COMPILATION OF DIFFERENT ACT AND SCHEMES FOR DISABILITY, UPDATED TILL DATE

1. DISABILITY &
IMPAIRMENT
MADHUR VERMA
PG JR III
DEPTT. OF COMMUNITY MEDICINE
PGIMS ROHTAK

2. Contents
• Background
• How To Define Disability
• Causes Of Disability
• Prevalence Of Disability
• Data On Disability
• Data From Census 2011
• Socio- Economic Burden Of Disability
• Policies And Guidelines For The Disabled
• Schemes By The Centre And Haryana Govt.

3. Background
Disability is complex, dynamic, multidimensional, and contested.
“It is the umbrella term for impairments, activity limitations and
participation restrictions, referring to the negative aspects of the
interaction between an individual (with a health condition) and that
individual’s contextual factors (environmental and personal
factors).”

4. Background
The transition from an individual, medical perspective to a
structural, social perspective has been described as the shift from a
“medical model to “social model” in which people are viewed as
being disabled by society rather than by their bodies.
The medical model and the social model are often presented
as dichotomous, but disability should be viewed neither as purely
medical nor as purely social: persons with disabilities can often
experience problems arising from both.
A balanced approach is needed, giving appropriate weightage
to the different aspects of disability.

5. Effect of environment
A person’s environment has a huge impact on the experience
and extent of disability. Inaccessible environments create disability
by creating barriers to participation and inclusion.
Examples of the possible -ve impact of the environment include:
• a Deaf individual without a sign language interpreter.
• a wheelchair user in a building without an accessible bathroom or
elevator.
• a blind person using a computer without screen-reading software.

6. What is Disability?
The World Health Organization (WHO 1976) draws on a three–fold
distinction between impairment, disability and handicap:
• Impairment is any loss or abnormality of psychological, physiological or
anatomical structure or function.
• Disability is any restriction or lack (resulting from an impairment) of
ability to perform an activity in the manner or within the range
considered normal for a human being.
• Handicap is a disadvantage, for a given individual, resulting from
impairment or a disability, which prevents the fulfilment of a role that is
considered normal (depending on age, sex and social and cultural
factors) for that individual.

7. ICF(International Classification of Functioning,
Disability and Health)
WHO reaffirmed this classification (1980), and in 2001
issued the International Classification of Functioning, Disability
and Health (ICF).
The ICF distinguishes between body functions (physiological or
psychological, e.g. vision) and body structures (anatomical parts,
e.g. the eye and related structures) (WHO 2002).
Since an individual’s functioning and disability occur in a context,
the ICF also includes a list of environmental factors

8. ICF(International Classification of Functioning,
Disability and Health)
The ICF lists 9 broad domains of functioning which can be affected
(WHO 2002):
1. Learning and applying knowledge
2. General tasks and demands
3. Communication
4. Mobility
5. Self-care
6. Domestic life
7. Interpersonal interactions and relationships
8. Major life areas
9. Community, social and civic life

9. How to define disability???
According to the Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection
of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995, "Person with disability" means a
person suffering from not less than 40% of any disability as certified by a
medical authority (any hospital or institution, specified for the purposes of
this Act by notification by the appropriate Government).
As per the act "Disability" means -
(i) Blindness;
(ii) Low vision;
(iii) Leprosy-cured;
(iv) Hearing impairment
(v) Loco motor disability;
(vi) Mental retardation;
(vii) Mental illness

10. How to define disability???
"Blindness" refers to a condition where a person suffers from any of
the following conditions,
(i) Total absence of sight.
(ii) Visual acuity not exceeding 6/60 or 20/200 (snellen) in the
better eye with correcting lenses;
(iii) Limitation of the field of vision subtending an angle of 200 or
worse;
"Person with low vision" means a person with impairment of visual
functioning even after treatment or standard refractive correction but
who uses or is potentially capable of using vision for the planning or
execution of a task with appropriate assistive device;

11. How to define disability???
"Leprosy cured person" means any person who has been cured of
leprosy but is suffering from-
I. Loss of sensation in hands or feet as well as loss of sensation and
paresis in the eye and eye-lid but with no manifest deformity;
II. Manifests deformity and paresis; but having sufficient mobility in
their hands and feet to enable them to engage in normal economic
activity;
iii. Extreme physical deformity as well as advanced age which prevents
him from undertaking any gainful occupation, and the expression
"leprosy cured" shall be construed accordingly.

