[4] Athlete Mariyappan Thangavelu was the designated flag bearer during the opening ceremony but was later replaced by Tek Chand due to Covid-19 quarantine regulations.

[9] Avani Lekhara became the first Indian woman paralympic athlete to win a gold medal.

Sumit Antil won a gold medal in Javelin throw F64 with a new world record.

[7][8] This was Jhajharia third medal, which is the most by an Indian Para athlete in the Paralympic Games along with Joginder Singh Bedi.

Sharad Kumar (high jump T63) and Sundar Singh Gurjar (Javelin throw F46) won bronze medals.

The Paralympic Committee of India announced the final list of the athletes after the selection trials held in New Delhi.

Manish Narwal and Deepender Singh became the first shooters to qualify after winning the gold and silver medal respectively at the 2018 World Shooting Para Sport World Cup at Châteauroux and Singhraj Adhana joined them by securing a berth in the mixed pistol event.

[22] Swaroop Mahavir Unhalkar and Sidhartha Babu secured quotas in the 2019 World Shooting Para Sport Championships at Sydney.

Other shooters secured the remaining quota places at the 2021 Para Sport World Cup held in Lima.

[25][26] DNS - Did not start; DSQ- Disqualified India entered two athletes into the table tennis competition at the games.