Lok Sabha Question No. 1415 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-26
Subject: Elder Care Facilities
Ministry: SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
Asked by: Abhishek Banerjee

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

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1415 TO BE ANSWERED ON 26.07.2022

## ELDER CARE FACILITIES

## 1415. SHRI ABHISHEK BANERJEE:

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

- (a) the steps being taken to improve infrastructure and expertise to support the health and welfare of our elderly; and
- (6) the number of elder care facilities and their capacity, State-wise?

## ANSWER

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

(a) (6): The Department of Social  Justice and Empowerment is implementing Integrated Programme for Senior Citizens (IPSIC) under which grant in aid is provided to implementing Citizen Homes (Old Homes), Continuous  Care  Homes, etc. for providing free of cost shelter; nutrition, medicare and entertainment to indigent senior citizens. Under IPSrC minimum standards to be   followed in the  senior citizen homes: To improve monitoring of these homes, Project Monitoring Unit (PMU) has been set up and CCTV cameras of doctors, nurses, yoga therapist, and first aid kits in these homes. Details of StatelUT wise projects under IPSIC are at Annexure-I Age

The Department of Social Justice and Empowerment is also implementing a Scheme namely Rashtriya Vayoshri  Yojana (RVY) under which assistive devices are provided free of cost to senior citizens   suffering from age  related disabilities/  infirities Earlier  only BPL senior citizens were eligible for benefits under RVY. The criteria has been widened to include those senior citizens whose   monthly  income is less than Rs 15,000/Details  of Statel UT wise distribution camps held are at Annexure-II:

Under "National Programme for the Health Care of Elderly" of Ministry of Health & Welfare funds are sanctioned, as the State proposals, for the following Family

- Development of minimum 10 bedded geriatric ward (both male and female) in each District Hospital (DH) through new construction/ extension/ renovation,
- Out  Patient  Department (OPD) set-up at District  Hospital  (DH), Community Health Centre (CHC), Primary Health Centre (PHC),
- Equipment for OPD, ward, physiotherapy units/ services at DH and CHC,
- iv. In Regional Geriatric   Centres (RGCs) at infrastructure development of minimum 30 bedded ward; speciality OPD and physiotherapy unit;
- V In the two National Centres for Ageing (NCA) at Madras Medical College; Chennai and India Institute of   Medical Sciences   (AIIMS); New Delhi funds sanctioned for development of  minimum 200 bedded ward,  speciality   clinics,  physiotherapy   unit; diagnostics, etc.
- vi Modules alongwith facilitator guides developed for *comprehensive geriatric assessment and care delivery' for 3 cadres Medical Officers (MO), staff nurses and community based workers of DHs and CHCs. State level training of trainers conducted to develop master trainers for below district trainings.
- vii: Under Ayushman Bharat Health Welfare Centres (HWC) 5 sets of modules developed for geriatric care training of Medical Officers (MO), Staff Nurse, ASHA, ANM etc. At PHCs and HWCs National and State level Training of Trainers conducted
- viii. Orientation trainings of State and District level functionaries of all Non Communicable Disease (NCD) programmes to sensitize them about NPHCE and geriatric issues

StatelUT wise details Medical Colleges etc are at Annexure-III:

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## StatelUT-wise projects under IPSrC

|    | Statel UT         | No. of Projects   |
|----|-------------------|-------------------|
| 1  | Andhra Pradesh    | 70                |
| 2  | Gujarat           | 8                 |
| 3  | Kerala            | 3                 |
| 4  | Bihar             | 1                 |
| 5  | Haryana_          | 13                |
|    | Maharashtra       | 41                |
|    | Odisha            | 83                |
| 8  | Uttarakhand       | 1                 |
| 9  | Chhattisgarh      | 3                 |
| 10 | Himachal Pradesh  |                   |
| 11 | Jharkhand         | 2                 |
| 12 | Manipur           | 32                |
| 13 | Puducherry_       |                   |
| 14 | Punjab            | 2                 |
| 15 | Rajasthan         | 12                |
| 16 | Telangana         | 21                |
| 17 | Tripura           | 2                 |
|    | Goa               | 2                 |
| 19 | Karnataka         | 38                |
| 20 | Madhya Pradesh    | 13                |
| 21 | Meghalaya         | 2                 |
| 22 | Nagaland          | 2                 |
|    | Tamil Nadu        |                   |
| 24 | Arunachal Pradesh |                   |
| 25 | Assam             | 39                |
| 26 | Delhi             | 4                 |
| 27 | Mizoram           | 2                 |
| 28 | Uttar Pradesh     | 33                |
| 29 | West Bengal       | 29                |
|    | TOTAL             | 534               |

