(a) whether the Government is aware that wide publicity is lacking from Artificial
Limbs Manufacturing Corporation of India (ALIMCO), Kanpur;
(b) if so, the reasons therefor; and
(c) the remedial measures adopted by the Government to give wide publicity for
the sake of general public and to increase the production by three folds?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT (SMT. SUBBULAKSHMI JAGADEESAN)
(a) to (c) Artificial Limbs Manufacturing Corporation of India (ALIMCO) carries out
wide publicity in respect of its products and services by conducting
assessment/distribution camps in remote areas of most of the districts of the country
including in the North Eastern States. The Corporation has increased its production base
by establishing auxiliary centres at Bhubaneswar (Orissa), Bangalore, (Karnataka),
Jabalpur (Madhya Pradesh) and Chanalon (Punjab).