Lok Sabha Question No. 4805 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-23
Subject: Schemes for Elderly Persons
Ministry: SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
Asked by: Alok Kumar Suman

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

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4805 TO BE ANSWERED ON 23.07.2019

## SCHEMES FOR ELDERLY PERSONS

4805. DR ALOK KUMAR SUMAN:

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

- (a) whether  the   Government has   taken any measures to monitor the number   of schemes implemented for elderly persons in the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof; State/UT-wise including Bihar;
- the details of the funds released in this regard, State/UT-wise specially in the Gopalganj district of Bihar; and
- whether the Government has taken any steps to ensure proper: implementation of these schemes across the  country and if SO, the details   thereof; State/UT-wise   specially in the Gopalganj district of Bihar?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (d): Several Schemes are implemented by the Government for the elderly persons in the country. These include Indira Gandhi National Old Pension Scheme (IGNOAPS) of Ministry of Rural Development, National Programme for Health Care of Elderly (NPHCE) of Department of Health and Family Welfare, Central Sector Schemes of Integrated Programme for Senior Citizens (IPSrC) and Rashtriya Vayoshri Yojana (RVY) of Department of Social Justice & Empowerment: being Age

Monitoring of these Schemes to ensure proper implementation across the country, is done as per monitoring mechanisms of respective schemes, by way of inspections; sample checks, through performance review committee, visit of area officers/ nodal officers, National/Regional review meetings specific to the Statesl UTs, progress reports, evaluation reports, recommendations of the State Governments and stronger information technology interface, etc.

Under the Scheme of IPSrC, two projects in the Districts of Vaishali and Muzaffarpur are being implemented in the State of Bihar: Similarly, under the Rashtriya Vayoshri Yojana; two districts namely Buxer and Bhojpur have been covered. Under the NPHCE, all the 38 district of the State of Bihar have been  approved to implement the Programme. During 2018-19, an amount of Rs.852.27 was released to the\_ State of Bihar including   Gopalganj district under the IGNOAPS.

Under the scheme of RVY, there is no provision to allocate the funds to the State/UT-wise and funds are released to ALIMCO, a Public Sector Undertaking of this Ministry. Details of funds released;, State/UT-wise is annexed at Annexure:

## ANNEXURE

## Details of funds released during 2018-19 under various schemes for elderly persons

| SL: No.   | Name of StatelUT     |   Funds released under IPSr.C Scheme (Rs. In Lakhs) | Funds released under NHM   | Funds released under IGNOAPS (Rs. In Lakhs)   |
|-----------|----------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|----------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
|           | Andhra Pradesh       |                                             1176.81 | 24.66                      | 18405.46                                      |
| 2         | Bihar                |                                               22.92 | 51.41                      | 85227.42                                      |
| 3         | Chhattisgarh         |                                                9.13 | 21.15                      | 18091.27                                      |
| 4         | Goa                  |                                                0    | 0.00                       | 0.00                                          |
| 5         | Gujarat              |                                               30.74 | 30.06                      | 14763.55                                      |
| 6         | Haryana              |                                              109.6  | 7.17                       | 6711.2                                        |
| 7         | Himachal Pradesh     |                                                8.31 | 6.05                       | 3630.89                                       |
| 8         | Jammu and Kashmir    |                                                0    | 13.86                      | 4371.55                                       |
| 9         | Jharkhand            |                                                0    | 21.53                      | 24818.76                                      |
| 10.       | Karnataka            |                                              410.29 | 20.07                      | 29532.79                                      |
| 11        | Kerala               |                                               54.53 | 13.11                      | 19997.43                                      |
| 12        | Madhya Pradesh       |                                              107.39 | 33.63                      | 46018.2                                       |
| 13        | Maharashtra          |                                              833.75 | 0.00                       | 31691.46_                                     |
| 14        | Odisha               |                                              848.88 | 18.57                      | 40842.24                                      |
| 15        | Punjab               |                                               31.27 | 11.82                      | 2020.38                                       |
| 16        | Rajasthan            |                                               16.28 | 33.91                      | 24265.62                                      |
| 17        | Tamil Nadu           |                                              997.41 | 30.36                      | 36015.32                                      |
| 18        | Telangana            |                                              245.38 | 17.63                      | 13153.97                                      |
| 19        | Uttar Pradesh        |                                              105.89 | 102.32                     | 87629.09                                      |
| 20        | Uttarakhand          |                                               67.25 | 12.68                      | 6765.55                                       |
| 21        | West Bengal          |                                              267.42 | 23.51                      | 32315.2                                       |
| 22        | A& N Island          |                                                0    | 0.00                       | 0.00                                          |
| 23        | Chandigarh           |                                                0    | 0.84                       | 0.00                                          |
| 24        | Dadra & Nagar Haveli |                                                0    | 0.62                       | 0.00                                          |
| 25        | Daman and Diu_       |                                                0    | 0.00                       | 0.00                                          |
| 26        | Lakshadweep          |                                                0    | 0.00                       | 0.00                                          |
| 27        | Delhi                |                                               52.78 | 3.95                       | 3408.24                                       |
| 28        | Puducherry           |                                                1.8  | 1.37                       | 530.90                                        |
| 29        | Arunachal Pradesh    |                                                0    | 9.74                       | 943.94                                        |
| 30        | Assam                |                                              498.22 | 11.13                      | 19093.72                                      |
| 31'       | Manipur              |                                              566.8  |                            | 813.88                                        |
| 32        | Meghalaya            |                                                0    | 0.00                       | 1342.24                                       |
| 33        | Mizoram              |                                                0    | 3.56                       |                                               |
| 34        | Nagaland             |                                               18.9  | 3.04                       | 2129.15                                       |
| 35        | Sikkim               |                                                0    | 1,59                       | 219.22                                        |
| 36        | Tripura_             |                                               25.65 | 6.64                       | 2052.43                                       |
| Total     | Total                |                                               65.07 | 540.14                     | 577583.5                                      |