Lok Sabha Question No. 4859 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-12-16
Subject: Medical Facility to Senior Citizens
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: GOPAL CHINAYYA SHETTY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4859 TO BE ANSWERED ON 16 TH DECEMBER,

## MEDIC AL FACILITY TO SENIO R CITIZENS

## 4859. SHRI GOPAL SHETTY:

Will theMinister of HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of senior citizens living in the country as on date, State - wise;
- (b) whether the Medical facility available for them is below par to similar facility bein in other cou ntries;
- (c) if so, the reasons for the lack of these facilities;
- (d) whether any scheme has been introduced for providing medical facility to senior c during the last three years; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## (SMT. ANUPRIYA PATEL )

- (a):   As per Census 2011, the 60+ years aged people in India are 103.84 million that accounts of the total population of India. The State - wise details of senior citizens in India is at Annexure .
- (b) & (c): Yes . The medical care facilities available to senior citizens in India are not comparab that of other countries. The medical facilities for senior citizens in developed countries have be ed long ago as compared to India whereas the National Programme for Health Care of the Elderly (NPHC was launched only in 2010 - 1 . Hence, dedicated health care facilities are available only in 90 di hospitals, which are operationalised among 418 di stricts that have been sanctioned for implementation of NPHCE.
- (d) & (e): Yes. The Ministry of Health & Family Welfare had launched 'National Programme for the Health Care of Elderly (NPHCE) during 2010 - 11 to address various health related problems of el derly people. The programme is State oriented with the following main objective: -
- i. To  provide  an  easy  access  to  promotional,  preventive,  curative  and  rehabilitative  services elderly through community based primary health care approach.
- ii. To  identify  he alth  problems  in  the  elderly  and  provide  appropriate  health  interventions  in community with a strong referral backup support.
- iii. To build capacity of the medical and paramedical professionals as well as the care - takers within the family for providing heal th care to the elderly.
- iv. To  provide  referral  services  to  the  elderly  patients  through  district  hospitals,  regiona institutions.
- v. Convergence with National Rural Health Mission, AYUSH and other line departments like Ministr of Social Justice and Emp owerment.

As on date, 418 districts, 20 Regional Geriatric Centres (RGCs) and two National Centres Ageing (NCA) also have been sanctioned for implementation of NPHCE.

## State - wise details of senior citizens in India

|                           | Total population (2011)   | Total population aged ≥60 years (2011)   | % (proportion) of population ≥60 years (2011)   |
|---------------------------|---------------------------|------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
| India                     | 1,210,854,977             | 103,849,040                              | 8.6                                             |
| State/Union Territory     |                           |                                          |                                                 |
| Jammu & Kashmir           | 12,541,302                | 922,656                                  | 7.4                                             |
| Himachal Pradesh          | 6,864,602                 | 703,009                                  | 10.2                                            |
| Punjab                    | 27,743,338                | 2,865,817                                | 10.3                                            |
| Chandigarh                | 1,055,450                 | 67,078                                   | 6.4                                             |
| Uttarakhand               | 10,086,292                | 900,809                                  | 8.9                                             |
| Haryana                   | 25,351,462                | 2,193,755                                | 8.7                                             |
| NCT of Delhi              | 16,787,941                | 1,147,445                                | 6.8                                             |
| Rajasthan                 | 68,548,437                | 5,112,138                                | 7.5                                             |
| Uttar Pradesh             | 199,812,341               | 15,439,904                               | 7.7                                             |
| Bihar                     | 104,099,452               | 7,707,145                                | 7.4                                             |
| Sikkim                    | 610,577                   | 40,752                                   | 6.7                                             |
| Arunachal Pradesh         | 1,383,727                 | 63,639                                   | 4.6                                             |
| Nagaland                  | 1,978,502                 | 102,726                                  | 5.2                                             |
| Manipur                   | 2,855,794                 | 200,020                                  | 7.0                                             |
| Mizoram                   | 1,097,206                 | 68,628                                   | 6.3                                             |
| Tripura                   | 3,673,917                 | 289,544                                  | 7.9                                             |
| Meghalaya                 | 2,966,889                 | 138,902                                  | 4.7                                             |
| Assam                     | 31,205,576                | 2,078,544                                | 6.7                                             |
| West Bengal               | 91,276,115                | 7,742,382                                | 8.5                                             |
| Jharkhand                 | 32,988,134                | 2,356,678                                | 7.1                                             |
| Odisha                    | 41,974,218                | 3,984,448                                | 9.5                                             |
| Chhattisgarh              | 25,545,198                | 2,003,909                                | 7.8                                             |
| Madhya Pradesh            | 72,626,809                | 5,713,316                                | 7.9                                             |
| Gujarat                   | 60,439,692                | 4,786,559                                | 7.9                                             |
| Daman & Diu               | 243,247                   | 11,361                                   | 4.7                                             |
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli      | 343,709                   | 13,892                                   | 4.0                                             |
| Maharashtra               | 112,374,333               | 11,106,935                               | 9.9                                             |
| Andhra Pradesh            | 49,386,799                | 5,008,662                                | 10.1                                            |
| Telangana                 | 35,193,978                | 3,269,579                                | 9.3                                             |
| Karnataka                 | 61,095,297                | 5,791,032                                | 9.5                                             |
| Goa                       | 1,458,545                 | 163,495                                  | 11.2                                            |
| Lakshadweep               | 64,473                    | 5,270                                    | 8.2                                             |
| Kerala                    | 33,406,061                | 4,193,393                                | 12.6                                            |
| Tamil Nadu                | 72,147,030                | 7,509,758                                | 10.4                                            |
| Puducherry                | 1,247,953                 | 120,436                                  | 9.7                                             |
| Andaman & Nicobar Islands | 380,581                   | 25,424                                   | 6.7                                             |

Sources

: C - 13 Single Year Age Returns by Residence and Sex Census

2011, http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C - eries/C - 13.html.

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