Lok Sabha Question No. 275 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-07-20
Subject: Rashtriya Vayoshri Yojana
Ministry: SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
Asked by: Nalin Kumar Kateel

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

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.275 TO BE ANSWERED ON 20.07.2021

## RASHTRIYA VAYOSHRI YOJANA

## 275. SHRI NALIN KUMAR KATEEL:

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

- (a) whether  Rashtriya   Vayoshri   Yojana (RVY) is funded from the Senior Citizens Welfare Fund and if SO, the details thereof;
- (6) the main objectives of the RVY;
- (c) the details of the implementing Agency and financial outlay for the Scheme during the last three years;
- (d) the total number of beneficiaries under RVY during the Financial Year 2020-21, Statewise; and
- (e) the number of camps organised across the country under the scheme since its inception, Statewise?

## ANSWER

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

- (a): The   Scheme of Rashtriya   Vayoshri   Yojana (RVY) is funded  from the  Senior Citizens' Welfare Fund (SCWF), established vide Senior Citizens Welfare Fund Rules, 2016 notified on 18.03.2016.
- (6): The objective of the scheme is to provide the Senior Citizen, suffering from any of the age related disabilitylinfirmity, with assisted devices which can restore near normalcy in their bodily functions, overcoming the disabilitylinfirmity manifested such as low vision; hearing impairment; loss of teeth and loco-motor disabilities. living
- (c): The  Scheme is  implemented  through the Artificial Limbs   Manufacturing  Corporation (ALIMCO) , (a  Public Sector Undertaking   under   the   Ministry) as the sole   implementing Agency. The details of the funds released to ALIMCO for implementing the Scheme of RVY, till date are as under:
- (i) F.Y. 2016-17: Rs. 16 crore
- (ii) F.Y. 2017-18: Rs: 1.50 crore
- (iv) F.Y. 2019-20: NiL (due to to availability of sufficient funds with ALIMCO)
- (iid) F.Y. 2018-19: Rs. 106.51 crore
- (v) FY: 2020-21: Rs. 26.50 crore

(dJ: List of the total number of beneficiaries under RVY during the FY. 2020-21, Statewise is enclosed at Annexure-[.

(eJ: List of the number of camps organised across the country under the scheme since its inception, State-wise is enclosed at Annexure-II.

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## Annexure referred to in reply to part (d) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 275 to be answered on 20.07.2021 (as on 15.07.2021)

## Rashtriya Vayoshri Yojana (RVY)

| SNO.   | StatesfUTs                  | No_of Beneficiaries   |
|--------|-----------------------------|-----------------------|
|        | Andaman and Nicobar Islands |                       |
| 2      | Andhra Pradesh              | 299                   |
| 3      | Arunachal Pradesh           |                       |
| 4      | Assam                       | 1679                  |
| 5      | Bihar                       | 837                   |
| 6      | Chandigarh                  |                       |
| 7      | Chhattishgarh               | 2073                  |
| 8      | Dadar and Nagar Haveli _    |                       |
| 9      | Daman and Diu               | 76                    |
| 10     | Delhi                       |                       |
| 11     | Goa                         |                       |
| 12     | Gujarat                     |                       |
| 13     | Haryana_                    | 158                   |
| 14     | Himachal Pradesh            | 236                   |
| 15     | Jammu and Kashmir           | 114                   |
| 16     | Jharkhand                   | 346                   |
| 17     | Karnataka                   | 532                   |
| 18     | Kerala                      | 664                   |
| 19     | Lakshadweep                 | 0                     |
| 20     | Madhya Pradesh              | 2022                  |
| 21     | Maharashtra                 | 3434*                 |
| 22     | Manipur _                   | 4170                  |
| 23     | Meghalaya                   |                       |
| 24     | Mizoram                     |                       |
| 25     | Nagaland                    |                       |
| 26     | Odisha                      | 289                   |
| 27     | Puducherry                  |                       |
| 28     | Punjab                      | 1343                  |
| 29     | Rajasthan                   | 71                    |
| 30     | Sikkim                      |                       |
| 31     | Tamil Nadu                  |                       |
| 32     | Telangana                   |                       |
| 33     | Tripura                     | 3226                  |
| 34     | Uttarakhand                 | 1034                  |
| 35     | Uttar Pradesh               | 2429                  |
| 36     | West Bengal                 | 101                   |
| Total  | Total                       | 25133                 |

## Annexure referred to in reply to part (e) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 275 to be answered on 20.07.2021 (as on 15.07.2021)

## Rashtriya Vayoshri Yojana (RVY)

| S.NO.   | States/UTs                  | No_of Camps Organised since Incpetion of the Scheme   |
|---------|-----------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|
| 1       | Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 1                                                     |
| 2       | Andhra Pradesh              | 9                                                     |
| 3       | Arunachal Pradesh           |                                                       |
| 4       | Assam                       | 2                                                     |
| 5       | Bihar                       |                                                       |
| 6       | Chandigarh                  | 9                                                     |
| 7       | Chhattishgarh               | 10                                                    |
| 8       | Dadar and Nagar Haveli      | 0                                                     |
| 9       | Daman and Diu               |                                                       |
| 10      | Delhi                       |                                                       |
| 11      | Goa                         |                                                       |
| 12      | Gujarat                     | 5                                                     |
| 13      | Haryana                     | 10                                                    |
| 14      | Himachal Pradesh            | 5                                                     |
| 15      | Jammu and Kashmir           | 2                                                     |
| 16      | Jharkhand                   | 6                                                     |
| 17      | Karnataka                   |                                                       |
| 18      | Kerala                      |                                                       |
| 19      | Lakshadweep                 |                                                       |
| 20      | Madhya Pradesh              | 17                                                    |
| 21      | Maharashtra                 | 8                                                     |
| 22      | Manipur                     | 5                                                     |
| 23      | Meghalaya                   |                                                       |
| 24      | Mizoram                     |                                                       |
| 25      | Nagaland                    |                                                       |
| 26      | Odisha                      |                                                       |
| 27      | Puducherry                  | 6                                                     |
|         | Punjab                      |                                                       |
| 29      | Rajasthan                   | 6                                                     |
| 30      | Sikkim                      |                                                       |
| 31      | Tamil Nadu                  |                                                       |
| 32      | Telangana                   |                                                       |
| 33      | Tripura                     |                                                       |
| 34      | Uttarakhand                 | 10                                                    |
| 35      | Uttar Pradesh               | 20                                                    |
| 36      | West Bengal                 | 1                                                     |
|         | Total                       | 194                                                   |

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