Lok Sabha Question No. 138 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-11
Subject: Rashtriya Vayoshri Yojana
Ministry: SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
Asked by: SHOBHA KARANDLAJE, PRATHAP SIMHA

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

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 138 TO BE ANSWERED ON 11.12.2018

## RASHTRIYA VAYOSHRI YOJANA

## 138. KUMARI SHOBHA KARANDLAJE: SHRI PRATHAP SIMHA:

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

- (a) the details of Districts selected under the Rashtriya Vayoshri Yojana (RVY) alongwith the criteria for selection, State-wise;
- (b) whether the Rashtriya Vayoshri Yojana has been implemented nationwide and if S, the details thereof;
- whether it is a fact that only senior citizens from the BPL category are the beneficiaries under this scheme;
- (d) if so, the total number of beneficiaries under the scheme, State-wise; and
- (e) the budgetary provisions for the Scheme during the current Financial Year?

## ANSWER

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

(a): Details of 318 selected Districts under "Rashtriya Vayoshri Yojana is at Annexure-I. Selection of Districts was done mainly on the basis of prevalence of age related disabilities/infirmities in Senior Citizens besides Aspirational Districts as identified by NITI Aayog:

- (b), (c) & (d): Yes. The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment has been implementing a scheme namely "Rashtriya Vayoshri  Yojana' for providing Physical Aids   and Assisted Living Devices to Senior Citizens belonging to BPL category since April, 2017 with the objective to restore near normalcy in their bodily functions list of total number of beneficiaries covered till State-wise, under the Scheme is at Annexure-II. 1st date ,
- (e):Rashtriya Vayoshri Yojana is Welfare' Fund" (SCWF) During the F.Y. 2018-19, Rs. 106.5 Crore have been allocated to the Scheme from the SCWF being

## 318 Districts Selected for the Implementation of Rashtriya Vayoshri Yojana

| SL: No:   | StatelUT                    | Districts Selected                   |
|-----------|-----------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|           | Andaman and Nicobar Islands | South Andaman                        |
| 2.        | Andaman and Nicobar Islands | Middle & North Andaman               |
| 3.        | Andhra Pradesh              | Visakhapatnam                        |
| 4.        | Andhra Pradesh              | Nellore                              |
| 5.        | Andhra Pradesh              | Vizianagaram                         |
| 6_        | Andhra Pradesh              | Chittoor                             |
| 7         | Andhra Pradesh              | Rajahmundry (East Godavari District) |
| 8         | Andhra Pradesh              | Kurnool                              |
| 9         | Andhra Pradesh              | Cuddapah                             |
| 10.       | Andhra Pradesh              | Prakasam                             |
| 11_       | Arunachal Pradesh           | West Kameng                          |
| 12        | Arunachal Pradesh           | Pasighat                             |
| 13        | Arunachal Pradesh           | Changlang                            |
| 14.       | Arunachal Pradesh           | Tirap                                |
| 15        | Arunachal Pradesh           | West Siang                           |
| 16.       | Arunachal Pradesh           | Tawang                               |
| 17.       | Arunachal Pradesh           | Namsai                               |
| 18.       | Assam                       | Kamrup                               |
| 19        | Assam                       | Sonitpur                             |
| 20.       | Assam                       | Nagaon                               |
| 21        | Assam                       | Lakhimpur                            |
| 22.       | Assam                       | Darrang                              |
| 23.       | Assam                       | Guwahati                             |
| 24        | Assam                       | Dhubri                               |
| 25,       | Assam                       | Barpeta                              |
| 26.       | Assam                       | Goalpara                             |
| 27.       | Assam                       | Baksa                                |
| 28        | Assam                       | Udalguri                             |
| 29        | Assam                       | Hailakandi                           |
| 30        | Bihar                       | Buxar                                |
| 31.       | Bihar                       | West Champaran                       |
| 32.       | Bihar                       | Patna                                |
| 33.       | Bihar                       | Bhojpur                              |

