Welfare Schemes for Differently Abled

The Department is presently providing financial assistance under the following major schemes for the welfare of persons with disabilities.

(i) Deendayal Disabled Rehabilitation Scheme (DDRS) under which grant-in-aid is provided to NGOs running projects for the welfare of persons with disabilities.
 
(ii) Scheme of Assistance to Disabled Persons for Purchase/Fitting of Aids/Appliances (ADIP) under which grant is released to Implementing Agencies for providing aids and appliances to persons with disabilities.
 
(iii) Scheme of Implementation of Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995 (PwD Act) under which grant-in-aid is provided to State Governments and various bodies set up by the Central and State Government, including autonomous bodies and Universities, to support activities pursuant to implementation of the provisions of the PwD Act, particularly relating to rehabilitation and provision of barrier- free access.
 
The State/UTs-wise details of proposals received, grant-in-aid released and number of beneficiaries during the last three years and current year are:
 

State/UTs wise Proposals received, Grant-in-aid released and the Number of Beneficiaries under DDRS during the last three years and current year ( As on 28.11.2014)   (Rupees in lakhs)
S.No.	State/UTs	2011-12			2012-13			2013-14			2014-15( as on 28.11.2014)
		Number of Proposals Received	Sanctioned Amount	No. of Beneficiaries	Number of Proposals Received	Sanctioned Amount	No. of Beneficiaries	Number of Proposals Received	Sanctioned Amount	No. of Beneficiaries	Number of Proposals Received	Sanctioned Amount	No. of Beneficiaries
1	Andhra Pradesh	127	2487.87	30418	155	1275.50	21668	160	1538.08	20613	5	880.64	12755
2	Arunachal Pradesh	1	9.66	5482	1	0.00	0	1	20.06	1926	0	0	0
3	Assam	28	174.00	5596	30	119.75	1452	32	162.31	1908	0	77.34	1208
4	Bihar	21	137.68	1950	34	43.43	801	4	90.39	1218	8	58.78	609
5	Chattisgarh	10	54.69	581	11	11.87	216	8	80.56	984	0	8.66	295
6	Delhi	21	188.78	4333	21	137.98	2850	19	229.23	3950	0	40.15	97
7	Goa	2	0.00	0	2	11.60	201	2	3.25	108	0	10.09	170
8	Gujarat	23	49.68	35141	23	30.95	5541	56	113.80	4636	40	27.35	635
9	Haryana	26	159.14	1756	30	87.35	1213	30	273.21	10640	0	64.84	850
10	Himachal Pradesh	10	38.30	913	12	28.14	1214	14	39.54	1836	0	4.89	60
11	Jammu & Kashmir	4	15.63	152	4	3.67	54	7	3.73	50	0	20.5	310
12	Jharkhand	1	0.00	0	1	9.17	326	6	3.85	180	0	0.41	360
13	Karnataka	78	1146.63	10405	67	348.00	4650