Lok Sabha Question No. 3748 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-16
Subject: Welfare of Older Persons
Ministry: SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
Asked by: Sangeeta Kumari Singh Deo, Bhartruhari Mahtab, Rahul Ramesh Shewale

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

## WELFARE OF OLDER PERSONS

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3748 TO BE ANSWERED ON 16.07.2019

3748. SHRIMATI SANGEETA KUMARI SINGH DEO: SHRI BHARTRUHARI MAHTAB: SHRI RAHUL RAMESH SHEWALE:

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

- (2) whether the Government has conducted any survey to ascertain old age by the State Governments in each district establishment and maintenance of of the respective States; homes
2. (b) if the details and outcome thereof and ifnot; the reasons therefor; SO;
3. the number of old aged persons in the country, as on date; State/UT-wise;
4. (d) the welfare of such old aged persons in the by the Government  for schemes/ country along with the number of beneficiaries of such programmes, aS on State/UT-wise and Scheme/Programme-wise; and date ,
5. (e) the other steps taken/being taken by the Government to ensure welfare and persons in the country? of old safety aged

## ANSWER

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

(a)& (b): This Ministry has not conducted any survey in this Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior regard. However, section 19 of the Citizens Act; 2007 states as under:

- The State Government may establish and maintain such number of homes at accessible accommodate in such beginning with at least one in each district to homes & minimum ofone hundred senior citizens who are indigent: oldage fifty
- (ii) The State Government may; prescribe a scheme for management f the standards and various types of services to be provided by them which homes, including care and means of entertainment to the inhabitants of are necessary for medical such homes. oldage
- (c): As per census 2011, the population of old aged persons in the country State/UT-wise at Annexure-[. is annexed
- (ds This Ministry implements & Central Sector Scheme of Integrated Programme for Senior (IPSIC), under which grants-in-aid is   given to the  implementing Citizens maintenance of Senior Citizens agencies for and Homes/Continuous Care Homes/Physiotherapy Clinics for Senior Citizens/ Mobile Medicare units etc: Details of beneficiaries under the scheme of IPSrGc at Annexure-II: state-wise is running

This Ministry also implements a Central Sector Scheme of ""Rashtriya under which physical aids and assisted Vayoshri Yojana (RVY)"\_ walkers, artificial devices such as walking sticks, tripods, quad pods; denture; hearing aids, spectacle etc; are provided to the senior citizens BPL category, free of belonging to Annexure-III state-wise, of the scheme of RVY are at living

(e): Details of the other major Annexure-IV. schemes/programmes for the welfare and safety of older persons are at

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## Annexure referred to in part (c) of Lok Sabha Unstarred

