Lok Sabha Question No. 2333 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-12-03
Subject: Old Age Homes
Ministry: SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
Asked by: Ramcharan Bohra

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

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. +2333 TO BE ANSWERED ON 03.12.2019

## OLD AGE HOMES

## +2333. SHRI RAMCHARAN BOHRA:

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

(a) the total number of old persons in the country and the number of destitutes out of them;

- (b) whether the Government provides financial assistance to the States to provide shelter to destitute old persons in Old Homes: Age
- (c) if the details thereof:
- (d) if not; the reasons therefor; and

(e) the steps taken by the Government to set up old age homes in numbers   for destitute old people in the country? being large

## ANSWER

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

(a): As per 2011 Census Report, the number of Senior Citizens in the country is 10.38 crore ie.8.6% 0f the total population:

(b) to (e): This Ministry is implementing a Central  Sector Scheme   namely Integrated Programme for Senior Citizens (IPSrC) under which grants in aid is given for up; running and maintenance of Senior Citizens Homes (Old Homes )/Continuous Care Mobile Medicare Units etc. to the   Implementing Agencies (IAs) such as setting Age

The Government has enacted the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens (MWPSC) Act 2007 which inter-alia directs State Governments to establish and maintain old age homes. at least one in each district; t0 accommodate a minimum of 150 senior citizens who are indigent.

of' the MWPSC Act, 2007. this   Department has also accorded priority in sanctioning of new project proposals of Senior Citizen Homes in un-covered Districts on the basis of  recommendations of the State   Governments, to expand the coverage of such Homes in all Districts in the country.

Number of Senior Citizens Homes (Old Homes supported under the Scheme of Age being

## ANNEXURE

State wise number of Senior Citizen Homes/Old Homes under Integrated Programme for Senior Citizens (IPSrC)Age

|    | Name of State     |   No. of OAHs/Sr.CH |
|----|-------------------|---------------------|
| 1  |                   |                  76 |
| 2  | Arunachal Pradesh |                  00 |
| 3  | Assam             |                  28 |
|    | Bihar             |                  02 |
| 5  | Chhattisgarh      |                  01 |
| 6  | Delhi             |                  02 |
| 7  | Gujarat           |                  11 |
| 8  | Haryana           |                  16 |
| 9  | Himachal Pradesh  |                  01 |
| 10 | Karnataka         |                  38 |
| 11 | Kerala            |                  05 |
| 12 | Madhya Pradesh    |                  15 |
| 13 | Manipur           |                  34 |
| 14 | Maharashtra       |                  55 |
| 15 | Mizoram           |                  00 |
| 16 | Nagaland          |                  02 |
| 17 | Odisha            |                  75 |
| 18 | Punjab            |                  03 |
| 19 | Puducherry        |                  02 |
| 20 | Rajasthan         |                  07 |
| 21 | Tamil Nadu        |                  59 |
| 22 | Telangana         |                  18 |
| 23 | Tripura           |                  04 |
| 24 | Uttar Pradesh     |                  15 |
| 25 | Uttarkhand        |                  04 |
| 26 | West Bengal       |                  20 |
|    | Total             |                 493 |