Lok Sabha Question No. 240 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-05
Subject: Rashtriya Vayoshri Yojana
Ministry: SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
Asked by: DODDAALAHALLI KEMPEGOWDA SURESH

## MINISTRY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 240 TO BE ANSWERED ON 05.02.2019

## RASHTRIYA VAYOSHRI YOJANA

## 240. SHRI DK SURESH:

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

Aids and Assisted-living Devices for Senior Citizens belonging to BPL category in the country;

- (b) if the details thereof;
- (c) whether the Government has set any target under the said scheme and if So, the details and the achievement thereof;
- (d) the total number of beneficiaries identified under the scheme, State and year-wise; and
- (e) the facilities provided to the senior citizens under the said scheme?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT

## (SHRI VIJAY SAMPLA)

(a) to (e): Yes, Madam: The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment has introduced a scheme for providing physical aids and Assisted Living Devices for Senior Citizens belonging to BPL category named "Rashtriya Vayoshri Yojana (RVY) on 1 April, 2017 with the objective of  providing Senior Citizens   belonging to BPL  category and   suffering   from age   related disabilities/ infirmities, with such physical aids and assisted living devices which can restore near normalcy in their bodily functions. devices  such as Walking   Sticks, Elbow Crutches, Walkers/ Crutches, Tripods/ Quadpods,   Hearing   Aids, Wheelchairs, Artificial  Dentures and Spectacles are provided  free of cost to the beneficiary senior citizens. The Scheme is being implemented through the Artificial Limbs Manufacturing Corporation   (ALIMCO)" a Public Sector   Undertaking under this   Ministry, as the sole Implementing Agency. The  devices are   distributed in the camp mode. The    beneficiaries are identified   through Assessment   Camps   organised in collaboration with the respective State Government/District Administration and the devices are distributed in Distribution   Camps organised in the selected districts. For the senior citizens 80 years or more, the devices are provided at their doorsteps. living aged

At present; a total of 325 Districts have been selected for the implementation of Rashtriya Vayoshri Yojana. The assessment camps to identify the beneficiaries have been completed in 135 districts of which as 25.01.2019 77 distribution camps have been organised benefitting 70939 senior citizens belonging to BPL Category: The State/UT wisel  Year wise number of beneficiaries is at Annexure: on

## answered 0n 05/02/2019

## State-wise/Year-Wise Total Number of Senior Citizens Benefited under Rashtriya Vayoshri Yojana as on 25/01/2019

| SI: No.                    | States/UTs                 | No. of Beneficiaries   | No. of Beneficiaries   |
|----------------------------|----------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
| SI: No.                    | States/UTs                 | 2017-18                | 2018-19                |
|                            | Andhra Pradesh             | 2720                   | 2682                   |
| 2                          | Arunachal Pradesh          | Nil                    | 384                    |
| 3                          | Bihar                      | 1665                   | 261                    |
| 4                          | Chhattisgarh               | Nil                    | 31                     |
| 5                          | Delhi                      | 1480                   | 1384                   |
| 6                          | Goa                        | 2407                   | Nil                    |
| 7                          | Gujarat                    | 2760                   | Nil                    |
| 8                          | Haryana                    | 1611                   | 563                    |
| 9                          | Himachal Pradesh           | 76                     | 118                    |
| 10                         | Jharkhand                  | 21                     | 96                     |
| 11                         | Karnataka                  | Nil                    | 1316                   |
| 12                         | Kerala                     | 687                    | 275                    |
| 13                         | Lakshadweep                | Nil                    | 528                    |
| 14                         | Madhya Pradesh             | 3980                   |                        |
| 15                         | Maharashtra                | 3126                   | 3217                   |
| 16                         | Meghalaya                  | 1822                   | 5469                   |
| 17                         | Puducherry                 | 1529                   | Nil                    |
| 18                         | Punjab                     | Nil                    | 804                    |
| 19                         | Rajasthan                  | 4210                   | Nil                    |
|                            | Sikkim                     | Nil                    | 1814                   |
| 21                         | Tamil Nadu                 | Nil                    | 1152                   |
| 22                         | Telangana                  | Nil                    | 1473                   |
| 23                         | Tripura                    | 795                    | Nil                    |
| 24                         | Uttar Pradesh              | 4080                   | 2807                   |
| 25                         | Uttarakhand                | 1100                   | 1537                   |
| Total No. of Beneficiaries | Total No. of Beneficiaries | 34069                  | 36870                  |