Lok Sabha Question No. 4504 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-23
Subject: New Schemes for Welfare of Senior Citizens
Ministry: SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
Asked by: Rajiv Pratap Rudy

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

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.4504 TO BE ANSWERED ON 23.03.2021

## NEW SCHEMES FOR WELFARE OF SENIOR CITIZENS

## 4504. SHRI RAJIV PRATAP RUDY:

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

- (a) whether the Government has announced any new schemes and programmes for the welfare of the elderly during the last five years;
- (6) if the details thereof and the budgetary allocation for the same; SO,
- whether the Government announces the <Vayoshreshtha Samman awards every year, if SO, the details thereof along with the details of winners during the said period; and
- (d) the number of beneficiaries of the Rashtriya Vayoshri Yojana so far, State and year-wise?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT (SHRI RATTAN LAL KATARIA)

- (a) & (b): Yes, Sir: The Ministry of Social  Justice and Empowerment has  announced new schemes/programmes for the welfare of senior citizens during the last 5 years Details of these schemes/ programmes are at Annexure-I
- (c)= The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, in order to recognise the efforts made by eminent senior citizens and institutions involved in rendering distinguished services for the cause of elderly persons, especially indigent senior citizens, confers the "Vayoshreshtha Samman' National Awards. The Awards are conferred every year as part of celebrations of International of Older Persons (IDOP) on 1st October: During 2020 Vayoshreshtha Samman could not be conferred due to COVID-19 pandemic. Details of Awardees   during last 5 years are at Annexure-II: Day
- (d): State and year wise   number beneficiaries of Rashtriya   Vayosrhi Yojana are at Annexure-III:

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## to (b)in Lok Sabha Unstarred Qucstion No4504

(1) Scnior Citizens Welfare Fund (SCWF) SCWF was announced in the Budget Speech 2015 and notificd in the Finance Act 2015. The    Department Affairs is the for administration 0f' the Fund. An Inter-Ministerial Committec (IMC) has bcen constituted for administcring thc Fund Ministries/  Departments to be financed fiom SCWF .

(ii) Rashtriya Vayoshri Yojana (RVY) Launched on 01.04.2017. thc scheme aims to provide the Senior Citizens   suffering from any age related disability/infirmity, with assisted devices which can restore near normaley in their bodily fumnctions. overcoming the locomotor disabilitics. The devices are provided to Senior Citizens belonging t0 B3PI. Category and Senior Citizens with the monthly income having not more than /5.000/ per Month living

Under RVY assisted devices like walking sticks wheelchairs  spcctacles, hearing aid. artificial denture. etc. are provided free of cost to eligible senior citizens  in camp mode. Artificial Limbs Manufacturing Corporation (ALIMCO) a Public Scctor Undertaking of this Ministry. is the implementing agency for RVY. living

Funding of' RVY is fiom Senior Citizens ALIMCO has been provided Rs. 124.01 crore till now for implementing the scheme. Till datc a total of' 1,68,004 senior citizens have been provided 4.43,171 assisted living

## (iii) State Action Plan for Senior Citizens (SAPSrC)

Thc   Scheme ofState Action Plan was   launched in November 2019 and subsumed under the National Action Plan for Senior Citizens. Objective of the Scheme is to provide recognition and opportunity to senior citizens t0 contribute and thereby feel useful to the society. to improve the quality o life of the Senior Citizens. by encouraging productive and active agcing by the Statel UT Governments through the Institutions of the Statel UT Governments/Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs)Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs) local bodies and the community al large. The States are expecled 10 pUl in their own funds to augment the resources available for this purpose: stralcgics and programmes.

crore has been relcased to National Institute of Social Defence (NSID) an autonomous institute under the Ministry.

