Lok Sabha Question No. 3466 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-03-21
Subject: National Policy for Healthcare of Elderly
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Dr. Rani Srikumar

## GOVERNMENTOFINDIA MINISTRYOF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENTOFHEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3466 TO BE ANSWERED ON 21 ST MARCH, 2025

## NATIONALPOLICY FOR HEALTHCARE OF ELDERLY

## 3466: DR. RANI SRIKUMAR

Will the Minister of HEALTHANDFAMILYWELFARE be pleased to state:

- (a) the amount of funds allocated for National Policy for Healthcare of Elderly (NPHCE) in the country during the last five years, year-wise and State/UT-wise including Tamil Nadu;
- (b) the details of the Regional Geriatric Centres (RGCs) established in the country during the last five years, year-wise, State/UT-wise and district-wise for Tamil Nadu ;
- (c) the details of the elderly person who have benefited from the Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana during the last five years, State/UT-wise and year-wise ; and
- (d) whether the initiatives taken by the Government to ensure the availability of healthcare facilities in rural areas for the elderly have been successful, if so, the details thereof ?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SHRI PRATAPRAO JADHAV)

(a) to (d): The amount of funds allocated for National Policy for Healthcare of Elderly (NPHCE) in the country during the last five years, year-wise and State/UT-wise including Tamil Nadu is placed at Annexure I . The details of the Regional Geriatric Centres (RGCs) established in the country, year-wise, State/UT-wise and district-wise for Tamil Nadu is at ANNEXURE-II .

States/UTs wise and Year wise number of hospital admissions of elderly persons (Age 60 years and above) under AB PM-JAY in the last five years is at Annexure-III .

The Government of India had launched 'National Programme for Health Care of the Elderly (NPHCE)' in 2010-11 to address various health related issues of elderly. The programme is implemented throughout the country including rural areas. Healthcare services provided at Sub centres are Health Education related to healthy ageing, environmental modifications, nutritional requirements, life styles and behavioural changes.

Special attention is paid to home bound/ bedridden elderly persons and to provide training to the family health care providers looking after the disabled elderly persons. At Primary Health Centre weekly geriatric clinic is arranged by a trained Medical Officer (MO). At Community Health Centre biweekly geriatric Clinic and Rehabilitation services are arranged by trained staff and rehabilitation worker. Domiciliary visits by rehabilitation worker is under taken for bed-ridden elderly and counseling of family members for taking care of elderly is done. At District Hospitals dedicated Geriatric OPD services, In-door admissions in District Hospitals having 10 bedded geriatric ward, laboratory investigations and rehabilitation services are provided. Elderly patients are referred to District Hospitals by CHCs/PHCs etc. whenever required and severe cases are referred to tertiary level hospitals.

## Annexure - I

State/UT wise details of State Programme Implementation Plan Approvals under National Programme for the Healthcare of the Elderly (NPHCE) under National Health Mission during the period of F.Y. 2019-20 to F.Y. 2023-24

(Rs. In lakhs)

|   S.No. | State/UT                          |   2019-20 | 2020-21   | 2021-22   |   2022-23 |   2023-24 |
|---------|-----------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|       1 | Andaman and Nicobar Islands       |     37.72 | 1.50      | 30.40     |     17.98 |      9    |
|       2 | Andhra Pradesh                    |     78.2  | 789.90    | 455.06    |    316.5  |    269    |
|       3 | Arunachal Pradesh                 |    150    | 165.40    | 40.00     |    146.6  |    151.6  |
|       4 | Assam                             |    406.59 | 310.30    | 65.46     |    490.15 |     92.25 |
|       5 | Bihar                             |    383.49 | 165.77    | 5.67      |     74.72 |     78.46 |
|       6 | Chandigarh                        |      0    | 0.00      | 0.00      |      0    |      0    |
|       7 | Chhattisgarh                      |    365.65 | 95.36     | 512.11    |    387.5  |    487.6  |
|       8 | Dadra &Nagar Haveli andDaman &Diu |      0    | 0.35      | 0.00      |     27.87 |      2.35 |
|       8 | Daman&Diu                         |      0.4  | 0.35      | 0.00      |     27.87 |      2.35 |
|       9 | Delhi                             |     14.8  | 9.80      | 24.90     |    331    |    313    |
|      10 | Goa                               |     29.8  | 13.34     | 27.30     |     29.3  |     29.3  |
|      11 | Gujarat                           |     20.1  | 20.20     | 78.05     |    179.35 |    159.35 |
|      12 | Haryana                           |     61.82 | 70.29     | 91.11     |    131.62 |    101.82 |
|      13 | Himachal Pradesh                  |     27.09 | 1.50      | 15.94     |     83    |     78    |
|      14 | Jammu and Kashmir                 |    164.95 | 144.50    | 166.50    |    136.5  |    101.5  |
|      15 | Jharkhand                         |    181.11 | 13.23     | 268.83    |    481.58 |    301.98 |
|      16 | Karnataka                         |    340.08 | 1,310.80  | 129.60    |    793.72 |    159    |
|      17 | Kerala                            |    421    | 128.50    | 363.50    |    487.8  |    343.3  |
|      18 | Ladakh                            |      0    | 0.00      | 53.70     |     24.9  |     17.9  |
|      19 | Lakshadweep                       |      1    | 12.35     | 11.40     |      8.8  |      8.88 |
|      20 | Madhya Pradesh                    |     67.44 | 139.00    | 1,518.63  |    210.5  |    135.5  |
|      21 | Maharashtra                       |    213    | 151.60    | 131.49    |    307.3  |    331.3  |
|      22 | Manipur                           |    299.1  | 114.30    | 135.97    |     67.5  |     67.5  |
|      23 | Meghalaya                         |     14.5  | 86.97     | 200.98    |    198.21 |     89.75 |
|      24 | Mizoram                           |     21.85 | 19.86     | 27.24     |     28.15 |     34.45 |
|      25 | Nagaland                          |      2.26 | 7.99      | 20.40     |      5.03 |      4.13 |
|      26 | Odisha                            |    231.16 | 173.10    | 137.55    |    678.3  |    169.1  |
|      27 | Puducherry                        |     30.85 | 31.30     | 32.40     |     40.07 |     43.89 |
|      28 | Punjab                            |     11    | 17.60     | 40.40     |    199.5  |    211.5  |

