Lok Sabha Question No. 835 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-02-07
Subject: Welfare Schemes for Senior Citizens
Ministry: SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
Asked by: DHARMENDRA YADAV, ANANDRAO  ADSUL, PRITAM GOPINATH MUNDE, Shrirang Appa Barne, SHIVAJI ADHALRAO PATIL, SHRIKANT EKNATH SHINDE, VINAYAK BHAURAO RAUT

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 835 TO BE ANSWERED ON 07.02.2017

## WELFARE SCHEMES FOR SENIOR CITIZENS

835. SHRI DHARMENDRA YADAV: SHRI ANANDRAO ADSUL: DR. PRITAM GOPINATH MUNDE: SHRI SHRIRANG APPA BARNE: SHRI ADHALRAO PATIL SHIVAJIRAO: DR. SHRIKANT EKNATH SHINDE: SHRI VINAYAK BHAURAO RAUT:

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

- (a) the population of senior citizens in absolute and percentage terms in the country, State-wise;
- (b) the funds  allocated and  expenditure   incurred welfare schemes for  senior citizens during the last three years and the current year; Scheme-wise;
- (c) whether the Government has not spent any amount on awareness generation for maintenance and welfare of parents and senior citizens, setting up of national commission for senior citizens, up of helpline for senior citizens at district level or at national level, creation of national trust for and implementation of national policy for senior citizens in the Financial Year 2016-17; setting aged
- (d) if the reasons therefor; and
- (e the steps taken by the Government for effective implementation of national policy for senior citizens?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT (SHRI VIJAY SAMPLA)

(a)Data regarding the population of Senior citizens in absolute and percentage terms in the country State-wise as per Census 2011 and as compiled  from the data available on the website of Registrar General of India (http: /www censusindia gov.in/20Hcensus/Cseries/C-I4.html) is at Annexure-I

- (b)The Ministry of Social Justice   and  Empowerment is  implementing a Central Sector Scheme of Integrated Programme for Older Persons (IPOP) under which grants-in-aid are given for running and maintenance of, inter-alia, Old Homes, Mobile Medicare   Units, Multi   Facility Care Centre for Older Widows etc. The main objective of the Scheme is to improve the quality of life of Older Persons by providing basic amenities like shelter, food, medical care and entertainment opportunities etc  Implementing agencies  eligible for assistance are   Panchayati Raj   Institutions/Local Bodies; Non-Governmental Voluntary Organizations, Institutions or Organizations set up by Government as autonomous/subordinate bodies, Government Recognized Educational Age Day

Institutions, and  Recognized Youth Organizations such as Nehru Yuvak   Kendra   Sangathan   (NYKS) and in exceptional cases the State Governments/UT administrations. The data regarding funds released under the Scheme of IPOP 2013-14,2014-15,2015-16 and 2016-17 (upto 25.01.2017) is given below:during

| Year                     |   Allocation Rs.in crores; |       |
|--------------------------|----------------------------|-------|
| 2016-17(upto 25.01.2017) |                         37 | 29.36 |
| 2015-16                  |                         55 | 27.58 |
| 2014-15                  |                         50 | 14.99 |
| 2013-14                  |                         50 | 15.56 |

As per information received from Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, that Ministry had launched the "National Programme for the Health Care of Elderly" (NPHCE) during 2010-11 to address various health related problems of elderly people. The major objectives of the NPHCE are establishment of Department of Geriatric in identified Medical Institutions as Regional  Geriatric Centres for different regions of the country and to provide  dedicated health  facilities in District Hospitals, Community Health Centres (CHCs), Primary Health Centres   (PHCs) and Sub-Centres (SCs) Health   Society. Following facilities are provided under the Programme: being

- Geriatric OPD, 30 bedded Geriatric ward for in-patient care, etc at Regional Geriatric Centres,
- Geriatric OPD and 10 bedded Geriatric Ward at District Hospitals.
- Weekly Geriatric Clinic at Primary Health Centre (PHCs).
- Bi-weekly Geriatric Clinic at Community Health Centres (CHCs)
- Provision of Aids and Appliances at Sub-centres

