Lok Sabha Question No. 3243 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-21
Subject: Welfare Schemes For Senior Citizens
Ministry: SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
Asked by: Vijay Baghel, Sunil Kumar Soni, Arun Sao, Mohan Mandavi

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

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3243 TO BE ANSWERED ON 21.03.2023

## WELFARE SCHEMES FOR SENIOR CITIZENS

3243. SHRI VIJAY BAGHEL:

SHRI SUNIL KUMAR SONI:

SHRI ARUN SAO:

SHRI MOHAN MANDA VI:

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

- (a) the details of welfare scheres of the Government being implemented to provide senior citizens with reasonable accommodation, medical facilities and geriatric care;
- (b) the total number of old age homes   operated   by the Government across the country, State/UTwise specially in Chhattisgarh State including Bilaspur Parliamentary Constituency; and
- (c) the steps taken by the Government to establish adequate number of old age homes in the country and also to properly maintain and operate such homes to enable the elders to live their life with dignity?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) to (c): Department of Social Justice and   Empowerment is   implementing Integrated Programme for a component of Atal Abhyuday   Yojana' (AVYAY), under which grant-in-aid is provided to NGOs/ Voluntary Organizations (VOs) for running and maintenance of Senior Citizens Homes (old age homes), Continuous Care Homes, are provided free of cost to the indigent senior citizens in such homes Vayo living

The details of the total number of Senior Citizens Home (Old Age Homes) maintained across the country, StatefUT-wise   including Chhattisgarh State is given at Annexure. In Bilaspur Parliamentary Constituency only one Sr Citizen home is working under IPSrC.

To include new projects under IPSrC, the Department invites applications for new projects in gap districts, as per the information received from the respective State/UT Govts. On the basis of recommendations of the respective State/UT Govt,, and after receipt of the requisite documents, new projects are included under the Scheme.

For monitoring of the projects receiving grant-in-aid under IPSrC, the Department has set up a Project Monitoring Unit (PMU). The PMU coordinators visit these projects for assessment of their performance as per the scheme guidelines. In case a negative report is received from the PMU, the NGO running the project  concerned is provided an opportunity to explain   their position: The reply of the NGO is analyzed in the Department Grant in Aid is stopped, if the reply is not found satisfactory.

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| Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) to (c) of the Lok Sabha admitted Unstarred Question No. 3243 to be answered on 21.03.2023   | Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) to (c) of the Lok Sabha admitted Unstarred Question No. 3243 to be answered on 21.03.2023   | Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) to (c) of the Lok Sabha admitted Unstarred Question No. 3243 to be answered on 21.03.2023   |
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| S.No:                                                                                                                                 | Statel UT                                                                                                                             | No. of Senior Citizens Homes                                                                                                          |
| 1                                                                                                                                     | Andhra Pradesh                                                                                                                        | 68                                                                                                                                    |
| 2                                                                                                                                     | Arunachal Pradesh                                                                                                                     | 1                                                                                                                                     |
| 3                                                                                                                                     | Assam                                                                                                                                 | 35                                                                                                                                    |
| 4                                                                                                                                     | Bihar                                                                                                                                 |                                                                                                                                       |
| 5                                                                                                                                     | Chhattisgarh                                                                                                                          | 8                                                                                                                                     |
| 6                                                                                                                                     | Delhi                                                                                                                                 | 3                                                                                                                                     |
| 7                                                                                                                                     | Goa                                                                                                                                   | 2                                                                                                                                     |
| 8                                                                                                                                     | Gujarat                                                                                                                               | 8                                                                                                                                     |
| 9                                                                                                                                     | Haryana                                                                                                                               | 12                                                                                                                                    |
| 10                                                                                                                                    | Himachal Pradesh                                                                                                                      | 1                                                                                                                                     |
| 11                                                                                                                                    | Jharkhand                                                                                                                             | 3                                                                                                                                     |
| 12                                                                                                                                    | Karnataka                                                                                                                             | 39                                                                                                                                    |
| 13                                                                                                                                    | Kerala                                                                                                                                | 5                                                                                                                                     |
| 14                                                                                                                                    | Madhya Pradesh                                                                                                                        | 19                                                                                                                                    |
| 15                                                                                                                                    | Maharashtra                                                                                                                           | 48                                                                                                                                    |
| 16                                                                                                                                    | Manipur                                                                                                                               | 37                                                                                                                                    |
| 17                                                                                                                                    | Meghalaya                                                                                                                             | 2                                                                                                                                     |
| 18                                                                                                                                    | Mizoram                                                                                                                               | 4                                                                                                                                     |
| 19                                                                                                                                    | Nagaland                                                                                                                              | 4                                                                                                                                     |
| 20                                                                                                                                    | Odisha                                                                                                                                | 80                                                                                                                                    |
| 21                                                                                                                                    | Puducherry                                                                                                                            | 2                                                                                                                                     |
| 22                                                                                                                                    | Punjab                                                                                                                                | 1                                                                                                                                     |
| 23                                                                                                                                    | Rajasthan                                                                                                                             | 24                                                                                                                                    |
| 24                                                                                                                                    | Tamil Nadu                                                                                                                            | 67                                                                                                                                    |
| 25                                                                                                                                    | Telangana                                                                                                                             | 19                                                                                                                                    |
| 26                                                                                                                                    | Tripura                                                                                                                               | 2                                                                                                                                     |
| 27                                                                                                                                    | Uttar Pradesh                                                                                                                         | 40                                                                                                                                    |
| 28                                                                                                                                    | Uttarakhand                                                                                                                           | 2                                                                                                                                     |
| 29                                                                                                                                    | West Bengal                                                                                                                           | 26                                                                                                                                    |

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