## Annexure-

## QNo-3748 for 16.07.2019

|         | STATEIUT            | Total Population @pprox)   | Total Population @pprox)   | Total Population @pprox)   |
|---------|---------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|         | 2                   | Persons_                   | Males                      | Females                    |
| 1_      | ANDHRA PRADESH      | 3                          | 4                          | 5                          |
| 2       | A& NISLANDS         | 8278241                    | 3906328                    | 4371913                    |
|         | ARUNACHAL           | 25424                      | 14189                      | 11235                      |
| 3_      | PRADESH             | 63639                      | 33189                      | 30450                      |
| 4       | ASSAM               | 2078544                    |                            |                            |
| 5       | BIHAR               | 7707145                    | 1054817                    | 1023727                    |
| 6_      | CHANDIGARH          |                            | 4106593                    | 3600552                    |
| 7       |                     | 67078                      | 34833                      | 32245                      |
| 8       | D                   | 2003909                    | 928159                     | 1075750                    |
| 9_      | DAMAN & DIU         | 13892                      | 6359                       | 7533                       |
| 10_     | NCT OF DELHI        | 11361                      | 4873                       | 6488                       |
| 11_     | GOA                 | 1147445                    | 576755                     | 570690                     |
| 12.     | GUJARAT             | 163495                     | 74315                      | 89180                      |
| 13.     | HARYANA             | 4786559                    | 2245601                    | 2540958                    |
|         | HIMAHAL             | 2193755                    | 1088621                    | 1105134                    |
| 14.     | PRADESH JAMMU &     | 703009                     | 340875                     | 362134                     |
| 15, 16. | KASHMIR JHARKHAND   | 922656                     | 482580                     | 440076                     |
| 17.     | KARNATAKA           | 2356678                    | 1181745                    | 1174933                    |
| 18.     | KERALA              | 5791032                    | 2747072                    | 3043960                    |
| 19.     |                     | 4193393                    | 1883595                    | 2309798                    |
|         | LAKSHADWEEP MADHYA  | 5270                       | 2674                       | 2596                       |
| 20. 21  | PRADESH MAHARASHTRA | 5743316                    | 2769556                    | 2943760                    |
|         | MANIPUR             | 1406935                    | 5253709                    | 5853226                    |
| 23 .    | MEGHALAYA           | 187694 138902              | 93137                      | 94557                      |
| 24.     | MIZORAM             |                            |                            | 71963                      |
| 25.     | NAGALAND            | 68628                      | 34345                      | 34283                      |
| 26.     | ODISHA              | 102726                     | 54779                      | 47947                      |
| 27.     | PUDUCHERRY          | 3984448 120436             | 1994270 53419              | 1990178                    |
| 28.     | PUNJAB              | 2865817                    | 1443662                    | 67017                      |
| 29.     | RAJASTHAN           |                            |                            | 1422155                    |
| 30.     | SIKKIM              | 5142138                    | 2432263                    | 2679875                    |
| 31_     | TAMIL NADU          | 40752                      | 22472                      | 18280                      |
| 32.     | TRIPURA             | 7509758                    | 3661226                    | 3848532                    |
| 33      | UTTAR PRADESH       | 15439904                   | 141920 8037133             | 147624 7402771             |
| 34,     | UTTARAKHAND         | 900809                     | 441897                     | 458912                     |
| 35.     | WEST BENGAL         | 7742382                    | 3851314                    | 3891068                    |
| TOTAL   | TOTAL               | 103836714                  | 51065214                   | 52771500                   |

ANNEXURE-L Annexure\_referred toin Part (d)

|       | Name of StatefUT     | 2018-19 Beneficiaries   | 2019-20 (as available till 11.072019)   |
|-------|----------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
| 1_    | Andhra Pradesh       | 6295                    | Beneficiaries                           |
|       | Bihar                |                         | 875                                     |
| 3     | Chhattisgarh_        | 150                     |                                         |
|       | Goa                  | 25                      | 25                                      |
|       | Gujarat              |                         |                                         |
|       | Haryana_             | 250                     | 3                                       |
|       | Himachal Pradesh     | 600                     |                                         |
|       | Jammu and Kashmir    | 400                     |                                         |
|       | Jharkhand            |                         | 0                                       |
| 10    | Karnataka            |                         | 0                                       |
|       | Kerala               | 1495                    | 600                                     |
| 12    | Pradesh Madhya       | 200                     | 50                                      |
| 13    | Maharashtra          | 450                     | 100                                     |
| 14    | Odisha               | 3005                    | 475                                     |
| 15    | Punjab               | 5120                    | 350                                     |
| 16    | Rajasthan            | 295                     | 25                                      |
| 17    | Tamil Nadu           | 50                      | 50                                      |
| 18    | Telangana            | 3075                    | 425                                     |
| 19    | Uttar Pradesh        | 1000                    | 200                                     |
| 20    | Uttarakhand          | 395                     | 175                                     |
| 21    | West Bengal_         | 175                     |                                         |
| 22    | A& N Island          | 2750                    | 100                                     |
| 23    | Chandigarh           |                         |                                         |
| 24    | Dadra & Haveli Nagar |                         |                                         |
| 25    | Daman and Diu        |                         |                                         |
| 26    | Lakshad weep         |                         |                                         |
| 27    | Delhi                | 0                       | 0                                       |
| 28    | Puducherry           |                         | 50                                      |
| 29    | Arunachal Pradesh    | 25                      | 25                                      |
| 30    | Assam                |                         | 0                                       |
| 31    | Manipur              | 6295                    | 25                                      |
| 32    | Meghalaya            | 2770                    | 475                                     |
| 33    | Mizoram              |                         | 0                                       |
| 34    | Nagaland             | 0                       | 0                                       |
| 35    | Sikkim               | 25                      |                                         |
| 36    | Tripura              | 0                       |                                         |
| Total | Total                | 75 34920                | 0 4125                                  |