12. How to define disability???
"Hearing impairment" means loss of 60 dB or more in
the better ear in the conversational range of frequencies;
 "Loco motor disability" means disability of the bones, joints
muscles leading to substantial restriction of the movement of
the limbs or any form of cerebral palsy;
 "Mental retardation" means a condition of arrested or
incomplete development of mind of a person which is
specially characterized by sub normality of intelligence;
"Mental illness" means any mental disorder other than mental
retardation;

13. Causes and Risk Factors of Disability
• The most common causes of impairment and disability include
chronic diseases such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease and
cancer; injuries such as those due to road traffic crashes,
conflicts, falls, landmines, mental impairments, birth defects,
malnutrition, HIV/AIDS and other communicable diseases.
• The disability manual by National Human Rights Commission
elaborately describes various indirect causes of disability (NHRC
2005).

14. Causes and Risk Factors of Disability
Malnutrition: is a major cause of disability in India as well as a
contributory factor in other ailments that increase susceptibility
to disabling conditions. Common micro-nutrient deficiencies that
affect disability include:
• Vitamin A deficiency – blindness
• Vitamin B complex deficiency – beriberi, pellagra, anaemia
• Vitamin D deficiency – rickets (soft and deformed bones)
• Iodine deficiency –learning difficulties, intellectual disabilities goitre
• Iron deficiency – anaemia, which impedes learning and activity
• Calcium deficiency – osteoporosis (fragile bones)

15. Causes and Risk Factors of Disability
Conflict: War has been the single largest factor responsible for
causing permanent disablement
Occupational Hazards: for ex. low standards of safety and hazardous
working conditions, Wheat harvesting and amputations, paddy
sowing and muscular diseases, coconut picking and spinal cord
injuries (NHRC 2005).
Traffic Hazard: It is estimated that by 2020, road traffic accidents will
be ranked as the third leading cause of disability in the Asian and
Pacific region. (NHRC 2005)

16. Prevalence of disability
The United Nations (UN) Disability Statistic’s Compendium (DISTAT) noted
that disability rates are not comparable across the world because of
differences in survey design, definitions, concepts and methods, as the
proportion of disabled people per national population varies between less
than 1% in Peru to about 21% in Austria (UN 1990).

17. According to world report on disability 2011……
Based on 2010 population (6.9 billion, 5.04 billion 15 years and
over & 1.86 billion under 15 year) and 2004 disability prevalence
estimates (World Health Survey and Global Burden of Disease)
Including children, over a billion people (or about 15% of the
world’s population) were estimated to be living with disability.
This is higher than WHO estimates from the 1970s, which
suggested a global prevalence of around 10%.

18. CENSUS OF INDIA 2011
DATA ON DISABILITY
Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India New Delhi

19. Present Dataset
• Information on disability of individuals was collected
during the Population Enumeration phase of Census
2011 through ‘Household Schedule’ .
• Similar information was collected during 2001 census
also. Information for individuals residing in ‘Normal’,
‘Institutional’ and ‘Houseless’ households was
collected.
• The table C-20- ‘Disabled by age-group and type of
disability’ has been generated on the basis of
processing 100% Census Schedules.

20. Historical Perspective
• The question on disability was canvassed in all the Censuses
since 1872 to 1931
• The question on disability was not canvassed in the Censuses
from 1941 to 1971
• In Census 1981, information on three types of disability was
collected
• The question was dropped in Census 1991
• In Census 2001, the question was again included and
information on five types of disability was collected
• In Census 2011 information on eight types of disability has
been collected

21. Questions Canvassed in Census 2011
Codes

22. Features of Disability Question, 2011
• Has a filter question to ascertain disability status
• Attempts to collect information on eight types of disabilities as
against five in Census 2001.
• Designed to cover most of the disabilities listed in the “Persons
with Disabilities Act, 1995” and “The National Trust Act, 1999”.
• The placement of the question on disability in the Census
Schedule was changed. The question was brought forward at Q-9
at Census 2011. This was the question No. 15 at the Census 2001.

23. Special Efforts Made to Improve Coverage
Training
• Intensive training at various levels including National Trainers,
Master Trainers Facilitators
• Training imparted by experts from disability sector using
specially developed training modules
• Role models from disability groups were invited in training
classes to motivate and sensitize Census functionaries
• National Centre for Promotion of Employment for Disabled
People (NCPEDP) and its alliance partners were associated in
developing training modules, imparting training and sensitizing
Census functionaries.

