Social Welfare Minister Nuruzzaman
Ahmed today said the registered number of disabled people of the country is
30 lakh 31 thousand and 270.
The social welfare minister said this while responding to a star-marked
question made by M Mojaffar Hossen of Jamalpur-5 at the question-answer
session which was tabled at the Jatiya Sangsad (JS) here with Speaker Dr
Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury in the chair.
Programme on registration, identifying and providing identity cards to the
disabled people at the district and upazila level across the country is going
on by the Social Welfare Department as per the Persons with Disabilities
Rights and Protection Act 2013 and Rights and Protection of Persons with
Disabilities Rules 2015.
Under the programme, he said various information including the number and
types of people with disabilities also being protected in Disability
Information System (DIS).
The registered disabled persons in the country have reached 30,31,270 till
June 12, 2023.
Source: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha