Lok Sabha Question No. 2602 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-08-02
Subject: Population of Senior Citizens
Ministry: SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
Asked by: M.K. Vishnu Prasad

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

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2602 TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.08.2022

## POPULATION OF SENIOR CITIZENS

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

(a) whether the present population of senior citizens in the country is around 13 crore and it is expected to reach 17.5 crore by year 2026;

(b) if so, whether nearly eight per cent of the senior citizens suffer from some sort of disability due to old age related physical impairment and if So, the details thereof;

the status of Rashtriya Vayoshri Yojana (RVY) and the support of Artificial Limbs Manufacturing Corporation (ALIMCO) since 2017, State-wise, and

(d) the time by which all elderly economically weaker people with special needs in the country will be covered under RVY?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT (SUSHRI PRATIMA BHOUMIK)

As per Census 2011, population of Senior Citizens (people 60 years and above) is 10.38 Crore in the country. The projected population of Senior Citizens 60+ years of the country for 2026 (as on Olst March) is expected to be 17.32 crore, as per the report of Technical Group on Population Projections constituted by the National Commission on Population: aged aged

(b): As per Census 2011,the number of senior citizens suffering from any disability in their old age is 53,76,619 which is approximately 5.18 percent of total population of senior citizens (10.38

(c): Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment is successfully implementing the Rashtriya Vayoshri Yojana (RVY)' since 01.04.2017 with the objective to provide with such physical aids and assisted devices which can restore near normalcy in the bodily functions to the senior citizens belonging to BPL category or  senior citizens with monthly income not more than Rs. 15000/ who are suffering   from age related disabilities/ infirmities: The Scheme is implemented through Artificial Limbs Manufacturing Corporation (ALIMCO) which has conducted 251 distribution  camps and benefiting 2,52,229 senior citizens. beneficiaries is at Annexure: living being

(d): economically weaker senior citizens who are suffering from age related disability:

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Annexure State-wise total number of beneficiaries benefited under Rashtriya Vayoshri Yojana (RVY) as on 26.07.2022

| SNO.   | StatelUTs                   | No. of Beneficiaries   |
|--------|-----------------------------|------------------------|
|        | Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 342                    |
| 2      | Andhra Pradesh              | 7404                   |
| 3      | Arunachal Pradesh           | 2195                   |
| 4      | JAssam                      | 6165                   |
| 5      | Bihar                       | 7205                   |
| 6      | Chandigarh                  | 0                      |
| 7      | IChhattisgarh               | 4644                   |
| 8      | Dadar and Nagar Haveli      | 0                      |
| 9      | Daman and Diu               | 341                    |
| 10     | Delhi                       | 3451                   |
| 11     | Goa                         | 2407                   |
| 12     | Gujarat                     | 5582                   |
| 13     | HHaryana_                   | 4848                   |
| 14     | Himachal Pradesh            | 430                    |
| 15     | Jammu and Kashmir           | 369                    |
| 16     | Vharkhand                   | 3197                   |
| 17     | Karnataka                   | 5977                   |
| 18     | Kerala                      | 4182                   |
| 19     | Lakshadweep                 | 528                    |
| 20     | Madhya Pradesh_             | 19435                  |
| 21     | Maharashtra                 | 68851                  |
| 22     | Manipur_                    | 4557                   |
| 23     | Meghalaya                   | 9801                   |
| 24     | Mizoram                     | 364                    |
| 25     | Nagaland                    | 2990                   |
| 26     | Odisha                      | 3561                   |
| 27     | [Puducherry                 | 1529                   |
| 28     | Punjab                      | 3160                   |
| 29     | Rajasthan                   | 14236                  |
| 30     | ISikkim                     | 2618                   |
| 31     | Tamil Nadu                  | 2195                   |
| 32     | Telangana                   | 4083                   |
| 33     | [Tripura__                  | 6412                   |
| 34     | Uttarakhand                 | 5395                   |
| 35     | UUttar Pradesh              | 43674                  |
| 36     | West Bengal                 | 101                    |
| Total  | Total                       | 2,52,229               |

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