|     | StatelUT               | Districts Selected     |
|-----|------------------------|------------------------|
| 34. | Bihar                  | Nawada                 |
| 35  | Bihar                  | Muzaffarpur            |
| 36. | Bihar                  | Katihar                |
| 37  | Bihar                  | Begusarai              |
| 38  | Bihar                  | Sheikhpura             |
| 39. | Bihar                  | Araria                 |
| 40. | Bihar                  | Sitamarhi              |
|     | Bihar                  | Khagaria               |
| 42. | Bihar                  | Purnia                 |
| 43  | Bihar                  | Aurangabad             |
| 44. | Bihar                  | Banka                  |
| 45. | Bihar                  | Gaya                   |
| 46. | Bihar                  | Jamui                  |
| 47  | Bihar                  | East Champaram_        |
| 48  | Chandigarh             | Chandigarh             |
| 49  | Chhattisgarh           | Raipur                 |
| 50  | Chhattisgarh           | Bastar                 |
| 51. | Chhattisgarh           | Janjgir-Champa         |
| 52  | Chhattisgarh           | Raigarh                |
| 53. | Chhattisgarh           | Bilaspur_              |
| 54, | Chhattisgarh           | Rajnandgaon            |
| 55. | Chhattisgarh           | Korba                  |
| 56. | Chhattisgarh           | Mahasamund             |
| 57. | Chhattisgarh           | Bijapur_               |
| 58. | Chhattisgarh           | Dantewada              |
| 59  | Chhattisgarh           | Kanker                 |
| 60  | Chhattisgarh           | Kondagaon              |
| 61  | Chhattisgarh           | Narayanpur             |
| 62  | Chhattisgarh           | Sukma                  |
| 63  | Chhattisgarh           | Surguja                |
| 64  | Chhattisgarh           | Durg                   |
| 65  | Dadra and Nagar Haveli | Dadra and Nagar Haveli |
| 66  | Daman and Diu          | Daman and Diu          |
| 67  | Delhi                  | Chandni Chowk          |
| 68  | Delhi                  | Karol Bagh             |
| 69  | Delhi                  | South Delhi            |
| 70. | Delhi                  | West Delhi             |
| 71. | Delhi                  | East Delhi             |
| 72. | Delhi                  | North East Delhi       |

| SL No:   | StatelUT          | Districts Selected   |
|----------|-------------------|----------------------|
| 73.      | Delhi             | North West Delhi     |
| 74.      | Goa               | North Goa            |
| 75.      | Goa               | South Goa            |
| 76.      | Gujarat           | Vadodara             |
| 77.      | Gujarat           | Ahmadabad            |
| 78.      | Gujarat           | Bhavnagar            |
| 79       | Gujarat           | Junagarh             |
| 80       | Gujarat           | Rajkot               |
| 81_      | Gujarat           | Kutch                |
| 82       | Gujarat           | Narmada              |
| 83       | Gujarat           | Dahod                |
| 84.      | Gujarat           | Mehsana              |
| 85.      | Gujarat           | Bharuch              |
| 86.      | Haryana           | Karnal               |
| 87.      | Haryana           | Ambala               |
| 88.      | Haryana           | Rewari               |
| 89       | Haryana           | Sonipat              |
| 90       | Haryana           | Faridabad            |
| 91_      | Haryana           | Gurgaon              |
| 92.      | Haryana           | Palwal               |
| 93       | Haryana           | Mewat                |
| 94.      | Himachal Pradesh  | Shimla               |
| 95.      | Himachal Pradesh  | Hamirpur             |
| 96.      | Himachal Pradesh  | Chamba               |
| 97.      | Himachal Pradesh  | Una                  |
| 98.      | Himachal Pradesh  | Solan                |
| 99       | Himachal Pradesh  | Bilaspur             |
| 100_     | Jammu and Kashmir | Sri Nagar            |
| 101 _    | Jammu and Kashmir | Udhampur             |
| 102.     | Jammu and Kashmir | Ramban               |
| 103.     | Jammu and Kashmir | Doda                 |
| 104.     | Jammu and Kashmir | Kathua               |
| 105.     | Jammu and Kashmir | Jammu                |
| 106.     | Jammu and Kashmir | Anantnag             |
| 107_     | Jammu and Kashmir | Kupwara              |
| 108.     | Jammu and Kashmir | Baramulla            |