24. Special Efforts Made to Improve Coverage (Contd.)
Publicity
• Wide publicity through electronic and print media undertaken.
• Special audio/ video spots prepared in 12 languages
• Special E-learning module prepared to show as to how to approach
and extract information on disability from respondents
• Leaflet on disability
• Seminars and workshops
• Banners and Posters
• Events like Auto Rickshaw rally, car rally, Cycle rally

25. Special Efforts Made to Improve Coverage (Contd.)
Cycle rickshaw rally at New Delhi by the disabled

26. Special Efforts Made to Improve Coverage (Contd.)
Posters and Banners
Leaflet on disability for Media Kit

27. Definitional Changes 2001-11
Type of disability Change in definition
In Seeing 1. One eyed persons were treated as disabled at Census 2001. At the
Census 2011 such persons have not been treated as disabled in seeing.
2. At the Census 2011 enumerators were asked to apply a simple test to
ascertain blurred vision. At Census 2001 no such instructions were
given.
In Hearing 1. Persons using hearing aid have been treated as disabled at Census 2011.
They were not treated as disabled at the Census 2001.
2. Persons having problem in hearing through one ear although the other
ear is functioning normally was considered having hearing disability in
Census 2001. But in Census 2011, such persons were not considered as
disabled.
In Speech • Definition was made clearer in Census 2011 to record persons with
speech disability. For instance, “persons who speak in single words and
are not able to speak in sentences” was specifically mentioned to be
treated as disabled.

28. Definitional Changes (Contd.)
Type of
disability
Change in definition
In Movement Specific mention of the following was made in the definition for
Census 2011:
1. Paralytic persons
2. Those who crawl
3. Those who are able to walk with the help of aid
4. Have acute and permanent problems of joints/muscles
5. Have stiffness or tightness in movement or have loose, involuntary
movements or tremors of the body or have fragile bones
6. Have difficulty balancing and coordinating body movement
7. Have loss of sensation in body due to paralysis, Leprosy etc.
8. Have deformity of body like hunch back or are dwarf.

29. Definitional Changes (Contd.)
Type of disability Change in definition
Mental
Retardation
New category introduced at Census 2011. Mental Retardation
was covered under the category of Mental disability at Census
2001.
Mental Illness New category introduced at Census 2011. Mental Illness was
covered under the category of Mental disability at Census 2001.
Any Other New category introduced at Census 2011 to ensure complete
coverage. This option enabled respondents to report those
disabilities which are not listed in the question. In such cases,
where informant was not sure about the type of disability this
option of reporting disability as ‘Any Other’ was available to
her/him.
Multiple Disability New category introduced at Census 2011. The question has been
designed to record as many as three types of disabilities from
which the individual was reported to be suffering.

30. Data Highlights from
census 2011

31. Disabled Population by Sex and Residence
India : 2011
Percentage of Disabled to total population
Source: C-Series, Table C-20, Census of India 2001 and 2011
Percentage of Disabled to total population
India, 2011
Residence Persons Males Females
Total 2.21 2.41 2.01
Rural 2.24 2.43 2.03
Urban 2.17 2.34 1.98
India, 2001
Residence Persons Males Females
Total 2.13 2.37 1.87
Rural 2.21 2.47 1.93
Urban 1.93 2.12 1.71

32. Disabled Population by Sex and Residence
India : 2001-11
Disabled Population by Sex and Residence
India, 2011
Residence Persons Males Females
Total 26,810,557 14,986,202 11,824,355
Rural 18,631,921 10,408,168 8,223,753
Urban 8,178,636 4,578,034 3,600,602
Decadal Change in Disabled Population
by Sex and Residence, India, 2001-11
Absolute Increase Percentage Decadal Growth
Residence Persons Males Females Persons Males Females
Total 4,903,788 2,380,567 2,523,221 22.4 18.9 27.1
Rural 2,243,539 997,983 1,245,556 13.7 10.6 17.8
Urban 2,660,249 1,382,584 1,277,665 48.2 43.3 55.0
Source: C-Series, Table C-20, Census of India 2001 and 2011

