Lok Sabha Question No. 279 (STARRED), answered on 2023-08-08
Subject: Implementation of RVY
Ministry: SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
Asked by: DNV Senthilkumar. S., Supriya Sadanand Sule

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

STARRED QUESTION NO.279 TO BE ANSWERED ON 08.08.2023

## IMPLEMENTATION OF RVY

## *279. DR DNV SENTHILKUMAR S:: SHRIMATI SUPRIYA SULE:

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

- (a) the details of implementing agency and financial outlay for the Rashtriya Vayoshri Yojana (RVY) during the last three years and the current year;
- (b) whether the Government has achieved the objective for which RVY was launched and if sO, the details thereof;
- the constraints faced by the Government in implementation of RVY;
- (d) whether the Government has set any targets under the said yojana during each of the last three years and the current year and if so, the details thereof along with the targets achieved including the achievements made thereunder since inception;
- (e) the number of districts that have been selected for the implementation of above yojana;
- the number of camps organized in the States and the number of senior citizens benefited under the yojana, State-wise including Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra;
- g) whether many senior citizens are not provided the facility extended under the yojana and if S0, the details thereof and the corrective steps taken in this regard; and
- (h) the other steps taken by the Government to provide help to senior citizen who are suffering from age related disabilities?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT

(DR; VIRENDRA KUMAR)

(a) to (h): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

## STATEMENT

## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (h) IN RESPECT OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 279 FOR REPLY ON 08.08.2023 REGARDING IMPLEMENTATION OF RVYASKED BY DR DNV SENTHILKUMAR S. AND SHRIMA TI SUPRIYA SULE:

(a): The   RashtriyaVayoshri Yojana   (RVY) is implemented  through the Artificial Limbs Manufacturing Corporation (ALIMCO) a Public Sector Undertaking under the Ministry as the sole implementing Agency: The details of funds released to the ALIMCO during the last three years and the current year under the RVY are given below:

| Financial Year       |   Funds released (Rupees in crores) |
|----------------------|-------------------------------------|
|                      |                               26.5  |
| 2021-22              |                               25    |
| 2022-23              |                               88.84 |
| 2023-24 (as on date) |                                0    |

(b): Yes: The objective of RVY is to provide physical aids and assistive living devices for senior citizens belonging to BPL category and also to the senior citizens with monthly income not more 15000/-. The details of achievementsof the RVYfrom Financial Year 2016-17 till date are aS under:

|   Funds released | No. of Beneficiaries   |
|------------------|------------------------|
|           264.35 | 3,03,896               |

(c): Necessary updations/corrections are carried out in the RVY from time to time. It is a continuous process.

(d): The details of achievement since inception of the RVY are as under:

| Financial Yearl   | Number of Camps organized   | Number of Beneficiaries   | Number of devices   |
|-------------------|-----------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------|
| 2016-17           |                             |                           |                     |
| 2017-18           | 26                          | 34069                     | 66814               |
| 2018-19           | 69                          | 65615                     | 193229              |
| 2019-20           | 43                          | 44829                     | 115404              |
| 2020-21           | 51                          | 25133                     | 75240               |
| 2021-22           | 49                          | 70943                     | 382245              |
| 2022-23           | 39                          | 63307                     | 398858              |
| Total             | 277                         | 3,03,896                  | 1234,790            |

- (e): AIl the districts in the country have been selected for the implementation of the RVY.
- (f): State-wise details of camps organized ad number of senior citizens benefited including Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra under the RVY are given at Annexure
- (g): During the assessment of eligibility camps organized by ALIMCO; the\_team of doctors examine the eligible senior citizens suffering from any of the age-related disabilitylinfirmity: As per the recommendations of the medical team, the eligible Senior Citizens are provided with the assistive devices which can restore near normalcy in the bodily functions
- (h): The following schemeslinitiatives/projects are being run by the Ministry for Senior Citizens:
- Senior Citizens' Homes
- IIL Physiotherapy Clinics for Senior Citizens
- Mobile Medicare Unit (MMU) for Senior Citizens
- IV. Continuous Care Homes and Homes for senior citizens afflicted with Alzheimer's disease/Dementia
- V
- Senior-care Ageing Growth Engine (SAGE)

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## Annexure referred to in reply to part (0) of the Lok Sabha Starred Question No *279 to be answered on 08.08.2023

|    | States/UTs                             |   Number of Beneficiaries | No. of Camps organized   |
|----|----------------------------------------|---------------------------|--------------------------|
|    | Andaman and Nicobar Islands            |                       342 | 01                       |
|    | AAndhra Pradesh                        |                      7586 | 09                       |
| 3  | Arunachal Pradesh                      |                      2195 |                          |
| 4  | Assam                                  |                     18418 |                          |
| 5  | Bihar                                  |                      7205 |                          |
| 6  | Chandigarh                             |                        13 |                          |
| 7  | [Chhattisgarh_                         |                      4807 |                          |
| 8  | [Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu_ |                       550 | 03                       |
| 9  | [Delhi                                 |                      3693 | 08                       |
| 10 | Goa                                    |                      2407 | 03                       |
| 11 | Gujarat                                |                      5582 |                          |
| 12 | Haryana                                |                      5991 | 14                       |
| 13 | Himachal Pradesh                       |                       430 |                          |
| 14 | Jammu and Kashmir                      |                      1532 |                          |
| 15 |                                        |                      3197 |                          |
| 16 |                                        |                      5977 |                          |
| 17 | KKerala                                |                      4182 | 08                       |
| 18 | ILakshadweep                           |                       528 | 01                       |
| 19 | Madhya Pradesh                         |                     20035 | 24                       |
| 20 | Maharashtra                            |                     96207 |                          |
| 21 | Manipur                                |                      5584 |                          |
| 22 | Meghalaya                              |                      9801 |                          |
| 23 | MMizoram                               |                       364 |                          |
| 24 | NNagaland                              |                      3658 |                          |
| 25 | IOdisha                                |                      3561 | 06                       |
| 26 | Pondicherry                            |                      1529 | 08                       |
| 27 | Punjab                                 |                      3277 |                          |
| 28 | IRajasthan                             |                     14403 | 10                       |
| 29 | Sikkim                                 |                      2618 |                          |
| 30 | Tamil Nadu                             |                      2195 |                          |
| 31 | [elangana                              |                      5814 |                          |
| 32 | Tripura                                |                      7351 |                          |
| 33 | Uttarakhand                            |                      5395 | 11                       |
| 34 | UUttar Pradesh                         |                     47146 | 33                       |
| 35 | West Bengal                            |                       323 | 03                       |
|    | Total                                  |                    303896 | 277                      |

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