SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT WELCOME SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT PUDUCHERRY

UNION TERRITORY OF PUDUCHERRY

INTRODUCTION Pondicherry is a small Union Territory consisting of four regions namely Puducherry, Karaikal, Mahe and Yanam total population of the Union territory is 12.48 lakhs and out of it the Differently Abled population is 30189 (2.41%). The Department of Social Welfare, Differently Abled Division is implementing the welfare schemes for the Differently Abled Persons. Nearly 20952 Differently Abled Persons are getting all welfare benefits from the schemes implementing by this Department.

Before presenting the 13th review meeting the following Pending proposal with Govt. of India 1. Re-delegation of Powers of Central Co-ordination Committee to State Co-ordination Committee I. Lr.No.19018/Chief.Sectt(SW)/2011-12, dated 13.6.2011 II.Lr.No.19018/Chief.Sectt(SW)/2011-12, dated 12.6.2013 State Executive Committee has been expired during the year 2007, after the lapse of seven years no Committee has been formed. 2. Creation of Post of Commissioner I. Lr. No.11013/1/2012/SW-IV dated 25.04.2012 II. Lr.No.11013/1/2012/Wel/SW-1, dated 14.11.2013 of the Chief Secretariat(Wel), Puducherry.   3. Grant-in-aid (15,00,000/-) for strengthening of Office of the State Commissioner for Person with Disabilities Under SIPDA LR.No.27649/2013/Wel(SW-1)440, dated 03.03.20114

The person with disabilities (Equal opportunities, protection of rights and full participation) Act, 1995 notified by Govt. of India, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment and followed by U.T of Puducherry . Salient features Central co-ordination committee Appointment of Chief Commissioner for disabilities Aids and Appliances to person with disabilities Identification of posts which can be reserved for persons with disabilities Special employment exchange All educational institutes to reserve seats for person with disabilities Prevention and early detection of disabilities Certificate of registration

Implementation of the Persons with Disabilities Act,1995 with PWD Amendment Rules, 1999 Persons with Disabilities Act Notified by Govt. of Puducherry vide G.O.Ms.No.1/99-Wel SW(II) dated 8.1.1999

ISSUE OF DISABILITY CERTIFICATES Population of the UT as per Census, 2011 12.48 lacs No. of Region 4 No. of Differently Abled Persons in the UT 30189 Percentage of Differently Abled Persons population 2.41 %

YEAR WISE DETAILS OF ISSUE OF MEDICAL CERTIFICATES LOCOMOTOR DISABILITY VISUALLY IMPARED HEARING IMPAIRED MENTALLY RETARDED Screened Issued Till 2009 17396 8431 9211 2440 8622 3481 1835 1828 2010 1122 492 310 118 372 139 112 110 2011 786 366 306 73 533 255 132 2012 468 333 298 126 412 234 142 2013 719 345 246 85 512 211 2014 494 273 383 122 378 163 129 Total 20985 10240 10754 2964 10829 4483 2482 2470 As on date 23365 Nos of disability certificate were issued which covers 77.40% of the total disability population of 30189.

Region wise Total Population and Differently Abled Persons Population Disabled Population Puducherry 950289 22198 Karaikal 200222 5195 Mahe 41816 832 Yanam 55626 1964 TOtal 1247953 30189

PREVENTION AND EARLY DETECTION OF DISABILITIES

PREVENTION AND EARLY DETECTION OF DISABILITIES CAMP Every year Two Days Awareness Camps are being conducted in all regions of the Union Territory of Puducherry. Rs. 75,000/- is spent every year on such camps. Training is given to Anganwadi workers, Pregnant Women, Lactating mothers and Paramedical staff on pre-natal care and on early detection of disabilities. Measures for pre-natal and post-natal care of mother and child were taken by Health Department in co-ordination with Department of Women and Child Development. PREVENTION AND EARLY DETECTION OF DISABILITIES CAMP

EDUCATION OF THE DIFFERENTLY ABLED PERSONS Inclusive Education Statistics in Schools Physically Handicapped 270 Visually Handicapped 834 Hearing Impaired 206 Speech Impaired 73 Mentally Impaired 189 Locomotor Disability 53 Cerebral Palsy 12 Autism 14 Multiple Disability 28 Others 2 Total 1681