33. Disabled Population by Residence
India : 2001-2011
2.30
2.20
2.10
2.00
1.90
1.80
1.70
2.13
2.21
1.93
2.21
2.24
Total Rural Urban
2.17
Percentage
Proportion of Disabled Population by Residence
India : 2001-11
2001 2011
• Percentage of disabled persons in India has increased both in rural
and urban areas during the last decade.
• Proportion of disabled population is higher in rural areas
• Decadal increase in proportion is significant in urban areas
Source: C-Series, Table C-20, Census of India 2001 and 2011

34. Disabled Population by Sex
India : 2001-2011
• Slight increase in disability among both the sexes
over the decade
• Proportion of disabled population is higher among
males
• Decadal Increase in proportion is higher among
females
55.9
44.1
Males
Females
Percentage Share of
Disabled Population by Sex
India, 2011
Source: C-Series, Table C-20, Census of India 2001 and 2011

35. Proportion of Disabled Population
India and States/UTs : 2011
Source: C-Series, Table C-20, Census of India 2001 and 2011

36. Disability by Social Groups
India : 2011
Proportion of Disabled Population
by Social Groups
India, 2011
( % )
Social Group Persons Males Females
Total 2.21 2.41 2.01
Scheduled Castes 2.45 2.68 2.20
Scheduled Tribes 2.05 2.18 1.92
Other than SC/ST 2.18 2.37 1.98
Source: C-Series, Tables C-20, C-20SC and C-20ST, Census of India 2011

37. Disabled Population by Type of Disability (%)
India : 2011
Proportion of Disabled Population
by Type of Disability
India : 2011
( % )
Type of Disability Persons Males Females
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0
In Seeing 18.8 17.6 20.2
In Hearing 18.9 17.9 20.2
In Speech 7.5 7.5 7.4
In Movement 20.3 22.5 17.5
Mental Retardation 5.6 5.8 5.4
Mental Illness 2.7 2.8 2.6
Any Other 18.4 18.2 18.6
Multiple Disability 7.9 7.8 8.1
Source: C-Series, Table C-20, Census of India 2011
Proportion of Disabled Population
In Seeing
18.8
In Hearing
18.9
In Speech
7.5
by Type of Disability
In
India : 2011
(Persons)
Movement
20.3
Any Other
18.4
Mental
Illness
2.7
Mental
Retardation
5.6
Multiple
Disability
7.9

38. Disabled Population by Type and Residence(%)
India : 2011
25.0
20.0
15.0
10.0
5.0
Source: C-Series, Table C-20, Census of India 2011
( % )
0.0
In Seeing In Hearing In Speech In
Movement
Mental
Retardation
Mental
Illness
Any Other Multiple
Disability
18.8 18.2
7.0
21.7
5.5
2.7
17.7
8.5
18.7
20.5
8.5
17.1
5.9
2.8
20.0
6.5
Disability by Type and Residence, India, 2011
Rural Urban
• Disability in hearing and speech is more in urban areas
• Disability in movement and multiple disability is more in rural areas.

39. Disabled Population by Type and Social Group (%)
India : 2011
( % )
Percentage Share of Disabled Population by Type of
Disability Among Social Groups
India : 2011
Type of Disability Total SCs STs OTH
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
In Seeing 18.8 19.1 20.0 18.6
In Hearing 18.9 17.4 19.3 19.2
In Speech 7.5 5.2 5.3 8.3
In Movement 20.3 20.5 22.5 20.0
Mental Retardation 5.6 5.1 4.9 5.8
Mental Illness 2.7 2.4 2.6 2.8
Any Other 18.4 22.9 16.5 17.4
Multiple Disability 7.9 7.3 8.9 7.9
• Disability in seeing, hearing
and movement and
multiple disability is more
among STs than that of SCs
and Others
• Disability in speech and
mental retardation is more
among others than that of
SCs and STs
Source: C-Series, Tables C-20, C-20SC and C-20ST, Census of India 2011

40. Percentage Share of Disabled Population by Type and Social Group
India : 2011
In Seeing
19.1
In Hearing
17.4
In Speech
5.2
Multiple Disability
7.3
Scheduled
Castes
In Movement
20.5
Any Other
22.9
Mental
Illness
2.4
Mental
Retardation
5.1
Any Other
16.5
Mental
Illness
2.6
Any Other
17.4
Mental
Illness
2.8
• Disability in seeing, movement and multiple disability is more among STs than that of SCs and Others
• Disability in speech and mental retardation is more among others than that of SCs and STs
Source: C-Series, Tables C-20, C-20SC and C-20ST, Census of India 2011
In Seeing
20.0
In Hearing
19.3
In Speech
In Movement 5.3
22.5
Mental
Retardation
4.9
Multiple Disability
8.9
Scheduled
Tribes
In Seeing
18.6
In Hearing
19.2
In Speech
In Movement 8.3
20.0
Mental
Retardation
5.8
Multiple Disability
7.9
Other than
SCs and STs