In addition, that Ministry is supporting the development of two National Centres of Ageing-one in AIIMS, Ansari New Delhi and another in Madras Medical College, Chennai under tertiary component of the programme. The details of the fund released and utilized in different  States/UTs  during the last three and current year, are at Annexure-II and Annexure -III: Nagar; years

As per   information received from Ministry of Rural  Development Old Pension is provided under Indira Gandhi National Old Age Pension Scheme (IGNOAPS), the eligible age for IGNOAPS is 60 years. The pension is Rs. 200 p.m. for persons between 60-79 years and belonging to below poverty line (BPL) household and as per the criteria prescribed by Government of India: Age

After attaining the age of 80 years, the beneficiary starts getting & pension of Rs. 500/per month. The funds released to States/UTs under Indira Gandhi National Old Pension Scheme (IGNOAPS); is as under: Age

| Year                |   Allocation/Release(Rs. in crores) |
|---------------------|-------------------------------------|
| 2016-17(as on date) |                             4751.61 |
| 2015-16             |                             5562.69 |
| 2014-15             |                             4180.98 |

(c ) & (d) As per the recommendations of meeting of the Standing Finance Committee (SFC) in the Ministry f Social justice and Empowerment the following Schemes were merged with the different components of the already existing Scheme of IPOP:-

- i) Awareness Generation for the   Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and
2. ii) Setting up of Helpline for Senior Citizens at National Level
3. iii) Setting up of Helpline for Senior Citizens at District Level
4. iv) Scheme for implementation of the New National Policy on Senior Citizens;

The Scheme of "Setting up of National Trust for the Aged" was dropped, in view of the proposal for setting up of Senior Citizens Welfare Fund and the Scheme of "Setting up of National Commission for Senior Citizens' was dropped in view of the proposal  for strengthening of the existing National Council of Senior Citizens. Therefore, the question of incurring any expenditure on the above Schemes in 201617 does not arise.

(e) The   existing  National   Policy on was announced  in 1999 to reaffirm the commitment of the Government to ensure the well being of the older persons. Keeping in view the changing demographic pattern, socio-economic needs of the senior citizens, social value system and advancement in the field of science and technology over the last decade, a new National Policy for Senior Citizens is under finalization to replace the NPOP-1999.

Population of Senior Citizens in absolute and percentage terms in the country, as per census 2011 (StateUT wise)

