Lok Sabha Question No. 3223 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-08-04
Subject: Policy for Old People
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: RABINDRA KUMAR JENA, ARJUNLAL MEENA

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3223 TO BE ANSWERED ON 4 TH AUGUST , 2017

## POLICY FOR OLD PEOPL E

## 3223. SHRI RABINDRA KUMAR JENA: SHRI ARJUN LAL MEENA:

Will the Minister of HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE be pleased to state:

(a)  the  details  of  funds  released  under  National  Programme  for  Health  Care  of  the  E (NPHCE) during the last three years and the current year;

(b) whether the Government has ach ieved its objectives of establishing Department of Geriatric in the identified medical institutions; and

- (c) if so, the details thereof, regionwise and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE ( SMT. ANUPRIYA PATEL )

- (a) : T he Ministry of Health & Family Welfare had launched the 'National Programme for the Health Care of Elderly' (NPHCE) during 2010 - 11 t o address the various health related problems of elderly people.

The  major  objectives  of  the  NPHCE  are  establishment  of  Department  of  Geriatrics identified Medical Institutions as Regional Geriatric Centres (RGCs) for different region country  and  to  provide  dedicated  health  facilities  at  District  Hospit al ,  Community  Health Centres (CHCs), Primary  Health Centres (PHCs) and Sub - Centres  (SCs)  levels  through  State Health  Society.  The  details  of  the  funds  released  to  States/UTs  and  to  Regional  Me Institution are given at Annexure -A & B.

- (b) & (c) : A total no. 20 Medical Institutions had been indentified to establish the Depa of Geriatrics under the programme by the end of 12 th Five Year Plan. Out of this, 08 medical institutions had been indentified during 11 th FYP and remaining 12 were to b e covered during 12 th FYP. Details of the selected medical institutions to establish RGCs are given at Annex -B. As on date, financial assistance have been provided to 19 medical institutions to establish the Department of Geriatrics and to carry out ter tiary ca e activities under the programme. Funds could not be released to remaining 01 institution i.e. Government Medical College, Nagpu due tonon- submission of signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) by the State Government of Maharashtra and respecti ve medical institution.

## NATIONAL PROGRAMME FOR HEALTH CARE OF THE ELDLERY (NPHCE)

Statement  Showing year-wise Allocation/Release of fund (As on 31.07.2017)

Rs. in Lakhs

| Sl. No   | Name of the States       |   2014-15 |   2015-16* | 2016-17*   | 2017-18*   |
|----------|--------------------------|-----------|------------|------------|------------|
| 1        | Andaman & Nicobar Island |      0    |         55 | 121.00     |            |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh           |      0    |       1478 | 1749.00    |            |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh        |      0    |        570 | 841.00     |            |
| 4        | Assam                    |    142.27 |       3578 | 5369.00    |            |
| 5        | Bihar                    |    150    |       2234 | 1804.00    |            |
| 6        | Chandigarh               |      0    |         69 | 46.00      |            |
| 7        | Chattisgarh              |     99    |        847 | 1485.00    | 1167       |
| 8        | Dadra Nagar Haveli       |      0    |         63 | 82.00      |            |
| 9        | Daman & Diu              |     24.34 |         35 | 39.00      |            |
| 10       | Delhi                    |      0    |        223 | 564.00     |            |
| 11       | Goa                      |      0    |         23 |            |            |
| 12       | Gujarat                  |    215.66 |       2098 | 2132.00    | 2487       |
| 13       | Haryana                  |     77.62 |        493 | 380.00     | 593        |
| 14       | Himachal Pradesh         |     11.85 |        478 | 324.00     | 509        |
| 15       | Jammu & Kashmir          |      0    |        816 | 1257.00    | 1146       |
| 16       | Jharkhand                |    111    |       1057 | 1511.00    |            |
| 17       | Karnataka                |    170.95 |       1429 | 2134.00    | 1661       |
| 18       | Kerala                   |    150    |        518 | 693.00     |            |
| 19       | Lakshdweep               |     95.66 |          7 |            |            |
| 20       | Madya Pradesh            |    215.45 |       2682 | 3540.00    | 4174       |
| 21       | Maharashtra              |    203.64 |       2754 | 3768.00    |            |
| 22       | Manipur                  |      0    |        308 | 250.00     |            |
| 23       | Meghalaya                |      0    |        246 | 531.00     |            |
| 24       | Mizoram                  |    119.06 |        142 | 214.00     |            |
| 25       | Nagaland                 |      0    |        263 | 183.00     |            |
| 26       | Odisha                   |    116    |       1619 | 1955.00    | 1536       |
| 27       | Pondicherry              |      0    |         29 | 39.00      | 112        |
| 28       | Punjab                   |    111.36 |        671 | 835.00     |            |
| 29       | Rajasthan                |     87.05 |       2704 | 2678.00    |            |
| 30       | Sikkim                   |     44    |         95 | 158.00     |            |
| 31       | Tamil Nadu               |      0.42 |       1716 | 2145.00    |            |
| 32       | Tripura                  |      0    |        255 | 266.00     |            |
| 33       | Uttarakhand              |      0    |        662 | 6599.00    |            |
| 34       | Uttar Pradesh            |      0    |       5439 | 890.00     |            |
| 35       | West Bengal              |    150    |       1303 | 2485.00    | 1945       |
| 36       | Telangana                |      0    |        941 | 1033.00    |            |
|          | Total                    |   2295.3  |      37900 | 48100.00   | 15330.00   |

