Lok Sabha Question No. 1538 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-12
Subject: Welfare of Old/Aged Persons
Ministry: SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
Asked by: RAMCHARAN BOHARA

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

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO TO BE ANSWERED ON 12.02.2019

## WELFARE OF OLDIAGED PERSONS

## +1538. SHRI RAM CHARAN BOHRA:

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

(a) the number of old/aged persons in the country at present and the number of destitutes out of them;

(b) whether the Government provides assistance to the States for keeping destitute old/aged persons in old age homes;

- (c) if so, the details thereof;
- (d) if not; the reasons therefor; and

(e the steps persons homes for number of destitute old/ persons in the country? being aged large aged

## ANSWER

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

(a): As per 2011 Census Report, the number of oldlaged persons in the country is 10.38 crore 8.6% of the total population.

(b) to (e): The Government has enacted the Maintenance and Welfare of' Parents and Senior Citizens Act; 2007 which inter-alia directs State Governments to establish and maintain homes, at least one in each district, for 150 indigent senior citizens. oldage

This Ministry is   implementing a Central   Sector Scheme  namely Integrated  Programme for Senior Citizens (IPSrC) under which grants in aid is given for running and maintenance of Senior Citizens Homes (Old Homes)/ Continuous Care Homes, Mobile Medicare Units etc. to the Implementing Agencies (IAs) such as NGOs/ PRIs, Local Bodies, etc. through Registered Societies. Age VOs,

Therefore, under the  Scheme of IPSrC, assistance in the   form of grant in to Implementing Agencies   (IAs) and not to the State Governments/ UT Administrations, for running and maintenance of, inter alia, Senior Citizens Homes (Old Age Homes) and there is no provision in the Scheme for assistance for establishment of Senior Citizens Homes (Old Homes) . Age

Number of Senior Citizens Homes (Old Homes) supported under the Scheme, StateUT wise, is at Annexure: Age being

State wise number of' Senior Citizen Homes/Old Homes under Integrated Programme for Age

(As on 31.01.2019)

| S.No.   | Name of the State   |   No. of OAHs/Sr CH |
|---------|---------------------|---------------------|
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh      |                  62 |
| 2       | Arunachal Pradesh   |                  00 |
| 3_      | Assam               |                  19 |
| 4       | Bihar               |                  02 |
| 5_      | Chhattisgarh        |                  01 |
| 6_      | Delhi               |                  02 |
| 7_      | Gujarat             |                  08 |
| 8_      | Haryana             |                  06 |
| 9       | Himachal Pradesh    |                  01 |
| 10      | Karnataka           |                  41 |
| 11_     | Kerala              |                  05 |
| 12      | Madhya Pradesh      |                  14 |
| 13      | Manipur             |                  19 |
|         | Maharashtra         |                  39 |
| 15.     | Mizoram             |                  00 |
| 16      | Nagaland            |                  01 |
| 17.     | Odisha              |                  49 |
| 18      | Puducherry          |                  02 |
| 19.     | Punjab              |                  03 |
| 20.     | Rajasthan           |                  03 |
| 21_     | Tamil Nadu          |                  53 |
| 22.     | Telangana           |                  17 |
| 23      | Tripura             |                  04 |
| 24.     | Uttar Pradesh       |                  11 |
| 25      | Uttarakhand         |                  04 |
| 26      | West Bengal         |                  15 |
| Total   | Total               |                 381 |

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