| SLNo   | Name of the State/UT      | Total population of States/UTs as per Census 2011   | Total population of Senior Citizens (60+) in the 2011   | Percentage of Senior Citizens in the States/UTs   |
|--------|---------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|
|        | JAMMU & KASHMIR           | 1,25,41,302                                         | 9.22.656                                                |                                                   |
| 2      | HIMACHAL PRADESH          | 68,64,602                                           | 7,03,009                                                | 10.24                                             |
| 3      | PUNJAB                    |                                                     | 28,65,817                                               | 10.33                                             |
|        | CHANDIGARH                | 10,55,450                                           | 67,078                                                  | 6.36                                              |
| 5      | UTTARAKHAND               |                                                     | 9,00,809                                                | 8.93                                              |
|        | HARYANA                   | 2,53,51,462                                         | 21,93,755                                               | 8.65                                              |
| 6      | NCT OF DELHI              | 1,67,87,941                                         | 1147.445                                                | 6.83                                              |
| 8      | RAJASTHAN                 | 6,85,48,437                                         | 5112,138                                                | 7.46                                              |
| 9      | UTTAR PRADESH             | 19,98,12,.341                                       | 154,39.904                                              | 7.73                                              |
| 10     | BIHAR                     |                                                     | 77,07,145                                               | 7.40                                              |
| 11     | SIKKIM                    | 6,10,577                                            | 40,752                                                  | 6.67                                              |
| 12     | ARUNACHAL PRADESH         | 13,83,727                                           | 63,639                                                  | 4.60                                              |
| 13     | NAGALAND                  | 19,78,502                                           |                                                         | 5.19                                              |
| 14     | MANIPUR                   | 28,55,794                                           | 2,00,020                                                | 7.00                                              |
| 15     | MIZORAM                   |                                                     | 68,628                                                  | 6.25                                              |
| 16     | TRIPURA                   | 36,73,917                                           | 2.89,544                                                | 7.88                                              |
| 17     | MEGHALAYA                 | 29,66,889                                           | 1,38,902                                                | 4.68                                              |
| 18     | ASSAM                     | 3,12,05,576                                         | 20,78,544                                               | 6.66                                              |
| 19     | WEST BENGAL               |                                                     | 77.42,382                                               |                                                   |
| 20     | JHARKHAND                 | 3,29.88,134                                         | 23,56,678                                               | 7.14                                              |
| 21     | ODISHA                    | 4,19,74,218                                         | 39,84,448                                               | 9.49                                              |
| 22     | CHHATTISHGARH             | 2,55,45,498                                         | 20,03,909                                               | 7.84                                              |
| 23     | MADHYA PRADESH            | 326,26,809                                          | 57,13,316                                               | 7.87                                              |
| 24     | GUJARAT                   | 6,04,39,692                                         | 47,86,559                                               | 7.92                                              |
| 25     | DAMAN & DIU               | 2,43,247                                            | 11,361                                                  | 4.67                                              |
| 26     | DADRA & NAGAR HA VELI     | 3,43,709                                            | 13,892                                                  | 4.04                                              |
| 27     | MAHARASHTRA               |                                                     |                                                         | 9.88                                              |
| 28     | ANDHRA PRADESH            | 8,45,80,777                                         | 82,78,241                                               |                                                   |
| 29     | KARNATAKA                 | 6,10,95.297                                         | 57,91,032                                               | 9.48                                              |
| 30     | GOA                       | 14,58,545                                           | 163.495                                                 | 11.21                                             |
| 31     | LAKSHADWEEP               | 64,473                                              | 5,270                                                   | 8.17                                              |
| 32     | KERALA                    | 3,34,06,061                                         |                                                         | 12.55                                             |
| 33     | TAMILNADU                 |                                                     | 75.09.758                                               | 10.41                                             |
| 34     | PUDUCHERRY                | 12,47,953                                           | 120.436                                                 | 9.65                                              |
| 35     | ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLANDS | 3,80,581                                            | 25,424                                                  | 6.68                                              |
|        |                           | L21,08,54,977                                       | 10,38.49,040                                            | 8.58                                              |

Note; - Population of the State of Telangana is included in the population of the State of undivided Andhra Pradesh.

Annexure Annexure referred to in reply to part(b) of Lok Sabha unstarred question No-835 to be answered on 07.02.2017

Note: From 2015-16 onwards funds were allocated under NCD Flexible Pool by NHM for Five programmes and expenditure pertains to NPHCE only:

