GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT

DEPARTMENT OF EMPOWERMENT OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES

 LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION

 NO.1711    TO BE ANSWERED ON 06.03.2018

Accessible Audit under Accessible India Campaign         1711.

Dr. Shashi Tharoor:

Will the Minister of SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT be pleased to state:-

(a) the total number of important Government buildings in various States which have been subjected to accessibility audit under the Accessible India Campaign, State-wise;

(b) the total number of such buildings which are now fully accessible for persons with disabilities;

 (c) the total number of Government buildings of NCT and State Capitals which were identified to be made fully accessible under the Accessible India Campaign;

(d) the number of buildings made accessible for persons with disabilities out of the total number of buildings identified under the said campaign?

ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT (SHRI KRISHANPAL GURJAR)

(a) and (b) Under Accessible India Campaign Access Audit of 1662 buildings has been completed in various States/UTs by the auditors. State-wise list is annexed. No report has been received from States about buildings which are fully accessible for Persons with Disabilities.

( c) and (d) The total number of Government Buildings of NCT and State Capitals which were identified to be made fully accessible under the Accessible India Campaign is 1364. Out of these, 219 are Central Government buildings, test are State Government buildings. 144 Central Government buildings have been made accessible so far.

            Total                                                                                                           1662

Relevance/ Significance

Accessible India Campaign sought to make 25-50 most important Government buildings in 50 cities across India to be fully accessible by the end of 2017. It also aims at making 50% of all the government buildings of NCT and all the State Capitals fully accessible by December 2018. However, the response of the Ministers shows that the Central Government has not even asked the States to provide reports on the progress made. A total of 1364 Government buildings in NCT and State Capitals were identified to be made fully accessible, however the Centre only has data for 144 central government buildings, which is only 10% of the buildings identified.