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:
(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 | ||||||