|                               |                              |             |                              |             |                     |             | Rs. in Crore 2016-17*   | Rs. in Crore 2016-17*   |
|-------------------------------|------------------------------|-------------|------------------------------|-------------|---------------------|-------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
| Si: Name of State No          | 2013-14 Allocation/ Releases | Utilization | 2014-15 Allocation/ Releases | Utilization | 2015-16* Allocation | Utilization | Allocation              | Utilization             |
| Andaman & Nicobar Island      | 0.00                         | 0.00        | 0.00                         | 0.00        | 0.73                |             | 1.21                    | 0.00                    |
| Andhra Pradesh                | 0.00                         | 0.01        | 0.00                         | 0.00        | 17.66               |             | 17.49                   | 0.00                    |
| Arunachal 3 Pradesh           | 0.00                         | 0.00        | 0.00                         | 0.00        | 7.81                |             | 7.81                    | 0.02                    |
| Assam                         | 0.00                         | 1.29        | 1.42                         | 0.54        | 44.44               | 1.18        | 44.44                   | 0.94                    |
| 5 Bihar                       | 0.00                         | 0.83        | 1.50                         | 0.84        | 36.43               | 0.18        | 36.08                   | 0.05                    |
| 6 Chandigarh                  | 0.00                         | 0.00        | 0.00                         | 0.00        | 0.25                |             | 0.42                    | 0.00                    |
| Chhattisgarh                  | 0.51                         | 1.21        | 0.99                         | 1.27        | 14.99               | 0.26        | 14.85                   | 1.17                    |
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli          | 0.00                         | 0.00        | 0.00                         | 0.00        | 0.66                | 0.15        | 1.09                    | 0.13                    |
| 9 Daman & Diu                 | 0.00                         | 0.00        | 0.24                         | 0.00        | 0.47                |             | 0.78                    | 0.00                    |
| 10 Delhi                      | 0.00                         | 0.00        | 0.00                         | 0.00        | 4.05                |             | 6.72                    | 0.00                    |
| 11 Goa                        | 0.00                         | 0.00        | 0.00                         | 0.00        | 0.47                |             | 0.46                    | 0.00                    |
| 12 Gujarat                    | 0.00                         | 1.00        | 2.16                         | 2.31        | 21.53               | 1.91        | 21.32                   | 1,02                    |
|                               | 0.00                         | 1.34        | 0.78                         | 0.49        |                     | 0.68        | 7.6                     | 0.39                    |
| Himachal 14 Pradesh           | 0.00                         | 0.19        | 0.12                         | 0.68        | 6.55                | 0.47        | 6.48                    | 0.16                    |
| Jammu & 15 |Kashmir      | 0.00                         | 1.27        | 0.00                         | 0.85        | 14.73               | 0.91        | 14.59                   | 0.37                    |
| 16 Jharkhand                  | 0.00                         | 0.18        | 1.11                         | 0.56        | 15.26               |             | 15.11                   | 0.32                    |
| 17 |Karnataka            | 0.00                         | 1.58        | 1.71                         | 0.16        | 21.56               | 0.92        | 21.34                   | 0.63                    |
| 18 |Kerala               | 0.00                         | 1.23        | 1.50                         | 7.50        | 9.33                | 0.76        | 9.24                    |                         |
| 19 Lakshadweep                | 0.00                         | 0.00        | 0.96                         | 0.11        | 0.12                | 0.25        | 0.21                    | 0.004                   |
| 20]Madhya Pradesh             | 0.00                         | 2.37        | 2.15                         | 0.82        | 35.75               | 1.05        | 35.4                    | 0.24                    |
| 21 |Maharashtra          | 0.00                         | 1.45        | 2.04                         | 2.39        | 38.05               | 1.86        | 37.68                   | 0.32                    |
| 22 Manipur 23 |Meghalaya | 0.00 0.00                    | 0.00 0.00   | 0.00 0.00                    | 0.00 0.00   | 5.00 5.31           | 0.60        | 5.00 5.31               | 0.00 0.00               |
|                               | 0.00                         |             |                              |             |                     |             |                         |                         |
| 24 Mizoram                    |                              | 0.00        | 1.19                         | 0.00        | 2.85                | 0.07        | 2.85                    | 0.25                    |
| 25 Nagaland                   | 0.00                         | 0.00        | 0.00                         | 0.00        | 3.66                |             | 3.66                    | 0.00                    |
| 26 |Odisha               | 0.34                         | 3.54        | 1.16                         | 1.41        | 19.74               | 0.81        | 19.55                   | 0.43                    |
| 27 Pudducherry                | 0.00                         | 0.00        | 0.00                         | 0.00        | 0.31                |             | 0.52                    | 0.001                   |
| 28]Punjab 29 Rajasthan        | 0.00                         | 1.71 0.64   | 1.11                         | 0.48        | 8.43                | 0.82        | 8.35                    | 0.02                    |
|                               | 0.31                         |             | 0.87                         | 0.86        | 36.05               | 8.26        | 35.7                    | 3.42                    |
|                               | 0.00                         | 0.00        |                              | 0.00        | 1.27                |             |                         | 0.09 0.00               |
| 31 Tamil Nadu                 | 0.00                         | 0.43        | 0.44                         |             |                     | 0.51        | 1.27                    | 0.00                    |
| 32 ]Tripura                   | 0.00                         | 0.00        | 0.004 0.00                   | 0.00 0.00   | 21.66               |             | 21.45 5.32              |                         |
| 33 |Uttar Pradesh        | 0.00                         | 1.89        | 0.00                         | 0.00        | 72.51               | 6.28        | 71.81                   | 2.59                    |
|                               | 0.00                         | 0.94        | 0.00                         | 0.11        |                     |             |                         |                         |
| 34 |Uttarakhand          |                              | 0.89        |                              |             | 8.99                |             | 8.9                     | 0.00                    |
| 35 JWest Bengal               | 0.00 0.00                    | 0.00        | 1.50 0.00                    | 0.19 0.00   | 25.09 12.63         | 0.24        | 24.85 12.5              | 0.12 0.00               |
| 36 ]Telangana Total           | 1.16                         | 23.99       | 22.95                        | 21.57       | 527.33              | 28.17       | 527.36                  | 13.97                   |

