Lok Sabha Question No. 3518 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-08-08
Subject: National Policy for Senior Citizens
Ministry: SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
Asked by: RAJU ALIAS DEVAPPA ANNA SHETTI

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

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. †3518 TO BE ANSWERED ON 08.08.2017

## NATIONAL POLICY FOR SENIOR CITIZENS

## †3518. SHRI RAJU SHETTY:

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

- (a)  whether  any  committee  has  been  constituted  by  the  Government  for  senior  citizens  under National Policy 2011;
- (b) if so, the composition of the Committee;
- (c) whether the said committee has submitted its recommendations to the Government;
- (d) if so, the details of the recommendations made by the Committee; and
- (e) the time by which the new National Policy for Senior Citizens is likely to be finalized and implemented?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) & (b): The Government had constituted a committee, headed by Smt. (Dr.) Mohini Giri to review the National Policy on Older Persons, 1999 and to draft a new National Policy on Older Persons. The composition of the Committee is placed at Annexure.
- (c) & (d):  The review committee had submitted its report along with a draft 'National Policy for Senior Citizens', which includes the concept of 'ageing in place', institutional care as the last resort welfare of elderly women, rural poor, barrier-free age-friendly society, long-term saving instruments, income generation activities, technological advancement, etc.
- (e):  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  finalisation  to  replace  the  NPOP, 1999.

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## ANNEXURE

Annexure  referred  to  in  reply  to  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question  No.  3518  for 08.08.2017 regarding 'National Policy for Senior Citizens'

## Composition of the Committee constituted by the Government in 2010 to review the National Policy on Older Persons, 1999

| Dr. (Smt.) Mohini Giri                                             | Chairperson      |
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------|
| Shri M.M. Sabharwal                                                | Member           |
| Shri K.R. Gangadharan                                              | Member           |
| Dr. (Ms.) Shielu Sreenivasan                                       | Member           |
| Representatives of the following Central Ministries:               |                  |
| (1) Ministry of Health &Family Welfare                             | Member           |
| (2) Ministry of Rural Development                                  | Member           |
| (3) Ministry of Finance                                            | Member           |
| (4) Ministry of Home Affairs                                       | Member           |
| (5) Ministry ofWomen &Child Development                            | Member           |
| Secretary, Social Welfare Department, Government of Delhi          | Member           |
| Secretary, Social Welfare Department, Government of Andhra Pradesh | Member           |
| Secretary, Social Welfare Department, Government of West Bengal    | Member           |
| Secretary, Social Welfare Department, Government of Maharashtra    | Member           |
| Secretary, Social Welfare Department, Government of Assam          | Member           |
| Joint Secretary (Social Defence),                                  |                  |
| M/o of Social Justice &Empowerment                                 | Member Secretary |

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