| SL No.   | StatelUT       | Districts Selected   |
|----------|----------------|----------------------|
| 109_     | Jharkhand      | Gumla                |
| 110-     | Jharkhand      | Ranchi               |
| 111.     | Jharkhand      | Giridih              |
| 112.     | Jharkhand      | East Singhbhum       |
| 113_     | Jharkhand      | Koderma              |
| 114.     | Jharkhand      | West Singhbhum_      |
| 115_     | Jharkhand      | Sahebganj            |
| 116.     | Jharkhand      | Pakaur               |
| 117.     | Jharkhand      | Godda                |
| 118_     | Jharkhand      | Latehar              |
| 119_     | Jharkhand      | Lohardaga            |
| 120_     | Jharkhand      | Palamu               |
| 121 _    | Jharkhand      | Ramgarh              |
| 122-     | Jharkhand      | Simdega              |
| 123_     | Jharkhand      | Bokaro               |
| 124.     | Jharkhand      | Chatra               |
| 125_     | Jharkhand      | Dumka                |
| 126.     | Jharkhand      | Garhwa               |
| 127_     | Jharkhand      | Hazaribagh           |
| 128.     | Jharkhand      | Khunti               |
|          | Karnataka      | South Bangalore      |
| 130.     | Karnataka      | Dharwad              |
| 131.     | Karnataka      | Bijapur              |
| 132.     | Karnataka      | Shimoga              |
| 133.     | Karnataka      | Uttara Kannada       |
| 134.     | Karnataka      | Belagavi_            |
| 135.     | Karnataka      | Yadgir               |
| 136.     | Karnataka      | Raichur              |
| 137.     | Karnataka      | Gadag                |
| 138_     | Karnataka      | Kalaburgi            |
| 139.     | Karnataka      | Kollar               |
| 140.     | Kerala         | Kochi                |
| 141.     | Kerala         | Thiruvananthapuram   |
| 142_     | Kerala         | Kozhikode            |
| 143_     | Kerala         | Pathanamthitta       |
| 144.     | Kerala         | Kottayam             |
| 145.     | Kerala         | Kannur               |
| 146_     | Kerala         | Wayanad              |
| 147.     | Lakshadweep    | Lakshadweep          |
| 148.     | Madhya         | Ujjain               |
| 149.     | Pradesh Madhya | Khandwa              |
|          | Pradesh        |                      |
| 151_     | Madhya Pradesh | Sehore               |

| SL No:     | StatefUT        | Districts Selected   |
|------------|-----------------|----------------------|
| 152.       | Madhya Pradesh  | Indore               |
| 153.       | Madhya Pradesh  | Ratlam               |
| 154.       | Madhya Pradesh  | Vidisha              |
| 155_       | Madhya Pradesh  | Shivpuri             |
| 156_       | Madhya Pradesh  | Sagar                |
| 157_       | Madhya Pradesh  | Damoh                |
| 158_       | Madesa          | Singrauli            |
| 159_       | Madhya Pradesh  | Barwani              |
| 160.       | Madhya Pradesh  | Chhatarpur           |
| 161.       | Madhya Pradesh  | Rajgarh              |
| 162.       | Madhya Pradesh  | Guna                 |
| 163_       | Madhya Pradesh  | Tikamgarh            |
| 164.       | Maharashtra     | Nagpur               |
| 165.       | Maharashtra     | Dhule                |
| 166.       | Maharashtra     | Pune                 |
| 167 .      | Maharashtra     | Mumbai North-East    |
| 168.       | Maharashtra     | Kurla & Bandra       |
| 169.       | Maharashtra     | Jalna                |
| 170.       | Maharashtra     | Wardha               |
| 171_       | Maharashtra     | Nandurbar            |
| 172.       | Maharashtra     | Washim               |
| 173.       | Maharashtra     | Osmanabad            |
| 174.       | Maharashtra     | Gadchiroli           |
| 175.       | Maharashtra     | Jalgaon              |
| 176.       | Maharashtra     | Nanded               |
| 177.       | Maharashtra     | Amravati             |
| 178.       | Maharashtra     | Buldana              |
| 179        | Maharashtra     | Hingoli              |
| 180.       | Maharashtra     | Ratnagiri            |
| 181.       | Maharashtra     | Satara               |
| 182.       | Manipur         | Imphal West          |
| 183.       | Manipur         | Imphal East          |
| 184.       | Manipur         | Thoubal              |
| 185.       | Manipur         | Bishnupur            |
| 186. 187 . | Manipur Manipur | Churachandpur Ukhrul |
|            |                 | Chandel              |
| 188.       | Manipur         |                      |