## Annexure referred to in reply to part(b) of Lok Sabha unstarred question No-835 to be answered on 07.02.2017

| Name of the Scheme:   | Name of the Scheme:                                                |                       |         | National Programme for Health Care of the Elderly_   | National Programme for Health Care of the Elderly_   | National Programme for Health Care of the Elderly_   | National Programme for Health Care of the Elderly_   | National Programme for Health Care of the Elderly_   | National Programme for Health Care of the Elderly_   |
|-----------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------|---------|------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|
|                       |                                                                    | 2013-14               | 2013-14 | 2014-15                                              | 2014-15                                              | 2015-16                                              | 2015-16                                              | Rs. in Crore 2016-17                                 | Rs. in Crore 2016-17                                 |
| No.                   | Name of Institute                                                  | Allocatio n/ Releases |         | Utilizatio | Allocation/R eleases               | Utilization                                          | Allocation/R eleases                                 | Utilization as on 31.03.2016                         | Allocation/ Releases                                 | Utilization as on 30.09.2016                         |
|                       | RGCs                                                               |                       |         |                                                      |                                                      |                                                      |                                                      |                                                      |                                                      |
|                       | Govt: Medical College, (Tiruvananthapuram, Kerala                  | 0.00                  | 0.00    | 0.00                                                 | 0.00                                                 | 0.001                                                | 0.00                                                 | 0.00                                                 | 0.00                                                 |
| 2                     | Intt: Of Medical Sciences, BHU,UP                                  | 0.00                  | 0.09    | 0.00                                                 | 0.52                                                 | 0.00                                                 | 0,37                                                 | 1,25                                                 | 0.16                                                 |
|                       | IGuwahati Medical College, Guwahati, Assam                         | 0.00                  | 1.23    | 0.00                                                 | 0.71                                                 | 0.00                                                 | 0.56                                                 | 0.88                                                 | 0.33                                                 |
|                       | S.N Medical College IJodhpur, Rajasthan                            | 0.00                  | 0,00    | 0.00                                                 | 0.00                                                 | 0.50                                                 | 0.00                                                 | 0.00                                                 | 0.46                                                 |
|                       | Madras Medical College Chennai,Tamil Nadu                          | 0.00                  | 2.76    | 0.00                                                 | 0.05                                                 | 0.50                                                 | 0.07                                                 | 0.50                                                 | 0.00                                                 |
|                       | Grants Medical College & JJ Hospital, Mumbai ,                     | 0.00                  | 1.53    | 0.00                                                 | 0.54                                                 | 0.50                                                 | 0.27                                                 | 0.00                                                 | 0.00                                                 |
|                       | Maharashtr Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Science, Srinagar , | 0.00                  | 0.65    | 0.00                                                 | 0.30                                                 | 0.50                                                 | 0.00                                                 | 0.001                                                | 0.00                                                 |
|                       | &k All India Institute of Medical Science, New Delhi               | 0,00                  | 0.64    | 0.00                                                 | 0.00                                                 | 0.00                                                 | 0.001                                                | 0.00                                                 | 0.00                                                 |
|                       | Gandhi Medical College,                                            | 0.00                  | 0.00    | 0.00                                                 | 0.00                                                 | 1.00                                                 | 0.00                                                 | 2.47                                                 | 0.00                                                 |
| 10                    | Bhopal Kolkata Medical College, Kolkata                            |                       | 0.00    | 0,00                                                 | 0,00                                                 | 1.00                                                 | 0.00                                                 | 2.47                                                 | 0.00                                                 |
