Parl Panel flags shortfall in achieving even 25% of skill development targets under action plan for persons with disabilities

​Depa tme t
of
Empowe me t
of
Pe so s
with
Disabilities

NEW
DELHI:
The
pa liame ta y
sta di g
committee
o
social
justice
a d
empowe me t
has
b ought
i to
focus
the
failu e
of
the
Natio al
Actio
Pla
fo
Skill
Developme t
of
Pe so s
with
Disabilities
(NAP-SDP)
to
meet
setout
ta gets
a d
highlighted
that
the
co ti ued
sho tfall
i
achievi g
eve
25%
of
the
set
ta gets
is
a
matte
of
se ious
co ce .The
pa el
i
its
latest
epo t
tabled
i
Pa liame t
o
Mo day
yet
agai
aised
the
issue
which
it
had
flagged
i
its
ea lie
epo t
i
Ma ch
sayi g
that
the
pe fo ma ce
of
the
actio
pla
emai ed
sig ifica tly
below
the
set
ta gets
ove
the
last
th ee
yea s.I
the
epo t
o
the
actio
take
by
the
gove me t
o
the
obse vatio s
a d
ecomme datio s
made
i
Ma ch
o
‘Dema ds
fo
G a ts
(2026-27)’
of
the
Depa tme t
of
Empowe me t
of
Pe so s
with
Disabilities,
the
pa el
said
that
it
has
ot
accepted
the
eply
of
the
govt
o
NAP-SDP
a d
added
that
it
equi es
eite atio .The
Committee,
i
its
o igi al
epo t,
had
obse ved
with
co ce
that
u de
the
(NAP-SDP)
the
pe fo ma ce
data
eveals
a
wide i g
gap.
Agai st
a
ta get
of
17,000
i
2023–24,
the
Depa tme t
t ai ed
9,333
be eficia ies;
this
fell
sha ply
to
836
t ai ees
agai st
a
ta get
of
15,000
i
2024–25.
Though
highe
tha
the
p evious
yea
i
2025-2026
as
of
Ja ua y
2,264
be eficia ies
we e
t ai ed
agai st
a
ta get
of
10,000.

The
pa el
chai ed
by
BJP
MP
i
Lok
Sabha
PC
while
ack owledgi g
the
admi ist ative
challe ges
posed
by
the
t a sitio
to
the
PM
DAKSH-DEPwD
po tal
a d
the
Hyb id
T easu y
Si gle
Accou t
(TSA)
model,
had
said
that
the
co ti ued
sho tfall
i
achievi g
eve
25%
of
the
set
ta gets
was
cited
as
a
matte
of
se ious
co ce .With
the
ewly
a ou ced
Divya gja
Kaushal
Yoja a,
the
Committee
ecomme ded
that
the
Depa tme t
adopt
a
mo e
obust,
i dust y-li ked
app oach
to
b idge
the
gap
betwee
t ai i g
a d
gai ful
employme t.
“It
is
esse tial
that
the
Depa tme t
p io itize
the
placeme t
of
ce tified
t ai ees
by
st e gthe i g
pa t e ships
with
p ivate
employe s
a d
e su i g
that
t ai i g
modules
emai
alig ed
with
cu e t
ma ket
dema ds,”
the
committee
had
ecomme ded.

The
Committee
had
fu the
suggested
that
the
ta gets
fo
the
2026–27
fiscal
yea
be
mo ito ed
qua te ly
to
e su e
that
the
t a sitio
to
the
ew
Yoja a
esults
i
a
measu able
imp oveme t
i
both
the
umbe
of
be eficia ies
t ai ed
a d
thei
subseque t
placeme t
i
sustai able
employme t.The
Depa tme t
of
Empowe me t
of
Pe so s
with
Disabilities
i
its
eply
to
the
Commissio
dated
Ju e
18
said
that
“the
ecomme datio s
of
the
Committee
have
bee
oted”.
“The
ew
skilli g
scheme
is
bei g
desig ed
to
add ess
dive se
skilli g
eeds
a d
aspi atio s
of
all
types
of
Pe so s
with
Disabilities,
th ough
i dust y-li ked
a d
outcome-based
livelihood
models.
The
Depa tme t
e visages
to
egula ly
mo ito
a d
eview
the
scheme.”