Question : WELFARE SCHEMES FOR HANDICAPPED PERSONS



(a) the details of the bodies/agencies engaged in implementing schemes/programmes for empowerment of persons with disabilities;

(b) the allocation, sanction and utilisation of funds by these agencies during the last two years and the current year;

(c) whether any review/social audit of schemes/programmes for persons with disability has been undertaken;

(d) if so, the outcome thereof; and

(e) the present status of the scheme of providing incentives to the employers in the private sector employing persons with disabilities?

Answer given by the minister


MINISTER OF SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT(MUKUL WASNIK)

(a) to (e) A statement is laid on the Table of the House.