Special Schools available in U.T. (Govt. Sector) Sl. No. Name of the Govt. Institution Puducherry District Category No. of inmates 1. Anandha Rangapillai Govt. Special School for VH & HI, Pillaichavady Blind – 32 Deaf – 57 89 2. Home for Mentally Retarded Children MR 15 3 Home for Blind persons Blind 9 Karaikal District Special School for Visually Handicapped Children & Hearing Impaired Deaf – 28 28 Special Schools available in U.T. (Private Sector) Sl. No. Special Schools Category No. of inmates 1. Pachaiyappan Special School for Hearing Impaired Hearing Impaired 121 2. Sathya Special School Mentally Retarded 141 3. SADAY 60 4. Carunai Special School 42 5 Certh India Special School 58

No. of special educators appointed Integrated Education for the Differently Abled Children (Private Sector) No. of Schools No. of inmates No. of special educators appointed 6 65 A NGO Society for the Care and Education of the Differently Abled Persons working in this area with the congregation of the schools below: Name of the Schools: 1. Our Lady of Lourdes Boys High School. 2. Jeyrani High School, Pondicherry. 3. St. Antony’s High School, Pondicherry. 4. St. Mathias Hr. Sec. School, Uppalam. 5. St. Mary School, Karaikal. 6. Nirmala Rani Higher Secondary School, Karaikal.

Vocational Training Centres Diploma Level Education Institute Trade No. of Trainees Stipend Govt. I.T.I.(W), Pondicherry Data Entry Operator 20 Rs. 1000/- Book Binding Trade 10 Rs.1000/- Diploma Level Education Women's Polytechnic Seats earmarked for PWDs Computer Science Engineering Application not received from differently abled Students Electronics Architecture Assistantship Modern Office Practice

Benefits Extended to Differently Abled Children Free Education Free supply of Special books / Braille books Free supply of Hearing aids /callipers, Spectacles and other tools Hearing Impaired Children are exempted from taking English Language Motorized tri-cycles distribution – preference to students

Scholarship Scheme During the year 2013-14 the amount of scholarship has been enhanced for the classes from 1st STD to PG Level as in the column- II Details of Standard of the Disabled Student Old Rate per Student per year Rs. Enhanced Rate per Student per year Rs. * No. of beneficiaries for the past 5 years I to V VI to VIII IX to XII U.G P.G. /Prof. 250/- 500/- 850/- 1250/- 1700/- 1000 2000 3400 5000 6800 2009-10 - 350 2010-11 - 400 2011-12 - 340 2012-13 – 250 2013-14 – 300 * These enhanced rates are given w.e.f the academic year 2014-15

SPECIAL EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGE Special Employment Exchange for Differently abled Persons (Set up in July 2001) Registration of Physically Handicapped persons and sponsoring them against notified vacancies Spot registration has been done in rural areas with the coordination of Anganwadi staff (weekly once covering five or more centres) Awareness camp for job and skill oriented training programme are conducted periodically Career guidance is also provided by the special Employment Exchange Recently, a special employment registration camp has been conducted by the exchange in the rural areas to cover all the disabled persons of the U. T. of Puducherry..

DETAILS OF THE REGISTRANTS OF PH CANDIDATES REGIONWISE REPORT AS ON 31/12/2011 Sl. No. Disability Category Puducherry Karaikal Mahe Yanam 1. Ortho Male Female Total 1087 660 1747 140 85 225 13 9 21 23 8 31 2. Visually Handicapped 140 50 190 18 5 23 4 3 7 3 1 4 3. Hearing Impaired 40 20 60 20 9 29 - - - 1 2 3 4. Deaf & Dumb 110 50 160 11 7 18 2 2 2 4 Total 2157 295 30 42

Achievements towards employment for PWDs: 3 % reservation is given in Government employment. A Review meetings with all Heads of Departments was also convened under the Chairmanship of the Hon’ble Welfare Minister to review the implementation of 3 % reservation. As an impact to the complaint U/S 59 of PWD Act, made by Miss S. VISHALOU, a Visually Handicapped, was offered appointment as ‘LANGUAGE TEACHER’ in the Education Department under PH Quota. 10 years relaxation in upper age limit in Government employment. U.T. of Puducherry is adopting the same list of jobs identified by Government of India for all Group A, B, C and D posts. State Executive Committee has also passed a resolution to this effect. The O.M. dated 29.12.2005 and 26.4.2006 of DP&T, New Delhi, which speak about computation of reservation and maintenance of rosters have been communicated to all Heads of Departments of this U.T. for effective, procedural and strict implementation.