41. Disabled Population by Age and Sex
India : 2011
Proportion of Disabled Population in the
Respective Age Groups
India : 2011
Age Group Persons Males Females
All Ages 2.21 2.41 2.01
0-4 1.14 1.18 1.11
5-9 1.54 1.63 1.44
10-19 1.82 1.96 1.67
20-29 1.97 2.22 1.70
30-39 2.09 2.41 1.77
40-49 2.31 2.66 1.94
50-59 2.83 3.16 2.47
60-69 4.15 4.41 3.89
70-79 6.22 6.26 6.19
80-89 8.41 8.33 8.48
90+ 8.40 7.88 8.85
Age Not Stated 3.07 3.21 2.91
Source: C-Series, Table C-20, Census of India 2011
( % )
2.83
2.31
1.97
1.82
1.54
8.40
0.00 2.00 4.00 6.00 8.00 10.00
90+
80-89
70-79
60-69
50-59
40-49
30-39
20-29
10-19
5-9
0-4
1.14
2.09
4.15
6.22
8.41
Percentage
Age Group
Proportion of Disabled Population in
the Respective Age Group
India, 2011

42. Proportion of Disabled Population in the
respective age groups by sex
India : 2011
3.89
6.19
8.85
8.48
90+
80-89
70-79
60-69
50-59
40-49
30-39
20-29
10-19
5-9
0-4
Females Males
Source: C-Series, Table C-20, Census of India 2011
( % )
2.47
1.94
1.77
1.70
1.67
1.44
1.11
2.66
2.41
2.22
1.63
1.18
• Disability among males is higher upto the age group 70-79
• Disability among females is higher thereafter
1.96
3.16
4.41
6.26
7.88
8.33
10.00 8.00 6.00 4.00 2.00 0.00 2.00 4.00 6.00 8.00 10.00

43. Poverty and Disability
• The British Department for International Development (DFID)
has recognized that, ‘disability is a major cause of social
exclusion and it is both the cause and consequence of poverty’
(DFID 2000).
• Recent World Bank studies assert that ‘half a billion disabled
people are undisputedly amongst the poorest of the poor.’

44. Socio-Economic burden of disability
The financial impact of disablement on the family/household is
significant.
 More specifically, a south Indian study evaluating the economic
burden of families with disabled children indicated that the mean
expenditure of the families with a disabled child was $254 per year
compared with an expenditure of $181 per year of families with
normal children, (t=10.2, P<.00001). (Kandamuthan and
Kandamuthan 2004)
Of the disabled children, 80% were not getting any social security
payments and 90% had no special concessions for medical and
other educational purposes.
Of the mothers of the disabled children, 21% were unemployed as
against 12% in the case of normal children.

45. Policies and Guidelines in India
The legislative framework for the protection of the rights of disabled
people is covered by following acts in India :
1. Mental Health Act 1987
2. Rehabilitation Council of India Act 1992
3. Persons with Disabilities Act 1995
4. The National Trust Act 1999

46. The Mental Health Act 1987
Mental Health Act came into effect in April 1993 & replaced the Indian Lunacy
Act of 1912. It consolidated and amended the law relating to the treatment and
care of mentally ill persons and to make better provision with respect to their
properly and affairs.
Objectives
• Regulate admission to psychiatric hospitals/nursing homes of mentally ill-persons
who do not have sufficient understanding to seek treatment on a
voluntary basis, and to protect the rights of such persons while being
detained;
• Protect society from the presence of mentally ill persons who have become or
might become a danger or nuisance to others;
• Protect citizens from being detained without sufficient cause in psychiatric
hospitals/ nursing homes;

47. The Mental Health Act 1987
• Regulate responsibility for maintenance charges of mentally ill persons who are
admitted to psychiatric hospitals
• Provide facilities for establishing guardianship of mentally ill persons who are
incapable of managing their own affairs;
• Provide for the establishment of Central Authority and State Authorities for
Mental Health Services;
• Regulate the powers of the Government for establishing, licensing and
controlling psychiatric hospitals /nursing homes for mentally ill persons;
• legal aid to mentally ill persons at State expense in certain cases.
In 2002, the Act was implemented in 25 out of 30 states and Union Territories.
Under the Act, each state is required to constitute a State Mental Health
Authority (SMHA) to ensure effective and equitable enforcement of the
provisions of the Act. (WHO 2006).