## [Annexure   referred to in reply of Unstarred 16.07.2019] Q No.3748 for

## State-wise Benefited Beneficiaries under Rashtriya Vayoshri Yojana as on 06.07.2019

| S.NO.   | States/UTs                  | No. of Beneficiaries   |
|---------|-----------------------------|------------------------|
|         | Andaman and Nicobar Islands |                        |
| 2       | Andhra Pradesh              | 342                    |
| 3       | Arunachal Pradesh           | 5396                   |
| 4       | Assam                       | 384                    |
| 5       | Bihar                       |                        |
| 6       | Chandigarh                  |                        |
| 7       | Chhattishgarh_              | 711                    |
| 8       | Dadar and Haveli Nagar      |                        |
| 9       | Daman and Diu               |                        |
| 10      | Delhi                       |                        |
| 11      | Goa                         | 3451                   |
| 12      | Gujarat                     | 2407 4166              |
| 13      | Haryana                     | 2174                   |
| 14      | Himachal Pradesh            | 194                    |
| 15      | Jammu and Kashmir           |                        |
| 16      | Jharkhand                   |                        |
| 17      | Karnataka                   | 1860                   |
| 18      | Kerala                      | 1320                   |
| 19      | Lakshadweep                 | 962                    |
| 20      | Pradesh Madhya              | 528 15004              |
| 21      | Maharashtra                 |                        |
| 22      | Manipur                     | 21527                  |
| 23      | Meghalaya                   |                        |
| 24      | Mizoram                     | 7291                   |
| 25      | Nagaland                    |                        |
| 26      | Odisha                      | 2661                   |
| 27      | Puducherry                  | 1529                   |
| 28      | Punjab                      | 1434                   |
| 29      | Rajasthan                   |                        |
| 30      | Sikkim                      | 6917                   |
| 31      | Tamil Nadu                  | 1814                   |
| 32      | Telangana                   | 1415                   |
| 33      | Tripura                     | 1473 795               |
| 34      | Uttarakhand                 | 2637                   |
| 35      | Uttar Pradesh               |                        |
| 36      | West Bengal                 | 10173                  |
| Total   | Total                       | 100491                 |

{4nnexure referred to in part (e) ofreply of Lok Sabha Unstarrred Q. No 3748 for 16.07.2019]

