Lok Sabha Question No. 5116 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-27
Subject: Welfare of Destitute Old People
Ministry: SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
Asked by: RAJAN BABURAO  VICHARE

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

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. +5116 TO BE ANSWERED ON 27.03.2018

## WELFARE OF DESTITUTE OLD PEOPLE

## +5116. SHRI RAJAN VICHARE:

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

- (a) the details of programmes being implemented at present for destitute old people in the country, State-wise, particularly in Maharashtra; and
- (b) the achievements made under each of the said programmes during the last two years?

## ANSWER

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

(a): The Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment is implementing a Central Sector Scheme of Integrated Programme for Older Persons (IPOP) since 1992 with the objective of improving the quality of life of senior citizens by providing basic amenities like shelter; food, medical case and entertainment   opportunities   and and active ageing: Under this Scheme, financial assistance is   provided to Non-Governmental/ Voluntary Organisations, Panchayati Raj Institutions etc. for running and maintenance of projects like Old Homes, Physiotherapy Centres, Care Centres, etc. The Scheme of IPOP is implemented all over the country, including the State of Maharashtra, on the basis of proposals for in aid recommended by the State Governments. Age Day being grant

This Ministry has also launched the Rashtriya Vayoshri Yojana (RVY)' with an objective to provide senior citizens; belonging to BPL category and suffering from age related disabilities/ infirmities, with such physical aids and assisted living devices which can restore near normalcy in their bodily functions. Under the Scheme, assisted devices   such as walking sticks, elbow crutches, walkers/   crutches,  tripods/  quadpods,  hearing   aids,  wheelchairs, artificial dentures, spectacles are provided free of cost to the beneficiary senior citizens The Scheme is implemented by the Artificial Limbs Manufacturing Corporation (ALIMCO)" a Public Sector Undertaking under this Ministry. The devices are distributed in the camp mode to the identified beneficiaries. is funded from Senior Citizens Welfare   Fund (SCWF): An Amount of Rs. 16 Cr. was released to ALIMCO of which Rs. 14.30 Cr have been utilised. The National launch of Rashtriya Vayoshri Yojana was held at Nellore (AP:) on 1st th April, 2017. As on 14' March; 2018,21 Distribution Camps have been organized at district level distributing 58,325 aids and assistive devices to 31,304 Senior Citizens living being being

The Ministry of  Health and   Family Welfare  is   implementing Senior Citizen' $ Health Insurance Scheme (SCHIS) for Senior Citizens of age 60 years and above, belonging to Below Poverty Line (BPL) and 11 others defined designated categories such as (MGNREGA Workers, Construction Workers, Domestic Workers, Sanitation Workers, Mine workers, licensed Railway Porters, Street Vendors, Beedi Workers, Rickshaw Pullers, Pickers and Auto/Taxi drivers) w.e.f 01.04.2016 as top up of RSBY, The health coverage is upto Rs 30,000/- per annum per senior citizen for treatment packages, over and above RSBY entitlement: Approval has been accorded Tripura and West Bengal for implementation of SCHIS. Rag

Further; the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare had launched "National Programme for the Health Care of Elderly" (NPHCE) during 2010-11 to address various health related problems of elderly people. 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 care   facilities for elderly in District  Hospitals, Community Health Centres (CHCs), Primary Health Centres (PHCs) and Sub-Centres (SCs) through State 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 (DHs)
- Bi-weekly Geriatric Clinic at Community Health Centres (CHCs)
- Weekly Geriatric Clinic at Primary Health Centre (PHCs).
- Provision of Aids and Appliances at Sub-centres (SCs)

The programme is being implemented in whole country including Maharashtra except for Union Territory of Chandigarh

As per the information received by Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, housing for its citizens including senior citizens and other destitute falls in the domain of State Government and ULBs. In order to supplement the efforts of StatelUT Governments, Government of India has recently launched the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Uban) {PMAY   (U)} to assist the States/ULBs for providing housing to all eligible families/beneficiaries. The mission comprises viz in-situ slum   redevelopment;  affordable  housing   through credit-linked subsidy; affordable housing in partnership; and subsidy for beneficiary-led individual house construction. Under the Affordable Housing in Partnership (AHP) In-situ' Slum Redevelopment   (ISSR) components of the PMAY (U) mission guidelines, it has been provisioned that while making the allotment of houses, inter-alia, senior citizens should be given priority for allotment on ground floor or lower floors.