48. The Rehabilitation Council of India Act
1992
This Act sets out to regulate the training of professionals in rehabilitation
and sets out a framework for a Central Rehabilitation Register. Specifically it
sets out:
1. Training policies and programmes;
2. Standardise the training courses for professionals dealing with persons
with disabilities;
3. Grant recognition to the institutions running these training courses;
4. Maintain a Central Rehabilitation Register of the rehabilitation
professionals;
5. Promote research in Rehabilitation and Special Education.
6. The major functions of the council include the recognition of qualifications
granted by Universities in India for Rehabilitation Professionals and also the
recognition of qualification by Institutions outside India.

49. The Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities,
protection Of Rights And Full Participation) Act 1995
This act provides 3% reservations for disabled people in poverty
alleviation programmes, government posts, and in state
educational facilities, as well as other rights and entitlement.
Objectives :
1. Prevention and Early Detection of Disabilities 8. Social Security
2. Education 9. Employment
3. Affirmative Action 10. Non-Discrimination
4. Research And Manpower Development
5. Recognition of Institutions for Persons with Disabilities
6. Institution for Persons with Severe Disabilities
7. The Chief Commissioner and Commissioners for Persons with Disabilities

50. The National Trust for Welfare of Persons with Autism,
Cerebral Palsy, Mental Retardation and Multiple Disabilities
Act 1999
This Act provides for the constitution of a national body for the Welfare
of Persons with Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Mental Retardation and
Multiple Disabilities.
Objectives:
• Enable and empower PWD to live independently and as fully as
possible from within and close to the community to which they
belong;
• to strengthen facilities & to provide support to persons with
disability to live within their own families;
• to extend support to registered organization to provide need based
Services during the period of crises in the family of persons with
disability;
• to deal with problems of persons with disability who do not have
family support.

51. National Policy for Persons with Disabilities Act
2005
The National Policy, released in February 2006 seeks to create an
environment that provides them equal opportunities, protection of their
rights and full participation in society.
Its aim is to ensure better coordination between various wings of the
State and Central Governments .
The focus of the policy is on the following:
• Prevention of Disabilities
• Rehabilitation Measures
• Physical Rehabilitation Strategies
• Early Detection and Intervention
• Counselling & Medical Rehabilitation

52. National Policy for Persons with Disabilities Act
2005
In addition to the legal framework, extensive infrastructure has
been developed in India for disabled persons under this Act and
includes the establishment of the following institutions:
• Institute for the Physically Handicapped, New Delhi.
• National Institute of Visually Handicapped, Dehradun
• National Institute for Orthopedically Handicapped, Kolkata
• National Institute for Mentally Handicapped, Secunderabad.
• National Institute for Hearing Handicapped, Mumbai
• National Institute of Rehabilitation Training & Research, Cuttack.
• National Institute for Empowerment of Persons with Multiple
Disabilities, Chennai

53. The Disability and Rehabilitation WHO
Action Plan 2006-2011
The document provides the overview of WHO's future plan of
activities, which will be carried out or coordinated by the Disability
and Rehabilitation team located in the Department of Injuries and
Violence Prevention, in the NCD and Mental Health.
VISION: All persons with disabilities live in dignity, with equal rights
and opportunities
MISSION: To enhance the quality of life for persons with disabilities
through national, regional and global efforts to:
• Raise awareness about the magnitude and consequences of
disability
• Facilitate data collection and analyse or disseminate disability-related
data and information

54. The Disability and Rehabilitation WHO
Action Plan 2006-2011
• Support, promote and strengthen health and rehabilitation
services for persons with disabilities and their families
• Promote community based rehabilitation (CBR)
• Promote development, production, distribution and servicing
of assistive technology
• Support the development, implementation, measuring and
monitoring of policies to improve the rights and
opportunities for people with disabilities.
• Build capacity among health and rehabilitation policy makers
and service providers
• Foster multi-sectoral networks and partnerships

55. • In India, two Departments : "Department of Social Justice and
Empowerment" and "Department of Disability Affairs" created
under the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment with
effect from May 14th, 2012.
• The Government has introduced the Rights of Persons with
Disabilities Bill, 2014 in the Rajya Sabha on 7th February, 2014.
It has been proposed inter alia in the Bill to establish the
National Commission and State Commissions for Persons with
Disabilities.