|                    |                                                                |                                                                                                                                |                                                                                                                                |                                                                                                                                | Annexure -B                                                                                                                    | Annexure -B                                                                                                                    |
|--------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|                    |                                                                | National Programme for Health Care of Elderly Fund Released for Regional Geriatric Centre (RGC) and National Centres of (NCAs) | National Programme for Health Care of Elderly Fund Released for Regional Geriatric Centre (RGC) and National Centres of (NCAs) | National Programme for Health Care of Elderly Fund Released for Regional Geriatric Centre (RGC) and National Centres of (NCAs) | National Programme for Health Care of Elderly Fund Released for Regional Geriatric Centre (RGC) and National Centres of (NCAs) | National Programme for Health Care of Elderly Fund Released for Regional Geriatric Centre (RGC) and National Centres of (NCAs) |
|                    |                                                                |                                                                                                                                |                                                                                                                                |                                                                                                                                |                                                                                                                                | Rs. in Lakhs                                                                                                                   |
| Sl. No             | Region                                                         | Name of the States                                                                                                             | 2014- 15                                                                                                                       | 2015- 16                                                                                                                       | 2016- 17                                                                                                                       | 2017- 18                                                                                                                       |
|                    | RGCs indentified during 11th Five Year Plan                    | RGCs indentified during 11th Five Year Plan                                                                                    | RGCs indentified during 11th Five Year Plan                                                                                    | RGCs indentified during 11th Five Year Plan                                                                                    | RGCs indentified during 11th Five Year Plan                                                                                    | RGCs indentified during 11th Five Year Plan                                                                                    |
| 1                  | SR                                                             | Govt. Medical College, Tiruvananthapuram, Kerala                                                                               | 0.00                                                                                                                           | 0.00                                                                                                                           |                                                                                                                                |                                                                                                                                |
| 2                  | CR                                                             | Intt. Of Medical Sciences, UP                                                                                                  | BHU, 0.00                                                                                                                      | 0.00                                                                                                                           | 224.98                                                                                                                         |                                                                                                                                |
| 3                  | NER                                                            | Guwahati Medical College, Guwahati, Assam                                                                                      | 0.00                                                                                                                           | 0.00                                                                                                                           | 88.44                                                                                                                          |                                                                                                                                |
| 4                  | NR                                                             | S.N Medical College Jodhpur, Rajasthan (Insttitute)                                                                            | 0.00                                                                                                                           | 50.00                                                                                                                          |                                                                                                                                |                                                                                                                                |
| 5                  | SR                                                             | Madras Medical College , Chennai,Tamil Nadu                                                                                    | 0.00                                                                                                                           | 50.00                                                                                                                          | 50.00                                                                                                                          |                                                                                                                                |
| 6                  | WR                                                             | Grants Medical College & JJ Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra                                                                      | 0.00                                                                                                                           | 50.00                                                                                                                          |                                                                                                                                |                                                                                                                                |
| 7                  | NR                                                             | Sher- e- Kashmir Institute of Medical Science, Srinagar, &K                                                                    | 0.00                                                                                                                           | 50.00                                                                                                                          |                                                                                                                                |                                                                                                                                |
| 8                  | NR                                                             | All India Institute of Medical Science, New Delhi                                                                              | 0.00                                                                                                                           | 0.00                                                                                                                           | 163.44                                                                                                                         |                                                                                                                                |
|                    | 0.00 200.00 526.86 0.00 indentified during 12th Five Year Plan | 0.00 200.00 526.86 0.00 indentified during 12th Five Year Plan                                                                 | 0.00 200.00 526.86 0.00 indentified during 12th Five Year Plan                                                                 | 0.00 200.00 526.86 0.00 indentified during 12th Five Year Plan                                                                 | 0.00 200.00 526.86 0.00 indentified during 12th Five Year Plan                                                                 | 0.00 200.00 526.86 0.00 indentified during 12th Five Year Plan                                                                 |
| 1                  | CR                                                             | Gandhi Medical College, Bhopal                                                                                                 |                                                                                                                                | 100.00                                                                                                                         | 247.11                                                                                                                         |                                                                                                                                |