Review meeting under the Chairmanship of the Secretary (Welfare)-cum- Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities, Puducherry, was held with the other department heads of the U.T. and instructions regarding maintenance of rosters with regards to 3% reservation for the PWDs in Employment and adherence to the PwD Act, 1995 were issued strictly. Latest meeting was convened on 27-5-2014 under the chairmanship of Secretary Welfare to fill up the back log vacancies by conducting special drive.

PROVISION / FITMENT OF ASSISTIVE DEVICES AFFIRMATIVE ACTION PROVISION / FITMENT OF ASSISTIVE DEVICES No. Unit of Devices 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 1. Orthosis (Calliper) -- --- 2. Prosthesis (a) Upper Limb (b) Lower Limb ---- 3. Axilla Crutches 15 11 4. Elbow Crutches 14 5. Hearing Aid Machines 105 85 89 6. Ear Mould 120 110 50 7. Braille Sticks 10 8 8. Walking Stick 9 9. Tri-Cycles 5 4 10. Braille Watches 100 11. Sun Glasses 25 12. Wheel chair Total 410 246 189

VARIOUS WELFARE SCHEMES FOR EASY TRANSPORTATION OF DIFFERENTLY ABLED PERSONS

TRANSPORT ALLOWANCES TO DIFFERENTLY ABLED PERSONS AT THE RATE OF RS TRANSPORT ALLOWANCES TO DIFFERENTLY ABLED PERSONS AT THE RATE OF RS.100/- PER MONTH Year No. of beneficiaries Amount Spent Rs. 2010-11 2226 25.28 lakhs 2011-12 2535 30.42 lakhs 2012-13 2013-14 2997 35.33 lakhs

Free bus passes issued to Differently Abled persons Year No. of beneficiaries 2010-11 700 2011-12 2012-13 650 2013-14 57 Supply of Invalid Motorised Tri Cycle to Locomotor Differently Abled persons Year No. of beneficiaries 2010-11 155 2011-12 NIL 2012-13 103 2013-14 57

Subsidy upto 50% of fuel expenses incurred by Differently Abled persons for the Motorcycle owned by them. Subsidy upto 50% of fuel expenses incurred by Differently Abled persons for the motorised tricycles issued by the department.

The Director of Social Welfare RECOGNITION OF INSTITUTIONS FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES UNDER SECTION 50 OF PwD ACT, 1995 Competent Authority under Section 50 to recognise Institutions for Persons with Disabilities The Director of Social Welfare 1, Saradhambal Nagar Puducherry 605 005 Phone: 0413-2206812 Fax : 0413-2205871 E.Mail: socwel.pon@nic.in

No. of Institution issued Recognised under Section 50 of PWD Act, 1995 1. Rajiv Gandhi Home for Handicapped 2. Sathya Special School 3. Pachaiappan School for Hearing Impaired 4. Carunnai School for Mentally Challenged 5. SADAY Integrated Rehabilitation & Development Centre Baby Sarah home for Mentally Retarded Children Jwala Home for Mentally Retarded persons Rainbow Home for Mentally Challenged persons. Mother Trust for Mentally Illness and De-addiction Certh India Special School for Exceptional Children Cluny Navajeevan Centre for the Mentally Challenged Children, Karaikal 13. Uma Educational and Technical Society, Yanam

List of NGOs working for Differently Abled Persons in the U.T. The Jwala Home for Mental Peace, Ariyankuppam The Vidya Day Care Centre, Thattanchavady. The Anbu Nilayam, Reddiyarpalayam. The SADAY- Special School for M.H., Pondicherry. The Mother Rehabilitation Centre for Children The Rehabilitation of Disabled in India, Pondicherry. Carunnai Society for Education Research & Rehabilitation of the Mentally Challenged, Reddiyarpalayam. Sathya Special School, Pondicherry. Certh India (Apsara). Baby Sarah- Home for MR, Ariyankuppam

Secretary to Government (Social Welfare), Chief Secretariat, Ex-Officio Commissioner for persons with Disabilities under Sect 62 of the PwD Act Mr. Vivek Pandey, I.A.S, Secretary to Government (Social Welfare), Chief Secretariat, Puducherry.

