Lok Sabha Question No. 4599 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-23
Subject: Guidelines for Setting up of Old Age Homes
Ministry: SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
Asked by: Rahul Kaswan

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

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. t4599 TO BE ANSWERED ON 23.03.2021

## GUIDELINES FOR SETTING UP OF OLD AGE HOMES

## t4599. SHRI RAHUL KASWAN:

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

- (a) the details of the existing guidelines for setting up and maintenance of Old Age Homes in the country;
- (b) the details and the total number of Old Age Homes set up in the country by the Government during the last three years; and
- the details of funds allocated by the Government for setting up and upkeep of Old Age Homes during the said period?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (c): The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment is implementing the National Action Plan for Senior Citizens (NAPSrC), a Scheme having the vision, mission and the plan of action of the Government of India for welfare and wellbeing of senior citizens of the country. Under NAPSrC the Government of India provides financial assistance for running and maintenance of, inter alia, Senior Citizen Homes Presently there are 613 projects being assisted under the NAPSrC. StateMUT-wise number of such homes are at Annexure-II:

The NAPSrC has a sub-scheme namely Integrated Programme for Senior Citizens (IPSrC), under which financial assistance is provided to eligible organisations for running and maintenance of Homes to improve the quality of life of the Senior Citizens, especially entertainment  opportunities and by encouraging productive and guidelines for running and maintenance of projects under IPSrC are at Annexure-I

As per section 19 (1) of the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act; 2007 The State Government may establish and maintain such number of old age homes at accessible places, as it may deem necessary, in a phased manner; beginning with at least one in each district to accommodate in such homes a minimum of one hundred fifty senior citizens who are indigent:

Details of budget estimates, revised estimates and expenditure during the last 3 years and currnt year are at Annexure-III:

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## to (c)in Lok Sabha Unstarrcd

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## Guidelines for running and maintenance of projects under Integrated Programme for Senior Citizens, 4 sub-scheme of National Action Plan for Senior Citizens

Under the Integrated Programme for Senior Citizens (IPSrC ). grants-in-aid upto 100% of project cost are given for running and maintenance the following projects:

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- Senior Citizens' Homes (Sr.CH) for 25 destitute Senior Citivens including those under Sansad Adarsh Giram Yojana (SAGY) to provide food. care and shelter.
- i . Senior Citizens' Homes (Sr.CH) for 50 destitute Mixed Gender/Elderly Womcn including those under Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana (SAGY) to provide food. care and shelter:
- iv. Ongoing projects of Mobile Medicare Units t0 provide medical care to the Senior Citizens living in rural, isolated and backward arcas
- iii. Continuous Care Homes (CCH) and Homes for senior citizens afflicted with Alzheimer's diseasel/ Dementia for a minimum 0l 20 Senior Citizens who are seriously ill requiring continuous nursing care and respite or those who are afflicted with Alzheimer's disease/ Dementia.
- Ongoing projects of Physiotherapy Clinics for Senior Citivens for a minimum of 50 Senior Citizens per month.
- vii. Other activities considered suitable t0 mect the objectives of the scheme. including implementation of the provisions of National Policy for Senior Citizens (NPSrC)
- vi. Regional Resource and Training Centres (RRTCs) monitors and capacity building for effeetive delivery ol service by the Centres for Senior Citizens. funded by the Ministry.
- 2\_ Under the Scheme. assistance is sanctioned to the following agencies subject to the terms and conditions laid down by this Ministry:
- L. Priority t0 be given to the State Governments UT Administralions for supporting the projects under the Scheme of IPSrC through Registered Societies/ Panchayati Raj
- iii. Non-Governmental/Voluntary Organizations;
- ii. Institutions (PRIs) Local bodies, in the vicinity of Hospitals, as far as possible;
- iv\_ Institutions or Organizations set up by Government as autonomous/ subordinate bodies;
- V Government Recognized Educational Institutions Charitable Hospitals/ Nursing Homcs. and recognized youth organizations such as Nehru Yuva

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## to (cin Lok Sabha Unstarred Homcs"

## State/UT-wise Senior Citizen Homes under National Action Plan for Senior Citizens (NAPSrC)

| SI: No_               | States/ UTs                            |     |
|-----------------------|----------------------------------------|-----|
| REST OF COUNTRY (RoC) |                                        |     |
|                       | Andhra Pradesh                         | 76  |
| 2                     | Bihar                                  |     |
| 5                     | Ichhattisgarh                          |     |
| 4                     | Goa                                    |     |
| 5                     | Gujarat                                |     |
|                       | Haryana                                |     |
|                       | Himachal Pradesh                       |     |
| 8                     | Jharkhand                              |     |
|                       | Karnataka                              |     |
| 10                    | Kerala                                 | 5   |
|                       | Madhya Pradesh                         | 20  |
| 12                    | Maharashtra                            | 46  |
| 13                    | Odisha                                 | 95  |
| 14                    | Punjab                                 | 4   |
| 15                    | Rajasthan                              | 18  |
| 16                    | Tamil Nadu                             | 73  |
| 17                    | Telangana                              | 21  |
| 18                    | Uttar Pradesh                          | 37  |
| 19                    | Uttarakhand                            | 3   |
| 20                    | West Bengal                            | 30  |
|                       | TOTAL RoC                              | 516 |
|                       | UNION TERRITORIES (UTs)                |     |
| 21                    | A & N Island                           |     |
| 22                    | Chandigarh                             |     |
| 23                    | [Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diul |     |
| 24                    | akshadweep                             |     |
|                       | Delhi                                  |     |
| 26                    | Puducherry                             |     |
| 27                    | Jammu and Kashmir                      | 0   |
| 28                    | [adakh                                 |     |
|                       | TOTAL - UTs                            | 5   |

|              | INORTH EASTERN REGION (NER)   |     |
|--------------|-------------------------------|-----|
| 29           | Arunachal Pradesh             | 3   |
| 30           | Assan                         | 45  |
| 3            | Manipur                       | 33  |
| 32           | Meghalaya                     |     |
| 33           | Mizoram                       |     |
| 34           | Nagaland                      |     |
| 35           | Sikkim                        |     |
| 36           | Tripura                       | 3   |
|              | TOTAL, - NE REGION            | 92  |
| GRAND) TOTAL | GRAND) TOTAL                  | 613 |

## Homcs" to be answcrcd on 23.03.2024

Budget estimates, Revised Estimate and Expenditure during the last 3 and current ycar for Integrated Programmc for Senior Citizens (IPSrCY National Action Plan for Senior Citizens (NAPSrC) ycars

(Rupees in crores)

| lFinancial Year              | BBudget Estimate   |   Rcvised Estimate |   Expenditure_ |
|------------------------------|--------------------|--------------------|----------------|
| /2017-18                     | 46.00              |              46    |          44.47 |
|                              | l60.00             |             665.07 |          65.07 |
|                              | 90.10              |             106.09 |         106.09 |
| 12020-21 (as on /19.03.2021) | /200.00            |             150    |         107.24 |

Note: IPSrC was made a sub scheme of NAPSrC w.e.f 01.04.2020