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## Institutional Categorics

## Category 01 Best Institution for Research in the field of Ageing

| Year   | Awardee                                                                                                                                                           |
|--------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 2015   | None                                                                                                                                                              |
| 2016   | Geriatric Care & Research Organisation (GeriCare), Bhubaneshwar; Odisha I) National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS); Bengaluru, Karnataka |
|        | None                                                                                                                                                              |
| 2018   | None                                                                                                                                                              |
| 2019   | Central Council for Research in yurvedic Sciences. New Delhi                                                                                                      |

## Category 02 Best Institution for providing Scrvices to Senior Citizens and Awareness Generation

|   Year | Awardce                                                                                                                                                                  |
|--------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|   2015 | Gram VikasParishad,  Village Rangaloo. P.O. Jumarmur; District  Nagaon; Assam (ii) Pravara Rural Hospital, Post Loni BK, Taluka Rahata, District Ahmednagar; Maharashtra |
|   2016 | Aastha Centre for Geriatric Medicine, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh: (ii) Janaseva Foundation, Pune, Maharashtra                                                                |
|   2017 | VarishthNagrikKesari Club, Delhi                                                                                                                                         |
|   2018 | SarvajanikShikshonnayanSansthanUttar Pradesh                                                                                                                             |
|   2019 | Gandhi Bhawan International Trust, Kollam,Kerala                                                                                                                         |

## Category 03 Best District Panchayat in providing services and facilities to Senior Citizens

|   Year | Awardee                                                                                    |
|--------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|   2015 | Zila Panchayat Dindori, Government Building; Z.P.D. District Dindori, Madhya Pradesh: (ii) |
|   2016 | Zilla Panchayat Jhabua. Madhya Pradesh:                                                    |
|   2017 | Ujjain Zila Panchayat                                                                      |
|   2018 | Madurai District PanchayalTamil Nadu                                                       |
|   2019 | District Panchayat PannaMadhya Pradesh                                                     |

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## be\_hcldin 2020 dueto CQVID-19 pandemic)

## Category 04 Best Urban Local Body in providing services and facilities to Senior Citizens

Year

2015

None

2016

Municipal Corporation. Rewa; Madhya Pradesh

2017

Nagar Palika: Nagda. Madhya Pradesh

2018

None

2019

Nagar PalikaU Jnhel. Ujjain Madhya Pradesh

Calegory 05 Best State in implementing the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007, and providing scrviccs and facilities to Senior Citizens

Ycar

Awardcc

2015

None

2016

Karnataka

2017

Kerala

2018

Chhattisgarh

2019

Tamil Nadu

## Calegory 06 Best Private Sector Organisation in promoting the well and welfare of senior citizens heing

Ycar

Awardcc

2015

None

2016

None

2017

None

2018

Bangalore Baptist

Iospital: Bellary Road.

Hebbal

Bangalore Karnataka

2019

Nonc

## Catcgory 07 Best Public Sector Organisation in promoting the well being and welfare of senior citizens

Year

Awardec

2015

None

2016

Bhilai Steel Plant. Stecl

uthority of India Limited. Chhattisgarh

2017

Bharat [eavy Electricals Limited

2018

Karnataka Statc Women

S

Development Corporation; Bangalore; Karnataka

2019

Artificial Limbs Manufacturing Corporation (ALIMCO) Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh

## Individual Categorics

## Category 08 Centenarian

Year

Awardcc

2015

Shri Uday Singh Mann; Village Lowa Kalan. Tehsil Bahadurgarh; District Jhajjar,

Haryana

| Year   | Awardec                                           |                                                                   |
|--------|---------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 2016   | (i)                                               | Dr. H. Sreenivasaiah. Bengaluru: Karnataka:                       |
|        | (ii)                                              | Dr: DaramNagabhushanam; Karimnagar: 'Telangana                    |
|        | (iii)                                             | Shri Nurul Huda: Dibrugarh: Assam                                 |
| 2017   | (i)                                               | Sh. ChemancheryKunhiraman Nair. Kozhikode Kcrala                  |
|        | (ii)                                              | Mrs. Arvinda Vishnukant Dave, Vadodara. Gujarat                   |
|        | (iii)                                             | Sh. ThangaDarlong; Kailashahar, Unakoti. Tripura                  |
|        | (iv)                                              | Lale Shri Kishan Chand Garg(Posthumous) Saharanpur: Uttar Pradesh |
| 2018   |                                                   | Dr. (Mrs: _ Y.G. Parthasarathy. Chennai. Tamil Nadu               |
|        | (ii)                                              | Sh. NagindasHargovindSanghavi, Mumbai, Maharashtra                |
| 2019   | Shri IshwarchandraChintamani,Vajayaput; Karnataka | Shri IshwarchandraChintamani,Vajayaput; Karnataka                 |

## Category 09 Iconic Mother

| Year   | wardee                                                                                    |
|--------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 2015   | Smt. aduben alias LeelabenChaabildasGurjar,  Thakkar-Iapa   Colony: Ahmedabad. Gujarat:   |
| 2016   | Smt; MankabaiAkaram Yadav Sangli_Maharashtra:                                             |
| 2017   |                                                                                           |
| 2018   | Smt. Muniyamma, District Tumkur, Karnalaka ManbcerNarang:_Madhya Pradesh                  |
|        | Smt: Sharada Yashwant Date, Kolhapur; Maharashtra Smt. Urmila Sharma; Pandav Delhi Nagar: |

## Category 10 \_ Lifetime Achicvement

|   Year | Awardec                                                  |                                                                                                       |
|--------|----------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|   2015 | (i) (ii)                                                 | Shri Yashwant Narayan Kadam. Kolhapur: Maharashtra Dr. Manohar VishwanathBhale; Dewas, Pradesh Madhya |
|   2016 | (i) (ii)                                                 | MsUrmilKumari, Patiala; Punjab. Dr. Anil Kr Chaturvedi; I.P. Extension, Delhi                         |
|   2017 | (i) (ii)                                                 | Dr. ParvatideviPatil, Gularga. Karnataka                                                              |
|   2018 |                                                          |                                                                                                       |
|   2019 | Shri Chhajuram SharmaTehsil and District Rewari. Haryana | Shri Chhajuram SharmaTehsil and District Rewari. Haryana                                              |

## Category 11 Creativc Art

| Year   | Awardcc   |                                                                                       |
|--------|-----------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 2015   | (ii)      | Dr. JitendraUdhampuri. Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir Dr. Rabindranath Das Shastri; P.O. A  |
| 2016   | (i) (ii)  | Sh. Moti LalKemmu; Kunjwani. Jamm                                                     |
| 2017   | (i)       | Shri YumnamRajendra Singh. Imphal. Manipur Shri B. Shankara Rao, Bangalorc. Karnataka |
|        | (ii)      |                                                                                       |
|        | (iii)     | Shri S. Thippeswamy Mysuru, Karnataka                                                 |
|        | (iv)      | Smt: MangalRamchandraBansode: Salara Maharashtra                                      |
| 2018   | (v)       | Dr. Dolly Das Dibrugarh: Assam Shri NadojaBelagallu Veeranna, Bellary: Karnataka      |

|   Year | Awardee                                    |
|--------|--------------------------------------------|
|   2019 | (ii) Sh. W_ Ms. Eli Ahmad, Guwahati. Assam |

## Category 12 Sports and Adventure (one each for Male and Female)

|   Year | Awardec                                                                                                        |
|--------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|   2015 |                                                                                                                |
|   2016 | Female- Dr (Miss) Bhagwati M. Oza Vadodara, Gujaral: Male-Capt: (Retd:) Gurjiwan Singh Sidhu: Chandigarh       |
|   2017 | Female- Dr: Manorama M. Kulkarni, Kolhapur; Maharashtra Male Male (ii) Shri_Yogendra Vaidya,Ahmedabad, Gujarat |
|   2018 | Dr Rajpal Singh,Baghpat,_Uttar Pradesh                                                                         |
|   2019 | Female- Ms. AnandiniDarjee, Balangir town, Odisha Male Shri Hadev Singh; New Delhi                             |