| SL No:   | StatelUT   | Districts Selected   |
|----------|------------|----------------------|
| 189.     | Manipur    | Senapati             |
| 190.     | Manipur    | Tamenglong           |
| 191.     | Manipur    | Kangpokpi            |
| 192.     | Manipur    | Tengnoupal           |
| 193.     | Manipur    | Pherzawl             |
| 194.     | Manipur    | Noney                |
| 195.     | Manipur    | Kamjong              |
| 196.     | Manipur    | Jiribam              |
| 197_     | Manipur    | Kakching             |
| 198.     | Meghalaya  | East Jaintia Hills   |
| 199.     | Meghalaya  | Ri Bhoi              |
| 200_     | Meghalaya  | West Garo Hills      |
| 201_     | Meghalaya  | East Khasi Hills     |
| 202_     | Meghalaya  | West Khasi Hills     |
| 203_     | Meghalaya  | East Garo Hills      |
| 204.     | Mizoram    | Aizawl               |
| 205.     | Mizoram    | Champhai             |
| 206.     | Mizoram    | Lunglei              |
| 207 .    | Mizoram    | Mamit                |
| 208.     | Mizoram    | Lawngtlai            |
| 209.     | Mizoram    | Serchhip             |
| 210.     | Nagaland   | Dimapur              |
| 211.     | Nagaland   | Kohima               |
| 212.     | Nagaland   | Mon                  |
| 213.     | Nagaland   | Mokokchung           |
| 214.     | Nagaland   | Tuensang             |
| 215.     | Nagaland   | Zunheboto            |
| 216.     | Nagaland   | Kiphire              |
| 217.     | Odisha     | Sundargarh           |
| 218.     | Odisha     | Angul                |
| 219.     |            | Hinjili              |
| 220.     | Odisha     | Mayurbhanj           |
| 221,     | Odisha     | Dhenkanal            |
|          | Odisha     | Nuapada              |
| 223_     | Odisha     | Balangir             |
| 224.     | Odisha     | Gajapati             |
|          | Odisha     | Kalahandi            |
| 226_     | Odisha     | Kandhamal            |
| 227.     | Odisha     | Koraput              |
| 228_     | Odisha     | Malkajgiri           |
| 229.     | Odisha     | Rayagada             |
| 230.     | Puducherry | Olukara              |
|          | Puducherry | Karaikal             |
| 232_     | Punjab     | Gurdaspur            |

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| SL No:   | StatelUT   | Districts Selected   |
|----------|------------|----------------------|
| 233 .    | Punjab     | Hoshiarpur           |
| 234,     | Punjab     | Bathinda             |
| 235.     | Punjab     | Fazilka              |
| 236.     | Punjab     | Mansa                |
| 237.     | Punjab     | Jalandhar            |
| 238.     | Punjab     | Firozpur             |
| 239.     | Punjab     | Moga                 |
| 240.     | Punjab     | Ludhiana             |
| 241.     | Rajasthan  | Jhalawar             |
| 242_     | Rajasthan  | Bikaner              |
| 243.     | Rajasthan  | Jaipur               |
| 244.     | Rajasthan  | Jodhpur              |
| 245_     | Rajasthan  | Pali                 |
| 246.     | Rajasthan  | Bhilwara             |
| 247.     | Rajasthan  | Sawai Madhopur       |
| 248.     | Rajasthan  | Baran                |
|          | Rajasthan  | Jaisalmer            |
| 250.     | Rajasthan  | Dholpur              |
| 251_     | Rajasthan  | Karauli              |
| 252.     | Rajasthan  | Sirohi               |
| 253.     | Rajasthan  | Barmer               |
| 254.     | Sikkim     | East Sikkim          |
| 255.     | Sikkim     | South Sikkim         |
| 256.     | Sikkim     | North Sikkim         |
|          | Sikkim     | West Sikkim          |
| 258.     | Tamil Nadu | Kanya Kumari         |
| 259.     | Tamil Nadu | South Chennai        |
| 260.     | Tamil Nadu | Kancheepuram         |
| 261.     | Tamil Nadu | Theni                |
| 262.     | Tamil Nadu | Nagapattinam         |
| 263_     | Tamil Nadu | Salem                |
| 264_     | Tamil Nadu | Ramanathapuram       |
| 265._    | Tamil Nadu | Virudhunagar         |
| 266.     | Telangana  | Hyderabad            |
| 267.     | Telangana  | Karimnagar           |
| 268.     | Telangana  | Mahbubnagar          |
| 269_     | Telangana  | Chevella             |
| 270_     | Telangana  | Nizamabad            |
| 271.     | Telangana  | Rangareddy           |
| 272.     | Telangana  | Bhupalpally          |
| 273.     | Telangana  | Asifabad             |
| 274.     | Telangana  | Khammam              |
| 275.     | Telangana  | Adilabad             |
| 276.     | Telangana  | Warangal Unakoti     |
| 277.     | Tripura    |                      |

