Question : Disabled Friendly Infrastructure

(a) whether the Government aimed at making aproportion of the Government buildings, transport and web sites accessible for Persons with Disabilities (PwDs)by issuing deadlines since 2014 to till date and if so, thedetails thereof, State-wise including Andhra Pradesh and Telangana;
(b) whether some States sought extension of more years to complete the targets and if so, the details there of, State-wise; and
(c) whether the Board which required to meet once every six months under the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016, has not met since November, 2020and if so, the reasons therefor?

MINISTER OF STATE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
(SUSHRI PRATIMA BHOUMIK)
(a):Yes, sir. The Union Government aimed at making aproportion of the Government buildings, transport andwebsites accessible for Persons with Disabilities (PwDs)by issuing deadlines. In this regard,a target and deadline based nation-wide flagship campaignnamely Accessible India Campaign (AIC) was launched on 03.12.2015. The details of objectives and status of the Campaign is at Annexure-I. The State/UT-wise detailed status in respect of State Govt. owned buildings and websites are at Annexure –II and Annexure-III respectively.
(b): Yes, sir. State Governments of Tamil Naidu and Andhra Pradesh have sought extension upto June, 2023 and December, 2023 respectively to achieve the target of making public buildings accessible.
(c):The Meeting of the Central Advisory Board (CAB) has since been held on 24.06.2022.

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