Lok Sabha Question No. 4475 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-01-08
Subject: Reservation for Poor
Ministry: SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
Asked by: KOTHA PRABHAKAR REDDY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4575 TO BE ANSWERED ON 08.01.2019

## SCHEMES FOR VARIOUS SECTIONS

## 4575. SHRI NALIN KUMAR KATEEL:

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

- (a) the Schemes/Programmes introduced by the Government to cater to the needs of various sections of people of the society including disabled persons during the last three years and the current year;
- (b) the funds allocated and spent on the said programmes the said period, scheme, year and State-wise; during
- (c) whether the Government has achieved its target set under each programme; and
- (d) if the details thereof and if not; the reasons therefor? SO,

## ANSWER

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

(a): The Department of Social Justice and Empowerment has launched the 'Rashtriya Vayoshri st Yojana (RVY)' on 1 April, 2017 with an objective to provide senior citizens, belonging to BPL category and suffering from age related disabilities/ infirmities, with physical aids and assisted devices   such as walking sticks, elbow crutches, walkers/ crutches, tripods/ quadpods, hearing aids, wheelchairs, artificial dentures and spectacles free of cost to the beneficiary senior citizens The scheme is entirely funded from the Senior Citizen's Welfare Fund (SCWF): Under the Scheme funds are not   released to the different  States/UTs but to the sole Implemented Agency i.e; Artificial Limbs Manufacturing Corporation (ALIMCO)' , a Public Sector Undertaking under the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment: living

- 2 The following   scholarship schemes have been introduced by the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities the last three yearsClass Education (for Graduate degree/Post-graduate degreel diploma in notified institutes of excellence in education) during Top
- 2015-16, and Free   Coaching (for students   appearing in   competitive   examinations for Government jobs and admission to technical and professional courses) 2017-18.
- (b) to (d): The fund in respect of Rashtriya Vayoshree Yojana is released to the implementing agency i.e. ALIMCO for organizing Assessment Distribution Camps throughout the country. The funds released under under the scheme during 2017-18 is Rs.17.5 crore and Rs.53.25 crore 2018-19. during

In so far as schemes of Class Education and Free Coaching for Students with Disabilities (SwDs) are concerned State/UT-wise funds are not allocated. However, in case of Class Education for SwDs, the number of slots of scholarships are distributed among all the States and Union Territories. The number of slots available to any State/UT is decided on the basis of percentage of population of Persons with Disabilities (PwDs) of that State/UT in comparison to the total PwD population of India. In case the number of scholarships so allocated to a StatefUT is not   fully   utilized, due to slots are allocated amongst the other States/UTs where the number of eligible candidates is more than the slots allocated to that State/UT. Top Top

The total amount released under Class Education is Rs. 176.75 lakh and for Free Coaching for SwDs Rs. 87.24 lakh during the last three years. Top

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