Lok Sabha Question No. 4497 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-28
Subject: Implementation of RVY
Ministry: SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
Asked by: Krishna Pal Singh Yadav, Heena Vijaykumar Gavit, Rita Bahuguna Joshi, Shrikant Eknath Shinde, Unmesh Bhaiyyasaheb Patil, Sujay Radhakrishna Vikhepatil

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT

## LOK SABHA

## IMPLEMENTATION OF RVY

4497. DR KRISHNA PAL SINGH YADAV:

DR. HEENA VIJAYKUMAR GAVIT:

PROF. RITA BAHUGUNA JOSHI:

DR. SHRIKANT EKNATH SHINDE:

SHRI UNMESH BHAIYYASAHEB PATIL:

DR. SUJAY RADHAKRISHNA VIKHE PATIL:

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

- (a) the total funds allocated, disbursed and spent on the Rashtriya Vayoshri Yojana (RVY) since its launch;
- b) the total number of beneficiaries of the scheme the last three years, State-wise; and during
- whether the Government has taken measures for creating adequate awareness among the potential beneficiaries of the scheme and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a)= Details of funds allocation and release under Rashtriya Vayoshri Yojana (RVY) since its launch; are as under:

Rs. in crore)

|   Funds Allocated |   Funds   released/spent |
|-------------------|--------------------------|
|           249.101 |                  249.101 |

- (b): The details of number of beneficiaries under the scheme during the last three years, Statewise, are given at Annexure:
- (c): The Scheme is implemented in mode through Artificial Limbs Manufacturing Corporation   (ALIMCO)' (a Public Sector   Undertaking under this Ministry) as the sole implementing   Agency. ALIMCO, in collaboration with   State/District Administration, after adequate awareness; identifies the beneficiaries in each district by a team of doctorsltechnicians/other  professionals to assess their   needs and to prescribe the  requisite Assisted Living Devices in the Assessment Camps The devices are then  distributed to the identified beneficiaries in the distribution camp. Further, regular communications are made from this Ministry to respective State/UT Governments for extending co-operation to ALIMCO in organizing these Details of scheme of RVY is available on the Ministry' $ website also. being camp Camps.

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UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.4497 TO BE ANSWERED ON 28.03.2023

## Annexure referred to in reply to part (b) of the Lok Sabha admitted Unstarred Question No. 4497 to be answered on 28.03.2023

| S. No:   | States/UTs                               | 2019-20   | 2020-21   | 2021-22   |
|----------|------------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 1        | Andaman and Nicobar Islands              | 0         |           | 0         |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh                           | 1007      |           | 1001      |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh                        | 943       | 299       | 569       |
| 4        | Assam                                    | 316       | 1679      | 2323      |
| 5        | Bihar                                    | 496       | 837       | 1305      |
| 6        | Chandigarh                               |           |           |           |
| 7        | Chhattishgarh                            |           | 2073      | 1310      |
| 8        | Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu |           | 76        | 265       |
| 9        | NCT of Delhi                             |           |           | 0         |
| 10       | Goa                                      |           |           |           |
| 11       | Gujarat                                  | 1961      | 0         |           |
| 12       | Haryana                                  | 1609      | 158       | 907       |
| 13       | Himachal Pradesh                         | 0         | 236       | 0         |
| 14       | Jammu and Kashmir                        | 247       | 114       | 8         |
| 15       | Jharkhand                                | 0         | 346       | 0         |
| 16       | Karnataka                                | 418       | 532       | 3273      |
| 17       | Kerala                                   | 1646      | 664       | 910       |
| 18       | Ladakh                                   |           | 0         | 0         |
| 19       | Lakshadweep                              |           |           |           |
| 20       | Madhya Pradesh                           | 818       | 2022      | 1591      |
| 21       | Maharashtra                              |           | 3434      | 41282     |
| 22       | Manipur                                  |           | 4170      | 387       |
| 23       | Meghalaya                                | 2510      |           |           |
| 24       | Mizoram                                  |           |           | 364       |
| 25       | Nagaland                                 |           |           | 317       |
| 26       | Odisha                                   | 1352      | 289       | 1920      |
| 27       | Puducherry                               |           |           |           |
| 28       | Punjab                                   |           | 1343      | 383       |
| 29       | Rajasthan                                | 5298      | 71        | 1364      |
| 30       | Sikkim                                   | 804       | 0         | 0         |
| 31       | Tamil Nadu                               | 780       | 0         |           |
| 32       | Telangana_                               | 588       | 0         | 1130      |
| 33       | Tripura                                  | 1158      | 3226      | 1233      |
| 34       | Uttarakhand                              | 1404      | 1034      | 0         |
| 35       | Uttar Pradesh                            | 21474     | 2429      | 8829      |
| 36       | West Bengal                              | 0         | 101       |           |
| Total    | Total                                    | 44829     | 25133     | 70671     |