## Annexure-I

Details of distribution camps under held under Rashtriya Vayoshri Yojana StatelUT wise

| S_ No:                               | No. of Camps/ Districts              | Total Beneficiaries[Total Appliances   | Total Value of hppliances (Rs. in llakh)   |
|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
| Andaman and Nicobar IIslands         | Andaman and Nicobar IIslands         | 342 672                                | 21.18                                      |
| 2IAndhra Pradesh                     | 8                                    | 18,383                                 | 399.52                                     |
| 3Arunachal Pradesh                   | 5                                    | 2.195 7,647                            | 232.97                                     |
| 4Assam                               | 4Assam                               | 6198 24681                             | 604.76                                     |
| SBBihar                              | 12                                   | 7205 22181                             | 505.43                                     |
| CChhattisgarh                        | 14                                   | 4644 15525                             | 266.71                                     |
| Dadara and Nagar Haveli] & Daman Diu | Dadara and Nagar Haveli] & Daman Diu | 341 1384                               | 38.14                                      |
| 8Delhi                               | 8Delhi                               | 3,451 8,517                            | 189.26                                     |
|                                      |                                      | 2407 5,145                             | 100.53                                     |
| IOGujarat                            | 5                                    | 5,582                                  | 271.24                                     |
| Haryana                              | Haryana                              | 4848 19624                             |                                            |
| 12 Himachal Pradesh                  | 12 Himachal Pradesh                  | 430 1,254                              | 33.76                                      |
| 13Jammu & Kashmir                    | 13Jammu & Kashmir                    | 369 931                                | 22.86                                      |
| 14Jharkhand                          | 1                                    | 3197 11719                             | 287.34                                     |
|                                      | 10                                   | 5977 12772                             | 260.80                                     |
|                                      | 8                                    | 4182 6394                              | 151.69                                     |
| 17Ladakh                             | 17Ladakh                             |                                        |                                            |
| I8akshadweep                         | I8akshadweep                         | 528 1,365                              | 29.58                                      |
| 19Madhya Pradesh                     | 21                                   | 19435 55689                            | 1286.08                                    |
| 2OMaharashtra                        | 13                                   | 68651 343428                           | 6627.16                                    |
| 2Manipur                             | 6                                    | 4557 19723                             | 694.26                                     |
| 22 Meghalaya                         | 5                                    | 9.801 31,775                           | 935.61                                     |
| 23MMizoram                           | 23MMizoram                           | 364 1209                               | 35.90                                      |
| 24Nagaland                           | 24Nagaland                           | 2990 8991                              | 175.53                                     |
|                                      | 6                                    | 3,561 6323                             | 194.53                                     |
| 26Puducherry                         | 26Puducherry                         | 1,529 2,290                            | 22.61                                      |
|                                      |                                      | 3160 8900                              | 238.31                                     |
| 28Rajasthan                          | 3                                    | 14236 41286                            | 876.93                                     |
| 29Sikkim                             | 29Sikkim                             | 2,618 8,838                            | 241,33                                     |
|                                      | 7                                    | 2,195 3873                             | 86.26                                      |
| 3lTelangana                          | 3lTelangana                          | 3859 10040                             | 235.03                                     |
| 32[ripura                            | 32[ripura                            | 6412 18185                             | 41138                                      |
| 33Uttar Pradesh                      | 31                                   | 43623 147673                           | 3276.82                                    |
| 34Uttarakhand                        | 11                                   | 5395 16292                             | 375.74                                     |
| 35WWest Bengal                       | 1                                    | 101 366                                | 9.28                                       |