| 2                  | ER                                                             | Kolkata Medical College, Kolkata                                                                                               |                                                                                                                                | 100.00                                                                                                                         | 247.11                                                                                                                         |                                                                                                                                |
| 3                  | SR                                                             | Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad                                                                               |                                                                                                                                | 100.00                                                                                                                         | 247.11                                                                                                                         |                                                                                                                                |
| 4                  | ER                                                             | S.C.B. Medical College, Cuttack                                                                                                |                                                                                                                                | 100.00                                                                                                                         | 247.11                                                                                                                         |                                                                                                                                |
| 5                  | CR                                                             | King George's Medical University, Lucknow                                                                                      |                                                                                                                                | 100.00                                                                                                                         | 247.11                                                                                                                         |                                                                                                                                |
| 6                  | ER                                                             | Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences, Ranchi                                                                                 |                                                                                                                                |                                                                                                                                | 347.11                                                                                                                         |                                                                                                                                |
| 7                  | SR                                                             | Bangalore Medical College & Research Institute, Bengaluru                                                                      |                                                                                                                                |                                                                                                                                | 347.11                                                                                                                         |                                                                                                                                |
| 8                  | WR                                                             | B.J. Medical College, Ahmadabad                                                                                                |                                                                                                                                |                                                                                                                                | 347.11                                                                                                                         |                                                                                                                                |
| 9                  | WR                                                             | Government Medical College, Nagpur                                                                                             |                                                                                                                                |                                                                                                                                | 0.00                                                                                                                           |                                                                                                                                |
| 10                 | NER                                                            | Arartala Medical College, Agartala                                                                                             |                                                                                                                                |                                                                                                                                | 347.11                                                                                                                         |                                                                                                                                |
| 11                 | ER                                                             | Patna Medical College, Patna                                                                                                   |                                                                                                                                |                                                                                                                                | 0.00                                                                                                                           | 413.44                                                                                                                         |
| 12                 | NR                                                             | Rajendra Prasad Government Medical College, Himachal Pradesh                                                                   |                                                                                                                                |                                                                                                                                | 347.11                                                                                                                         |                                                                                                                                |
|                    | 500.00 2971.10 413.44 National Centres for Ageing (NCAs)       | 500.00 2971.10 413.44 National Centres for Ageing (NCAs)                                                                       | 500.00 2971.10 413.44 National Centres for Ageing (NCAs)                                                                       | 500.00 2971.10 413.44 National Centres for Ageing (NCAs)                                                                       | 500.00 2971.10 413.44 National Centres for Ageing (NCAs)                                                                       | 500.00 2971.10 413.44 National Centres for Ageing (NCAs)                                                                       |
| 1                  | SR                                                             | Madras Medical College, Chennai                                                                                                |                                                                                                                                | 1000.00                                                                                                                        | 2400.00                                                                                                                        | 3500                                                                                                                           |
| 2                  | NR                                                             | All India Istitute of Science, New Delhi                                                                                       | Medical                                                                                                                        | 900.00                                                                                                                         | 2490.00                                                                                                                        |                                                                                                                                |
|                    |                                                                | Total                                                                                                                          | CR=                                                                                                                            | 1900.00 NER= Norther                                                                                                           | 4890.00                                                                                                                        | 3500.00 ER=                                                                                                                    |
| NR= Norther Region | NR= Norther Region                                             | SR= Southern Region                                                                                                            | Central Region                                                                                                                 | Eastern Region                                                                                                                 | WR= Western Region                                                                                                             | Eastern Region                                                                                                                 |