1. The Ministry of Home Affairs has issued two detailed advisories dated 8-2013 to all States Governments/UTs advising them 27-3-2008 and 30and security and for elimination to take immediate measures to ensure safety of all forms of neglect; abuse and violence against old through   initiatives   such as identification of senior citizens, sensitization of persons regarding safety: security of older persons, regular visit of the beat stafo Senior citizen helpline; setting up of senior citizen security up of toll free drivers etc cell; verification of domestic helps, setting
2. 2\_ National Social Assistance   Programme '(NSAP) is a Centrally  Sponsored   Scheme of Rural Development. NSAP is a social securitylsocial welfare of old aged, widows, disabled persons and bereaved  families programme applicable to belonging to below on death of primary bread winner; poverty Jine household: Old age pension is provided under Indira Gandhi (pionhl Od Age Pension Scheme (IGNOAPS) t0 the persons belonging toabelow line (BPL) household . Central assistance of Rs, 200/per month is provided to the poverty years of age and Rs SOO/- per month to the persons of of 80 persons of 60-79 implemented age years or more. This Scheme is benefit under the schemes is done by the StatesUTs: Ministry
3. Governvent of India has been implementing National Programme for Health' Care the Elderly (NPHCE) from the FY. 2010-11 to provide dedicated healthcare of elderly people at various level of state health services to the tertiary health care including care delivery system at primary, secondary and outreach services.
4. (a) National Health Mission (NHM) component: The district and below activities of the programme is covered under Non-Communicable Diseases (NCD) flexible pool of NHM which are as follows: being

National Programme for Health Care of the Elderly (NPHCE) has two components with the following provisions t0 provide health care facilities to the elderly people in the cowntey;

- Geriatric OPD and 10 bedded Geriatric Ward at District Hospitals.
- Weekly Geriatric Clinic at Primary Health Centre (PHCs).
- Bi-weekly Geriatric Clinic at Community Health Centres (CHCs)
- Provision of Aids and Appliances at Sub-centres

The programme is implemented on the basis of Programme 599 districts of 35 States/UTs have been As on date, approved to implement the District and below activities of the Programme. being

- create human resource orientated towards geriatric care, this Ministry is supporting of 19 Regional  Geriatric  Centres (RGCs) Ageing each at AlIMS, New Delhi and MMC, Chennai with the following Centres of facilities: geriatric health care
- Geriatric OPD; 30 bedded Geriatric ward for in-patient care RGCs and 200 bedded Geriatric ward NCAs.
- Research activities; Imparting Training and Development of training material
- 02 PG seats per RGC and 15 PG seats per NCA in Geriatric Medicine

## Ministry\_of Railways:

- 4 Indian Railways have taken various measures for Welfare of senior citizens, some of which are under:
- Asnper rules& male Senior Citizens of minimum 60 years and lady Senior Citizens of minimum 58 years are granted concession in the fares of all classes of Mail/Express/Rajdhani/Shatabdi/Jan   Shatbdi Duronto group of  trains. The   element of concession is 40% for men and 50% for women:

No proof of age is required at the time of purchasing tickets However; and have to produce it if demanded by o-board ticket checking staff: Senior Citizens book reserve tickets across the reservation counters as well as through internet: can they

- (ii) In the computerised Passenger Reservation System (PRS) there is a provision to allot even if no choice is given, subject to availability of accommodation at the time o= booking:
- (iii) Sepaeate counters are earmarked at various Passengers Reservation System (PRS) for senior citizens. centres

## Ministry of Finance:

- 5\_ of Finance has launched a scheme namely Pradhan Mantri Yojana' (PMVVY) to protect elderly persons their interest income due to the uncertain market condition, as also to provide social old age. The scheme is implemented through Life Insurance security India: The scheme provides an assured return f 8% Corporation (LIC) of per annum payable monthly for 10 years Ministry Vaya aged during being
- exemption for Senior Citizens of 60 years and above age is Rs. 3 lakhs and only 5% is levied on income between 3 lakhs and 5 lakhs. Senior citizens above 80 exempted from paying income tax upto Rs 5 lakhs. Deduction years  and above age are 8ODDB of the in case of every senior citizens U/s Income Tax Act on expenditure on been increased. To incentivize younger generation to look after medical needs Of their section SOD of LT: Act provides for & deduction to keep in force insurance on the health parents,; parents of the assesse. A similar deduction is also of the parents Or in available to a Hindu Undivided Family (HUF) respect %f health insurance premia, to effect Or t0 keep in force insurance On the health of any payment of advance tax who does not have any income chargeable year, from under:the head Profits and gains of business O profession'. Tax upto

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