56. The Rights of Persons with Disabilities Bill, 2014
• The Bill repeals the Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities Protection
of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995.
• Features of the bill:
1. Definition of disability: Disability is defined to include 19 conditions such
as: autism; low vision and blindness; cerebral palsy; deaf blindness;
haemophilia; hearing impairment; leprosy; intellectual disability; mental
illness; muscular dystrophy; multiple sclerosis; learning disability; speech and
language disability; sickle cell disease; thalassemia; chronic neurological
conditions; and multiple disability. Persons with benchmark disabilities are
defined as those with at least 40 per cent of any of the above specified
disabilities.
2. Rights of persons with disabilities: The Bill states that persons with
disabilities shall have the right to equality and shall not be discriminated
against on grounds of their disability.

57. The Rights of Persons with Disabilities Bill, 2014
3. Education, skill development and employment: All government
institutions of higher education and those getting aid from the
government are required to reserve at least 5% of seats for PWD.
At least 5% of the vacancies are to be filled by persons or class
of persons with at least 40 % of any of the disabilities.
4. Legal Capacity: Disabled persons have the right, equally with others,
to own and inherit movable and immovable property, as well as control
their financial affairs.
5. Guardianship: if a district court finds that a mentally ill person is not
capable of taking legally binding decisions, it may order guardianship to
the person.

58. 6. National and State Commissions for persons with disabilities:
The central and state governments are required to establish a
National and State Commissions for Persons with Disabilities,
respectively
7. Central and state advisory boards: The boards shall advise
governments on policies and programmes on disability and
review the activities of organisations dealing with disabled
persons.

59. Ali Yavar Jung National Institute For The Hearing Handicapped
The District Disability Rehabilitation Centre (DDRCs) under
Gramin Punarvasan Yojana (GPY) a programme of the Ministry of
Social Justice and Empowerment, Government of India was started in
the year 2000.
Objectives :
1. Provide total rehabilitation to persons with sensory (hearing
and vision), physical and mental disabilities.
2. Research
3. Educational Programmes
4. Service Facilities: Strategies for early identification and
rehabilitative procedures. films and audio visuals on vocational
training and job placement, etc. are being developed.

60. 5. Community Programme: Identification and intervention, home
bound training, correspondence training and also tele–
rehabilitation services are being rendered and evolved with
emerging needs.
6. Material Development: Required for (a) education (b) public
awareness and community education, literacy programme for adult
deaf, Parent Counselling and Programme for strengthening
voluntary organisations.
7. Information and Documentation: Documenting and disseminating
the latest information and developments in the science of hearing,
speech and related technology is being done.

61. National Handicapped Finance and Development
Corporation(NHFDC)
Incorporated by Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
Main Objectives:
• Promote economic development of the persons with disabilities.
• Promote self-employment for the benefit/economic rehabilitation
• Assist individuals or groups with disabilities by way of loans and
advances for economically and financially viable schemes.
• Grant concessional finance in selected cases for the persons with
disability in the country in collaboration with Government

62. National Handicapped Finance and Development
Corporation(NHFDC)
• Extend loans to the PWD for pursuing education for training at
graduate and higher levels.
• Assist in the upgradation of technical and entrepreneurial skills of
PWD for proper and efficient mgt. of production units.
• Set up training, quality control, process development, for the
proper rehabilitation of the PWD in support of their economic
pursuits.
• Work as an apex institution for channelizing the funds through State
Finance Corporation for the Handicapped or through corresponding
Corporations authorised by State Govts./Boards set up by Union
Govt/State Govt/Union Territory

63. SCHEME OF ASSISTANCE TO DISABLED PERSONS FOR
PURCHASE/FITTING OF AIDS/APPLIANCES (ADIP SCHEME) April, 2014
Objectives
• to assist the needy disabled persons in procuring durable,
sophisticated and scientifically manufactured aids & appliances to
promote rehabilitation of PWD and enhance their economic
potential with the help of Implementing Agencies
• Implementing Agencies will take PRE & POST FITTING CARE of the
aids and appliances distributed under the Scheme.
• Implementing Agencies will give wide publicity of the distribution of
such aid and appliances to PwDs.
• After the camps, they shall provide a list of beneficiaries and the
details of aids and assistive devices with the cost incurred to the
State Government and the Department of Disability Affairs.