(6): Details of assistance provided, State-wise last two years under the Scheme of IPOP is at Annexure-I. during

In the State of Maharashtra,  following Eleven (11) districts have been selected for the implementation of RVY:

| SI. No.   | Name of District   |
|-----------|--------------------|
| 1_        | Nagpur             |
|           | Dhule              |
| 3_        | Pune               |
| 4         | Mumbai North East  |
|           | Kurla & bandra     |
| 6.        | Jalna              |
| 7.        | Wardha             |
| 8         | Nandurbar          |
| 9         | Washim             |
| 10.       | Osmanabad          |
| 11 .      | Gadchiroli         |

Of the above Eleven (11) districts, distribution camps at Nagpur and Dhule have already been held as per details given below:

|       | District   | Date Distribution   |   No_ persons Benefited |   No. Devices |
|-------|------------|---------------------|-------------------------|---------------|
| 1     | Nagpur     | 04.06.2017          |                    1266 |          2380 |
| 2     | Dhule      | 06.11,2017          |                    1860 |          4510 |
| Total | Total      | Total               |                    3126 |          6890 |

The achievements made under the programme NPHCE are as follows:-

| SL: No_   | Institutes   |   Sanctioned |   Operationalised |
|-----------|--------------|--------------|-------------------|
|           | RGCs         |           20 |                16 |
| 2         | DHs          |          520 |               233 |
| 3_        | CHCs         |         1694 |               814 |
| 4         | PHCs         |         4188 |              1906 |
| 5_        | SCs          |        21275 |               787 |

total of 16,30,180 DUs have been sanctioned to States/UTs under the PMAY (U) during the last two years. State/UT wise details are at Annexure-II:

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## Statement showing details of grants released during 2015-16 under IPOP Scheme upto 31.3.2016

(Rupees in Lakh)

| SL No.                  | Funds No.6f released NGOs assisted   | No. of OAH DCC   | No. of   | OTHERS TOTAL   | No. of beneficiaries covered   |
|-------------------------|--------------------------------------|------------------|----------|----------------|--------------------------------|
| Andhra Pradesh          | 28202 [6z                            | 56               | 25       | 87             | 4800                           |
| 2Bihar                  | 443                                  |                  |          |                | 75                             |
| 3 Chhattisgarh          | 13.85                                |                  |          |                | 25                             |
| 4 Goa                   | 0.00                                 |                  |          |                |                                |
| 5 Gujarat_              | 000                                  |                  |          |                |                                |
| Haryana                 | 45.86                                |                  |          | 13             | 550                            |
| Himachal Pradesh_       | 2                                    |                  |          |                | 450                            |
| 8 Jammu and Kashmir     | 000 0                                |                  |          |                |                                |
| 9 Jharkhand             | 0                                    |                  |          |                |                                |
| 1OKarnataka             | 386.18 27                            | 33               |          |                | 1565                           |
| H/Kerala                | 16.62                                |                  |          |                | 100                            |
| 12Madhya Pradesh        | 29.20                                |                  |          |                | 150                            |
| 13 Maharashtra          | 29138 30                             | 16               | 10       | 38             | 1760                           |
| 14Odisha                |                                      | 33               | 10       | 47             | 1475                           |
| 15 [Punjab              | 18.26 6                              | 2                |          | 6              | 250                            |
| 16[Rajasthan            | 16.44                                | 3                |          |                | 75                             |
| 17Tamil Nadu            | 469.98                               | 47               |          | 67             | 3895                           |
| 18Telangana             |                                      | 9                |          | 11             | 275                            |
| 19 Uttar Pradesh        | 40.98                                | 9                |          | 13             | 425                            |
| 20 Uttarakhand          | 1242                                 | 3                |          | 5              | 125                            |
|                         | 16                                   | 43               |          | 24             | 1875                           |
| TOT                     |                                      |                  |          |                |                                |
| UTs                     |                                      |                  |          |                |                                |
|                         | 0Q0                                  |                  |          |                |                                |
| 24 Dadra & Nagar Haveli | 000                                  |                  |          |                |                                |
|                         | 0.00                                 |                  |          |                |                                |
| 26 Lakshadweep          | 0.00                                 |                  |          |                |                                |
| 27 Delhi                | 60.91                                |                  |          |                | 150                            |
| 28]Puducherry           | 0.00                                 |                  |          |                |                                |
| NE Region States        |                                      |                  |          |                |                                |
| 29 Arunachal Pradesh    |                                      |                  |          |                | 25                             |
| 30Assam                 | 186.41 15                            |                  | 10       | 27             | 2825                           |
|                         | 26                                   | 17               | 16       | 36             | 2025                           |
| 32[Meghalaya            | 0.00                                 |                  |          |                |                                |
| 33 Mizoram              | 377                                  |                  |          |                | 100                            |
| 34Nagaland              | 810                                  |                  |          |                | 25                             |
| 35 Sikkim               | 0.00                                 |                  |          |                | 0                              |
| 36/Tripura              | 8.67 3                               |                  |          |                | 75                             |

Statement showing details of grants released during 2016-17 under IPOP Scheme as on 31.03.2017