|                       | Nizam' s Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad                  | 0.00                  | 0.00    | 0.00                                                 | 0.00                                                 | 1.00                                                 | 0.00                                                 | 2.47                                                 | 0.001                                                |
| 11 12                 | S.CB Medical Cuttack College,                                      | 0.00                  | 0.00    | 0.001                                                | 0.00                                                 | 1.00                                                 | 0.00                                                 | 2.47                                                 | 0.00                                                 |
|                       | King George' $ Medical 13 UniversityLucknow                        | 0.00                  | 0.00    | 0.00                                                 | 0.00                                                 |                                                      | 0.00                                                 | 2.47                                                 | 0,00                                                 |
|                       | Rajendra Institute of Medical Sclences, Ranchi                     | 0.00                  | 0.00    | 0.00                                                 | 0.00                                                 | 0.00                                                 | 0.00                                                 | 3.47                                                 | 0.00                                                 |
|                       | 14 Bangalore Medical College & Research Institute,                 | 0.00                  | 0.00    | 0.00                                                 | 0.001                                                | 0.00                                                 | 0.00                                                 | 3.47                                                 | 0.00                                                 |
| 15 16                 | Bengaluru Ahmadabad                                                | 0.00                  | 0.00    | 0.00                                                 | 0.00                                                 | 0.00                                                 | 0.00                                                 |                                                      | 0.00                                                 |
| 17                    | Government Medical CollegeNagpur                                   | 0.00                  | 0.001   | 0.00                                                 | 0.00                                                 |                                                      | 0.00                                                 |                                                      | 0.00                                                 |
|                       | Arartala Medical College,                                          | 0.00                  | 0.00    | 0.00                                                 | 0.00                                                 | 0.00                                                 | 0.00                                                 | 3.47                                                 | 0.00                                                 |
| 19                    | Patna Medical College,                                             | 0.00                  | 0.001   | 0.00                                                 | 0.00                                                 | 0.00                                                 | 0.00                                                 |                                                      | 0.00                                                 |
|                       | Patna Rajendra Prasad Government Medical Himachal Pradesh College; | 0.00                  | 0.00    | 0.00                                                 | 0,00                                                 | 0.00                                                 | 0.00                                                 |                                                      | 0.00                                                 |
| 20                    | SubTotal                                                           | 0.00                  | 6.90    | 0.00                                                 | 2.12                                                 | 7.00                                                 | 1.27                                                 | 30.39                                                | 0.95                                                 |
|                       | National Centre for Ageing (NCAs) Madras Medical College,          | 0.00                  | 0.00    | 0.00                                                 | 0.00                                                 |                                                      | 0.00                                                 | 20.00                                                | 19.97                                                |
| 21                    | All India Istitute of Medical Science, New Delhi                   | 0.00                  | 0.00    | 0.00                                                 |                                                      | 9.00                                                 | 0.00                                                 |                                                      |                                                      |
| 22                    | SubTotal                                                           | 0.00                  | 0.00    | 0.00                                                 | 0.00                                                 | 19,00                                                | 0,00                                                 | 41.00                                                | 19.97                                                |