BUDGET ALLOCATION FOR THE DISABLED Financial Year Amount 2010 - 11 Rs. 30,00,00,000 2011 -12 Rs. 32,00,00,000 2012 - 13 Rs. 36,00,00,000 2013 - 14 Rs. 35,18,00,000 Total budget allocation of the Social Welfare Department for the year 2013-14 is Rs.51 Crores out of which Rs.35 Crores had been spent for the Welfare measures of the Differently Abled Persons it covers 69 %.

WELFARE SCHEMES IMPLEMENTED FOR DIFFERENTLY ABLED PERSONS IN U.T. OF PUDUCHERRY MONTHLY FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO DIFFERENTLY ABLED PERSONS Disability Range Assistance paid per month No. of beneficiaries 40% - 65% Rs. 1100/- 11,881 66% - 85% Rs. 1400/- 5,315 86%-100% Rs. 1750/- 3,756 Total 20,952

Grant of Incentive for marriage between both Differently Abled Persons SUPPLY OF DHOTIES AND SAREES TO DIFFERENTLY ABLED PERSONS Year Male Female Total 2012-13 8766 7980 16746 2013-14 8637 9815 18452 Grant of Incentive for Marriage between Differently abled and Normal persons Incentive Extended No. of Beneficiaries 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 Rs. 25,000/- per couple 65 55 60 51 Grant of Incentive for marriage between both Differently Abled Persons Incentive Extended No. of Beneficiaries 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 Rs. 50,000/- per couple --- 2 4

Grant of Incentive for marriage between both Differently Abled Persons Grant of Incentive for Marriage between Differently abled and Normal persons

INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR THE DIFFERENTLY ABLED PERSONS Every year on 3rd December, International Day is celebrated in all the four regions of Puducherry. CELEBRATION OF INTERNATIONAL DAY

CELEBRATION OF INTERNATIONAL DAY SPORTS DAY

ANNUAL TOUR PROGRAMME FOR THE DIFFERENTLY ABLED PERSONS FREE SUPPLY OF RICE EVERY DISABLED BENEFICIARIY IS PROVIDED WITH 15 KG OF RICE PER MONTH. ANNUAL TOUR PROGRAMME FOR THE DIFFERENTLY ABLED PERSONS 300 DIFFERENTLY ABLED PERSONS OF ALL CATEGORIES ARE TAKEN FOR TOUR PROGRAMME FOR A MINIMUM OF FOUR DAYS. THIS OPPORTUNITY IS PROVIDED TO EACH, ONCE IN TEN YEARS ABLING EVERY DIFFERENTLY ABLED PERSON TO HAVE A CHANCE.

ANNUAL TOUR PROGRAMME FOR THE DIFFERENTLY ABLED PERSONS EX- GRATIA TO DECEASED DIFFERENTLY ABLED PERSONS Funeral expenses for the Deceased Differently Abled Person for an amount of Rs.2,000/- has been enhanced to Rs.5,000/- during the financial year 2013-14

STATE AWARDS STATE AWARD FOR DIFFERENTLY ABLED PERSONS Best Physically Handicapped employee (one each in Ortho, Blind & Hearing Impaired) 1. Cash Award Rs. 10,000/- 2. Citation

Best Individual working for the welfare of the Disabled: Cash Award Rs. 15,000/- Citation Best Institution working for the Disabled 1. Cash Award Rs. 25,000/- 2. Citation Award for meritorious blind students who are obtaining first three ranks in SSLC @ Rs.15,000/-,Rs.10,000/- and Rs.5,000/ respectively.

NEW WELFARE SCHEMES PROPOSED TO BE IMPLEMENTED Grant of Financial Assistance of Rs.500/- per month to the parents of the mentally challenged children. Welfare Board for Physically Challenged persons Supply of Cell phone to the Visually Handicapped persons at free of cost Re-imbursement of cost of operations for physically handicapped persons especially polio affected, cleft palate, ear operations and cataract etc. Supply of Rain coat to Physically Challenged persons

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