| SL No.   | StatelUT      | Districts Selected   |
|----------|---------------|----------------------|
| 278.     | Tripura       | Dhalai               |
| 279,     | Tripura       | West Tripura         |
| 280.     | Tripura       | Khowai               |
| 281.     | Uttarakhand   | Haridwar             |
| 282.     | Uttarakhand   | Almora               |
| 283.     | Uttarakhand   | Nainital             |
| 284.     | Uttarakhand   | Tehri Garhwal        |
| 285.     | Uttarakhand   | Udham Singh Nagar    |
| 286.     | Uttarakhand   | Pauri Garhwal        |
| 287.     | Uttar Pradesh | Lucknow              |
| 288_     | Uttar Pradesh | Pilibhit             |
| 289_     | Uttar Pradesh | Varanasi             |
| 290_     | Uttar Pradesh | Lalitpur             |
| 291,     | Uttar Pradesh | Chandauli            |
| 292.     | Uttar Pradesh | Gorakhpur            |
| 293 .    | Uttar Pradesh | Noida                |
| 294.     | Uttar Pradesh | Mirzapur             |
| 295.     | Uttar Pradesh | Allahabad            |
| 296.     | Uttar Pradesh | Ghazipur             |
| 297_     | Uttar Pradesh | Chitrakoot           |
| 298.     | Uttar Pradesh | Balrampur            |
| 299.     | Uttar Pradesh | Bahraich             |
| 300.     | Uttar Pradesh | Sonbhadra            |
|          | Uttar Pradesh | Shrawasti            |
| 302_     | Uttar Pradesh | Siddharthnagar       |
| 303 .    | Uttar Pradesh | Fatehpur             |
| 304.     | Uttar Pradesh | Bareilly             |
| 305.     | Uttar Pradesh | Amethi               |
| 306.     | Uttar Pradesh | Raebareli            |
|          | Uttar Pradesh | Sultanpur            |
| 308.     | Uttar Pradesh | Baghpat              |
| 309_     | West Bengal   | Asansol              |
| 310.     | West Bengal   | Darjeeling           |
|          | West Bengal   | Jayanagar            |
| 312_     | West Bengal   | Paschim Medinipur    |
| 313.     | West Bengal   | Arambagh             |
| 314      | West Bengal   | Ranaghat-Nadia       |
| 315.     | West Bengal   | Birbhum              |
| 316.     | West Bengal   | Dakshin Dinajpur     |
| 317.     | West Bengal   | Malda                |
| 318.     | West Bengal   | Murshidabad          |

## Question no.138 tobeanswered on 11/12/2018

## State-wise Total Number of Beneficiaries Benefited under Rashtriva Vayoshri Yojana as on 28.11.2018

| S.NO.                      |                            |   No. of Beneficiaries |
|----------------------------|----------------------------|------------------------|
| 1                          | Andhra Pradesh             |                   5129 |
| 2                          | Arunachal Pradesh          |                    384 |
| 3                          | Bihar                      |                   1926 |
| 4                          | Chhattisgarh               |                     31 |
| 5                          | Delhi                      |                   2605 |
| 6                          | Goa                        |                   2407 |
|                            | Gujarat                    |                   2760 |
| 8                          | Haryana                    |                   1712 |
| 9                          | Himachal Pradesh           |                     76 |
| 10                         | Jharkhand                  |                     21 |
| 11                         | Karnataka                  |                    932 |
| 12                         | Kerala                     |                    962 |
| 13                         | Madhya Pradesh             |                  14939 |
| 14                         | Maharashtra                |                   6343 |
| 15                         | Meghalaya                  |                   7291 |
| 16                         | Puducherry                 |                   1529 |
| 17                         | Punjab                     |                    393 |
| 18                         | Rajasthan                  |                   4210 |
| 19                         | Sikkim                     |                   1814 |
| 20                         | Tamil Nadu                 |                    969 |
| 21                         | Telangana                  |                   1473 |
| 22                         | Tripura                    |                    795 |
| 23                         | Uttar Pradesh              |                   6719 |
| 24                         | Uttarakhand                |                   1614 |
| Total No. of Beneficiaries | Total No. of Beneficiaries |                  67034 |