## Details of District Hospitals, Physiotherapy Units, Community Health Centres, Primary Health Centres

|    | Name of the States   | DH sanctioned   | 10 bedded geriatric wards   | Physio Unit   | CHCs sanctioned   | Biweekly OPD Clinic   | Physio Unit   | PHCs sanctioned   | Weekly OPD Clinic Organized_   |
|----|----------------------|-----------------|-----------------------------|---------------|-------------------|-----------------------|---------------|-------------------|--------------------------------|
|    | Haryana              | 22              | 22                          | 22            | 136               | 136                   | 25            | 434               | 434                            |
| 2  | Himachal Pradesh     | 12              | 12                          |               | 167               | 167                   | 26            | 585               | 585                            |
| 3  | Puniab               | 22              | 22                          | 22            | 152               |                       | 0             | 427               | 427                            |
|    |                      | 25              | 45                          |               | 822               | 128                   | 37            | 3621              | 439                            |
| 5  | UUttarakhand         | 13              |                             | 8             | 86                | 86                    | 0             | 27                | 27                             |
| 6  | Bihar                | 38              | 3                           | 6             | 0                 |                       | 0             | 0                 | 0                              |
| 7  | KChhattishgarh       | 28              | 23                          | 27            | 170               | 170                   | 55            | 792               | 741                            |
| 8  | Jharkhand            | 24              | 12                          | 12            | 81                | 21                    | 0             | 149               | 29                             |
| 9  | KOdisha              | 30              |                             |               | 384               | 384                   | 59            | 1323              | 1323                           |
| 10 | West Bengal          |                 |                             |               | 152               | 152                   | 36            |                   | 0                              |
|    | HGoa                 | 2               | 2                           |               |                   | 6                     |               | 23                | 23                             |
|    | 12 JGujarat          | 33              | 20                          |               | 279               | 144                   | 148           | 1110              | 394                            |
| 13 | Madhya Pradesh       | 51              | 51                          | 51            | 334               | 0                     |               | 470               |                                |
| 14 | Maharashtra          | 36              | 21                          | 21            | 455               | 393                   | 28            | 1828              | 1453                           |
|    | 45 Rajasthan         | 33              |                             | 13            | 408               | 108                   | 108           | 193               | 193                            |
|    | 16 Andhra Pradesh    | 13              |                             | 13            | 195               | 195                   | 195           |                   | 145                            |
| 17 | Karnataka            | 30              | 30                          | 30            | 353               | 288                   | 27            | 2329              | 1909                           |
|    | 18 IKerala           | 14              | 14                          | 14            | 227               | 227                   | 227           | 839               | 839                            |
| 19 | Tamil Nadu           | 31              | 30                          | 31            | 385               | 385                   | 385           |                   |                                |
|    | 20 Telangana         | 30              | 8                           | 8             | 10]               | 82                    |               | 887               | 887                            |
| 21 | Arunanchal PPradesh  | 25              | 20                          | 20            |                   |                       |               |                   |                                |
| 22 | Assam                | 33              | 2                           | 14            | 198               | 157                   |               | 997               | 541                            |
|    |                      | 16              |                             | 7             | 18                | 2                     |               | 85                | 0                              |
|    | 24 Meghalaya         | "               | 8                           | 8             | 28                | 28                    |               | 14                | 144                            |
| 25 | Mizoram              |                 |                             |               |                   | 0                     |               |                   |                                |
|    |                      | 4               |                             |               | 2                 |                       |               | 24                | 2                              |
| 28 | Tripura              | 8               |                             |               |                   | 22                    |               |                   | 13                             |
| 29 | Nicobar Islands      | 3               |                             |               |                   |                       |               |                   |                                |
|    |                      | 0               |                             |               |                   |                       |               |                   |                                |
| 31 | D& NH                |                 | 3                           |               |                   |                       |               | 15                | 15                             |
|    | Daman & Diu          |                 |                             |               |                   |                       |               | 0                 |                                |
| 32 | Delhi                |                 |                             |               |                   |                       |               | 260               | 260                            |
|    |                      |                 |                             |               |                   |                       |               | 17                |                                |
|    | Jammu                | 10              | 3                           | 6             |                   | 3                     | 2             |                   |                                |
| 34 | LLadakh              | 2               | 2                           | 2             |                   | 3                     | 3             | 32                | 16                             |
| 35 | Lakshadweep          |                 |                             | 0             | 0                 | 0                     |               | 0                 |                                |
|    | 36 Puduchery         |                 | 4                           | 4             |                   | 4                     | 4             | 39                | 39                             |
|    | Grand Total          | 725             | 547                         | 514           | 4888              | 3458                  | 1372          | 48651             | 4674                           |

## Details of Regional Geriatric Centres (RGC)

| SLNo   | Name of RGC                                             | Year of Sanction of RGC   | OPD   | Beds in wards   | units   |    |
|--------|---------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------|-------|-----------------|---------|----|
| 1      | BBanaras Hindu University Varanasi                      |                           |       | 30              |         |    |
| 2      | Govt. Medical College Guwahati                          | 2010-11                   |       | 30              |         |    |
| 3      | Govt, Medical College Trivandrum                        | 2010-11                   |       | 30              |         |    |
| 4      | Sampurnanda Medical kollege_Jodhpur                     |                           |       | 30              | 1       |    |
| 5      |                                                         | 2010-11                   |       | 24              | 1       |    |
| 6      | Grant Govt. Medical kollege,_Mumbai                     | 2010-11                   |       | 30              |         |    |
| 7      | Madras Medical Chennai College,                         | 2010-11                   |       | 40              |         |    |
| 8      | ISher-j-Kashmir Institute of Medical SciencesKashmir    | 2010-11                   |       | 10              |         |    |
| 9      | Gandhi Medical College Bhopal                           | 2015-16                   |       |                 |         |    |
| 10     | George's Medical University Lucknow King                | 2015-16                   |       |                 |         |    |
| 11     | KKolkata Medical College                                | 2015-16                   |       | 30              |         |    |
| 12     | Nizam's Institue of Medical ISciences, Hyderabad        | 2015-16                   |       | 34              |         |    |
| 13     | ISCB Medical College, ICuttack                          | 2016-17                   |       | 30              |         |    |
|        | Agartala Medical College_                               | 2016-17                   |       | 15              |         |    |
| 15     | land Research Institute BBengaluru                      | 2016-17                   |       | 30              |         |    |
| 16     | BJ Medical College Ahmedabad                            | 2016-17                   |       | 30              |         |    |
| 17     | Patna Medical College_                                  | 2016-17                   |       |                 |         |    |
| 18     | [Rajendar Institue of JMedical Sciences Ranchi          | 2016-17                   |       | 30              |         |    |
| 19     | RRajendra Prasad Govt Medical College, Himahal PPradesh | 2016-17                   | 1     | 26              | 1       |    |
|        |                                                         |                           | 18    | 449             | 14      | 14 |