1. SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT
WELCOME
SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT
PUDUCHERRY

2. UNION TERRITORY OF
PUDUCHERRY

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

5. 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)/ , dated
II.Lr.No.19018/Chief.Sectt(SW)/ , dated
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
II. Lr.No.11013/1/2012/Wel/SW-1, dated 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

6. 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

7. 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. 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 %

9. 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 Nos of disability certificate were issued which covers 77.40% of the total disability population of

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

11. PREVENTION AND EARLY DETECTION OF DISABILITIES

12. 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

13. 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

14. 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

15. 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: 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.

16. 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

17. 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

18. Scholarship Scheme
During the year 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
– 250
– 300
* These enhanced rates are given w.e.f the academic year

19. 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..

20. 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 2.
Visually
Handicapped 3.
Hearing Impaired 20 9 29 - 3 4.
Deaf & Dumb 2
Total
2157
295 30 42

21. 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 and 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.

22. 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 under the chairmanship of Secretary Welfare to fill up the back log vacancies by conducting special drive.

23. PROVISION / FITMENT OF ASSISTIVE DEVICES
AFFIRMATIVE ACTION
PROVISION / FITMENT OF ASSISTIVE DEVICES
No.
Unit of Devices 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

24. VARIOUS WELFARE SCHEMES FOR EASY TRANSPORTATION OF DIFFERENTLY ABLED PERSONS

25. 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.
2226
25.28 lakhs
2535
30.42 lakhs
2997
35.33 lakhs

26. Free bus passes issued to Differently Abled persons
Year
No. of beneficiaries
700
650 57
Supply of Invalid Motorised Tri Cycle to Locomotor Differently Abled persons
Year
No. of beneficiaries
155
NIL
103 57

27. 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.

28. 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
Phone:
Fax :
E.Mail:

29. No. of Institution issued Recognised under Section 50 of PWD Act, 1995
1. Rajiv Gandhi Home for Handicapped
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

30. 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

31. 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.

32. BUDGET ALLOCATION FOR THE DISABLED
Financial Year
Amount
Rs. 30,00,00,000
Rs. 32,00,00,000
Rs. 36,00,00,000
Rs. 35,18,00,000
Total budget allocation of the Social Welfare Department for the year 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 %.

33. 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

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

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

36. 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

37. CELEBRATION OF INTERNATIONAL DAY
SPORTS DAY

38. 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.

39. 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

40. 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

41. 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 Rs.15,000/-,Rs.10,000/- and Rs.5,000/ respectively.

42. 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

43. Thanks