64. SCHEME OF ASSISTANCE TO DISABLED PERSONS FOR
PURCHASE/FITTING OF AIDS/APPLIANCES (ADIP SCHEME) April, 2014
The Scheme shall also include essential medical/surgical
correction and intervention, prior to fitment of aids and
appliances, as per the following norms:
(i) From ₹.500/- to ₹.1,000/- for hearing & speech impaired.
(ii) From ₹.1000/- to ₹2,000/- for visually disabled.
(iii) From ₹ 3000/- to ₹ 5,000/- for orthopedically disabled

65. ELIGIBILITY OF THE BENEFICIARIES
A person with disabilities fulfilling following conditions would be
eligible for assistance under ADIP Scheme.
i. An Indian citizen of any age.
ii. Holds a 40% Disablement Certificate.
iii. Has monthly income not exceeding ₹ 20,000/- pm.
iv. For dependents, the income of parents/guardians <₹ 20,000 pm.
v. Who have not received assistance during the last 3 years for the same
purpose from any source. However, for children below 12 years of age, this l
limit would be 1 year.

66. Schemes offered to the disabled by the central Govt.
1. Scheme of Integrated Education for The Disabled Children
2. Scholarships For The Disabled
3. children's Educational Allowance
4. Railway Travel Concession: 50% concession
5. Reservation of Jobs: 3% vacancies, Carry forward ( A roster
(100 point) has been prescribed for giving effect to
reservation of jobs for physically handicapped persons. In this
roster 67th vacancy occurring in a particular year would be
reserved for the deaf.)
6. Age Relaxation: UPPER AGE + 10 YEARS
SOURCE : http://ayjnihh.nic.in/index.asp

67. Schemes offered to the disabled by the central Govt.
7. Promotion: Not to be denied promotion on medical grounds.
8. Posting of Physically Handicapped Candidates: transfer to or
near their native places may also be given preferences.
9. Income Tax Concessions: Section 80 DD , Max limit ₹15000.
10. Professional Tax Exemption
11. Award of Dealerships/Agencies by Oil Companies: 7.5%
reservations
12. Economic Assistance: eligible to take loans under the scheme
with minimum rate of interest (4% uniformly)

68. Schemes offered to the disabled by the Haryana Govt.
• Reservation in Government Job: 3% of jobs are reserved
• Housing board: Handicapped persons get priority in allotment of
Houses and there is 01.5% reservation .
• Age Relaxation: The Upper age limit is relaxed by 10 years for
handicapped persons for applying in Government jobs.
• Scholarship/Stipend: The State Government awards scholarship
to the handicapped students (50- 400 ₹ pm)
• Disability Pension/Social Security Pension: Disabled persons of
the age group of 65 years and above having disability of 70% and
above with family income of ₹ 200/– p.m. or less get disability
pension of ₹ 100/– p.m.
• Un–employment allowance: Disabled persons who has registered
in employment exchange get unemployment allowance (150-250
₹ pm) SOURCE : http://ayjnihh.nic.in/index.asp

69. Schemes offered to the disabled by the Haryana Govt.
• Conveyance Allowances: Physically handicapped employees get
conveyance allowance @ 8% of their basic pay subject to a
maximum of Rs.150/– p.m
• Bus concession: The State Government gives free bus pass to all
types of blind and other disabled persons having 100 disability.
• Assistance for self employment: Haryana Financial Corporation
gives loan to all types of handicapped for starting self
employment.
• Exemption in road tax: All types of handicapped persons are
exempted from paying road tax.
• Awards/Sports/Seminars: State Government gives awards to
the best handicapped employees and the best self employed
disabled for their encouragement.

70. Schemes offered to the disabled by the Haryana Govt.
• Assistance for purchase of aids and appliances: The crippled
and orthopaedically handicapped persons get artificial limbs
and wheel chair by the State Government whose case is
recommended by a medical specialist or Chief Medical Officer.
• Other Concessions/facilities:
Welfare activities: Deaf & dumb person get vocational training
during which they get free rationing & free lodging/boarding &
medical facilities.

71. Next time u c smbdy on a wheel chair, don’t feel
pitty!!!!!
THEY MIGHT BE THE BEST OF ALL U
REMEMBER !!!!!