Lok Sabha Question No. 1027 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-02-08
Subject: Rastriya Vayoshri Yojna
Ministry: SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
Asked by: Nalin Kumar Kateel

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

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1027 TO BE ANSWERED ON 08.02.2022

## RASTRIYA VAYOSHRI YOJNA

1027. SHRI NALIN KUMAR KATEEL:

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

- (a) whether the Government has introduced Rashtriya Vayoshri Yojana (RVY) Scheme for providing Physical Aids and Assisted-living Devices   for  Senior citizens belonging to BPL category in the country, if So, the details thereof;
- (6) whether the Government has set any target to achieve under the said RVY scheme, if s0, the details thereof;
- (c) the total number of beneficiaries identified under scheme, the details thereof, State/UT-wise; and
- (d) the facilities provided to senior citizens under the said scheme?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT (DR. VIRENDRA KUMAR)

(a) to (d): Yes Sir. The Department of Social Justice and Empowerment  launched a Central Sector   Scheme   namely   "Rashtriya Vayoshri Yojana" (RVY) on 1st April, 2017 with the objective to provide the senior citizens; below poverty line and suffering from any of the age   related   disability/  infirmity, with such assisted devices which can restore near normalcy in their bodily functions, overcoming the disability/ infirmity manifested. The assisteddevices   under the scheme are provided to the senior citizens belonging to the BPL category and also to the senior citizens with monthly income not more than Rs. 15000/The Government aims to cover all the districts of the country under the Scheme living living living

The total number of beneficiaries under the scheme, StateMUT-wise, is at Annexure

The following aids & assisted devices are provided under the scheme:

## Generic Items:

- (1) Walking sticks (2) Elbow crutches (3) Walkers/Crutches, (4) Tripods/Quadpods (5) Hearing Aids (6) Artificial Dentures, and (7) Spectacles

## (ii) Special Items:

- (1) Wheelchairs, (2) Wheel Chairs with Commode; (3) Chair/Stool with Commode, (4) Silicon Foam Cushion, (5) Knee Brace, (6) Spinal Support, (7) Cervical Collar, (8) Lumbosacral Belt (LS) (9) Walker/Roalator with Brakes, (10) Walking Stick with Seat; (11) Foot Care Kit - (i) Flexi Gel Socks, (ii) Socks Cusion Sandal, (iii) Silicon Insole (Complete Foot/Ankle) and (iv) Insole with Pressure Point Relief.

## 1027 to\_be\_answered on 08.02.2022

| Rashtriya VayoshriYojana (RVY)   | Rashtriya VayoshriYojana (RVY)   | Rashtriya VayoshriYojana (RVY)   |
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
| SNO:                             |                                  | Total Number o Beneficiaries     |
|                                  | Andaman and Nicobar Islands      | 342                              |
| 2                                | Andhra Pradesh                   | 7404                             |
| 3                                | Arunachal Pradesh                | 2195                             |
|                                  | Assam                            | 3439                             |
|                                  | Bihar                            | 4564                             |
|                                  | Chandigarh                       | 0                                |
|                                  | Chhattishgarh                    | 3599                             |
| 8                                | Dadar and Nagar Haveli           |                                  |
| 9                                | Daman and Diu                    | 76                               |
| 10                               | Delhi                            | 3451                             |
| 11                               | Goa                              | 2407                             |
| 12                               | Gujarat                          | 5582                             |
| 13                               | Haryana                          | 4629                             |
| 14                               | Himachal Pradesh                 | 430                              |
| 15                               | Jammu and Kashmir                | 369                              |
| 16                               | Jharkhand                        | 2206                             |
| 17                               | Karnataka                        | 5543                             |
| 18                               | Kerala                           | 4182                             |
| 19                               | Lakshadweep                      | 528                              |
| 20                               | Madhya Pradesh_                  | 18403                            |
| 21                               | Maharashtra                      | 28842                            |
| 22                               | Manipur                          | 4557                             |
| 23                               | Meghalaya                        | 9801                             |
| 24                               | Mizoram                          | 364                              |
| 25                               | Nagaland                         | 2978                             |
| 26                               | Odisha                           | 3561                             |
| 27                               | Puducherry                       | 1529                             |
| 28                               | Punjab                           | 3160                             |
| 29                               | Rajasthan                        | 12286                            |
| 30                               | Sikkim                           | 2618                             |
| 31                               | Tamil Nadu                       | 2195                             |
| 32                               | Telangana                        | 3195                             |
| 33                               | Tripura                          |                                  |
| 34                               | Uttarakhand                      | 5075                             |
| 35                               | Uttar Pradesh                    | 42643                            |
| 36                               | West Bengal                      | 101                              |
|                                  | Total                            | 198666                           |