(Rupees in Lakh)

| SL: States/ UTs     | NNo:-of                |            |            |            |        |     |                       |
|---------------------|------------------------|------------|------------|------------|--------|-----|-----------------------|
| No.                 | released NGOs Assisted | No. of OAH | No. of DCC | No. of MMU | OTHERS |     | beneficiaries covered |
| Andhra Pradesh      |                        | 86         | 26         |            |        | 121 | 5900                  |
| 2 Bibar             |                        |            |            |            |        |     | 100                   |
| Chhattisgarh        |                        |            |            |            |        |     |                       |
| Goa                 |                        |            |            |            |        |     |                       |
| s Gujarat           |                        |            |            |            |        |     | 75                    |
| 6[Haryana           | 55.28                  |            |            |            |        | 16  | 650                   |
| 7 Himachal Predesh  | 2918                   |            |            |            |        |     | 975                   |
| 8 Jammu and Kashmir |                        | 0          |            |            |        |     |                       |
| 9 Jharkhand         |                        | 0          |            |            |        |     |                       |
| 1OKarnataka         | 280.62 126             | 35         |            |            |        | 49  | 4315                  |
| 1 Kerala            |                        | 6          |            |            |        |     | 200                   |
|                     | 1243                   | 4          |            |            |        |     | 150                   |
| 13 Maharashtra      | 239.332                | 24         |            |            | 18     | 57  | 2120                  |
| I4Odisha            | 774.04 40              | 43         | 118        |            | 18     | 184 | 9395                  |
| 1S[Punjab           | 1251                   |            |            |            |        |     | 325                   |
| 16Rajasthan         | 224                    |            |            |            |        | 2   | 25                    |
| 17 Tamil Nadu       | 639.69 45              | 78         |            | 10         |        | 106 | 6820                  |
|                     | 11293 14               | 20         |            |            |        |     | 550                   |
| 19 Uttar Pradesb    | 10                     |            | 12         |            |        | 25  | 950                   |
| 2O Uttarakhand      | [5469                  | 7          |            |            |        | 10  | 475                   |
| 21West Bengal       | 206.55                 | 30         | 10         |            |        | 48  |                       |
| 224 & NIslands      |                        |            |            |            |        |     |                       |
| 23/Chandigarh       |                        |            |            |            |        |     |                       |
| 25 Daman and Diu    |                        |            |            |            |        |     |                       |
| 26Lakshadweep       |                        |            |            |            |        |     |                       |
| 27 Delbi            | 9062                   |            |            |            |        |     | 75                    |
| 28 Puducherry       | le.00                  |            |            |            |        |     |                       |
| NE Region States_   |                        |            |            |            |        |     |                       |
|                     | 0.00                   |            |            |            |        |     |                       |
| 30Assam             | 16                     | 20         |            |            |        | 40  | 6350                  |
| 31Manipur           |                        | 45         | 18         |            |        | 36  | 4275                  |
| 32Meghalaya         | 0.00                   |            |            |            |        |     |                       |
| 33]Mizoram          | 054                    | 0          |            |            |        |     | 60                    |
| 34Negaland          |                        | 0          |            |            |        |     |                       |
| 35 Sikkim           |                        | 0          |            |            |        |     |                       |
| 36Tripura           | 4407                   | 3          |            |            |        |     | 75                    |
|                     | 68 [3698.67            | 396        |            |            | 81     | 761 | 40200                 |

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## Details of houses sanctioned for construction last two years under PMAY(U) during

| SI: No.   | Name of the Statel UT   | Houses Sanctioned for Construction during last two year:   |
|-----------|-------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------|
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh          | 1,93,430                                                   |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh       | 70                                                         |
| 4         | Assam                   | 24,355                                                     |
| 5         | (Bihar                  | 77,017                                                     |
| 6         |                         | 5                                                          |
| 7         | Chhattisgam             | 29,783                                                     |
| 8         | DEN Haveli (UT)         | 859                                                        |
| 9         | Daman & Diu (UD)        | 51                                                         |
| 10        | Delhi (UT)              | 243                                                        |
| 11        | Goa                     | 11                                                         |
| 12        | Gujarat                 | 1,14282                                                    |
| 13        | Haryana                 | 1,073                                                      |
| 14        | Himachal Pradesh        | 4,590                                                      |
| 15        | Jammu & Kashmir         | 5,880                                                      |
| 16        | Jharkhand               | 60.636                                                     |
| 17        | Kamataka                | 1,23,472                                                   |
| 18        | Kerala                  | 26,229                                                     |
| 19        | Lakshdweep (UT)         |                                                            |
|           | Madhya Pradesh          | 2,01,594                                                   |
| 21        | Maharashtra             |                                                            |
| 22        | Manipur                 |                                                            |
| 23        | Meghalaya               | 54                                                         |
| 24        | Mizoram                 | 10,317                                                     |
| 25        | Nagaland                | 12506                                                      |
| 26        | Orissa                  | 37,620                                                     |
| 27        |                         | 3,862                                                      |
| 28        | Punjab                  | 42,684                                                     |
| 29        | Rajasthan               | 15,960                                                     |
| 30        | Sikkim                  |                                                            |
| 31        | TamilNadu               |                                                            |
| 32        | Telangana               | 81,794                                                     |
| 33        | Tripura                 | 42,910                                                     |
| 34        | Uttar Pradesh           | 14300                                                      |
| 35        | Uttrakhand              | 4,780                                                      |
| 36        | West Bengal             | 1,43,897                                                   |
|           | Grand Total             | 16,30,180                                                  |

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