Category 13 Courage and Bravery (one cach for Male and Female)

|   Year | Awardee                                             |
|--------|-----------------------------------------------------|
|   2015 | None                                                |
|   2016 | None                                                |
|   2017 | Female Dr. Aabha Verma, Bilaspur; Chhattisgarh Male |
|   2018 | Nonc                                                |
|   2019 | Male Shri Prem Singh_District SAS Punjab Nagar:     |

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## 4504 to\_be answered 0n 23.03.2021

|    |                             | No_Of Bencficiarics   | No_Of Bencficiarics   | No_Of Bencficiarics   | No_Of Bencficiarics   |
|----|-----------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|    | States/UTs                  | 2017-18               | 2018-19               | 2019-20               | 2020- 21              |
|    | Andaman and Nicobar Islands |                       | 342                   |                       |                       |
|    | Andhra Pradesh              | 2720                  | 2676                  | 1007                  |                       |
|    | Arunachal Pradesh           |                       | 384                   | 943                   | 209                   |
|    | Assam                       |                       |                       | 316                   | 1679                  |
| 5  |                             | 1665                  | 261                   | 496                   | 837                   |
|    | Chandigarh                  |                       |                       |                       |                       |
| 7  | Chhattishgarh               |                       | 71                    |                       | 1293                  |
| 8  | Dadar and Nagar lavcli      |                       |                       |                       |                       |
|    | Daman and Diu               |                       |                       |                       | 76                    |
| 0  | Delhi                       | 480                   | 1971                  |                       |                       |
|    | Goa                         | 2407                  |                       |                       |                       |
| 2  | Gujaral                     | 2760                  |                       |                       |                       |
| 13 | Haryana                     |                       | 563                   | 1609                  | 158                   |
| 14 | Himachal Pradesh            | 76                    | 18                    |                       | 16                    |
| 15 | Jammu and Kashmir           |                       |                       | 247                   | 14                    |
| 16 | Jharkhand                   |                       | 1839                  |                       | 346                   |
| 17 | Karnataka                   |                       | 1320                  | 418                   | 532                   |
| 18 | Kerala                      | 687                   | 275                   | 1646                  | 664                   |
| 19 | Lakshadweep                 |                       | 528                   |                       |                       |
| 20 | Madhya Pradesh              | 3980                  | 11024                 | 818                   | 1907                  |
| 21 | Maharashtra                 | 3126                  | 18401                 |                       | 3434                  |
| 22 | Manipur                     |                       |                       |                       | 3629                  |
| 23 | Meghalaya                   | 822                   | 5469                  | 2510                  |                       |
| 24 | Mizoram                     |                       |                       |                       |                       |
| 25 | Nagaland                    |                       |                       |                       |                       |
| 26 | Odisha                      |                       |                       | 1352                  | 289                   |
| 27 | Puducherry_                 | 1529                  |                       |                       |                       |
| 28 | Punjab                      |                       | 1434                  |                       | 1343                  |
| 29 | Rajasthan                   | 4210                  | 2707                  | 5298                  |                       |
| 30 | Sikkim                      |                       | 1814                  | 804                   |                       |

| S.No:   | States/UTs    | 2017-18   | 2018-19   | 2019-20   | 2020- 21   |
|---------|---------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|------------|
| 31      | Tamil Nadu    |           | 1415      | 780       |            |
| 32      | Tclangana     |           | 1473      | 592       |            |
| 33      | Tripura       | 795       |           | 1158      | 3226       |
| 34      | Uttarakhand   |           | 1537      | 1404      | 1034       |
| 35      | Uttar Pradesh | 4080      | 583| | 21474     | 2429       |
| 36      | West Bengal   |           |           |           | 101        |
| Total   | Total         | 34069     | 65615     | 44833     | 23487      |

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