing State-wise
number of persons with disabilities is:
|
S.No.
|
States/Union Territory
|
Number of persons with disabilities.
|
|
1
|
Andaman & Nicobar Islands
|
7057
|
|
2
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
1364981
|
|
3
|
Arunachal Pradesh
|
33315
|
|
4
|
Assam
|
530300
|
|
5
|
Bihar
|
1887611
|
|
6
|
Chandigarh
|
15538
|
|
7
|
Chhattisgarh
|
419887
|
|
8
|
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
|
4048
|
|
9
|
Daman & Diu
|
3171
|
|
10
|
Delhi
|
235886
|
|
11
|
Goa
|
15749
|
|
12
|
Gujarat
|
1045465
|
|
13
|
Haryana
|
455040
|
|
14
|
Himachal Pradesh
|
155950
|
|
15
|
Jammu & Kashmir
|
302670
|
|
16
|
Jharkhand
|
448377
|
|
17
|
Karnataka
|
940643
|
|
18
|
Kerala
|
860794
|
|
19
|
Lakshadwwep
|
1678
|
|
20
|
Madhya Pradesh
|
1408528
|
|
21
|
Maharashtra
|
1569582
|
|
22
|
Manipur
|
28376
|
|
23
|
Meghalaya
|
28803
|
|
24
|
Mizoram
|
16011
|
|
25
|
Nagaland
|
26499
|
|
26
|
Orissa
|
1021335
|
|
27
|
Pondicherry
|
25857
|
|
28
|
Punjab
|
424523
|
|
29
|
Rajasthan
|
1411979
|
|
30
|
Sikkim
|
20367
|
|
31
|
Tamil Nadu
|
1642497
|
|
32
|
Tripura
|
58940
|
|
33
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
3453369
|
|
34
|
Uttarakhand
|
194769
|
|
35
|
West Bengal
|
1847174
|
|
|
Total
|
21906769
|
This information was given by the Minister of State for Social
Justice and Empowerment, Shri P. Balram Naik in a written reply to a question
in Lok Sabha today (6/8/2013).
Source : PIB News
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