|   29 | Rajasthan     | 30.00    |   30.00 | 310.10   | 31.40    | 31.40    |
|------|---------------|----------|---------|----------|----------|----------|
|   30 | Sikkim        | 4.72     |   17.8  | 19.15    | 13.90    | 13.93    |
|   31 | Tamil Nadu    | 246.50   |   54.25 | 212.86   | 202.01   | 325.50   |
|   32 | Telangana     | 60.00    |  142    | 75.00    | 19.25    | 7.00     |
|   33 | Tripura       | 11.22    |    0    | 93.17    | 55.55    | 65.60    |
|   34 | Uttar Pradesh | 1,166.80 |  731.25 | 1,154.73 | 1,047.50 | 1,977.98 |
|   35 | Uttarakhand   | 5.25     |   44.94 | 65.01    | 62.43    | 52.32    |
|   36 | West Bengal   | 59.00    |  103.43 | 60.70    | 274.36   | 229.05   |

Annexure - II State/UT wise details of Establishment of Regional Geriatric Centres (RGC's) under National Programme for

the Healthcare of the Elderly (NPHCE)

| Financial Year (FY)       | District/State/UT in which RGCwasapproved                                                                                                                                                                            |
|---------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| FY 2010-11 and FY 2011-12 | NewDelhi, Delhi Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. Mumbai, Maharashtra. Guwahati, Assam. Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. Chennai, TamilNadu . Srinagar,Jammu&Kashmir. Jodhpur, Rajasthan. Guwahati, Assam.                         |
| FY2016-17                 | Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. Kolkata, West Bengal. Hyderabad, Telangana. Cuttack, Odisha. Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. Ranchi, Jharkhand. Bengaluru, Karnatka. Agartala, Tripura. Ahmedabad, Gujrat. Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. |
| FY2017-18                 | Patna, Bihar.                                                                                                                                                                                                        |

## Annexure-III

States/UTs wise and Year wise numbers hospital admission for elderly persons (Age 60 years and above) under AB PM-JAY in the last five years

| States/UTs                  | 2020-21   | 2021-22   | 2022-23   | 2023-24   | 2024-25   |
|-----------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| Andaman And Nicobar Islands | 105       | 215       | 200       | 148       | 209       |
| Andhra Pradesh              | 97,844    | 159,180   | 179,468   | 210,635   | 203,769   |
| Arunachal Pradesh           | 3         | 11        | 216       | 248       | 941       |
| Assam                       | 19,212    | 37,843    | 57,900    | 113,374   | 118,732   |
| Bihar                       | 26,366    | 39,128    | 60,000    | 92,546    | 332,746   |
| Chandigarh                  | 964       | 1,521     | 1,708     | 3,412     | 4,795     |
| Chhattisgarh                | 59,722    | 110,322   | 175,308   | 213,061   | 234,702   |
| DNH&DD                      | 3,587     | 3,478     | 3,667     | 3,109     | 3,978     |
| Goa                         | 42        | 48        | 139       | 1,624     | 4,069     |
| Gujarat                     | 87,962    | 164,138   | 260,232   | 356,184   | 388,259   |
| Haryana                     | 37,294    | 49,443    | 83,408    | 176,394   | 278,621   |
| Himachal Pradesh            | 9,102     | 16,251    | 21,172    | 22,289    | 34,851    |
| Jammu And Kashmir           | 19,359    | 73,209    | 124,314   | 140,650   | 138,454   |
| Jharkhand                   | 73,104    | 89,605    | 88,373    | 87,587    | 94,135    |
| Karnataka                   | 134,230   | 216,128   | 390,661   | 646,305   | 702,539   |
| Kerala                      | 430,689   | 725,640   | 542,215   | 478,951   | 389,614   |
| Ladakh                      | -         | 172       | 1,977     | 2,914     | 4,073     |
| Lakshadweep                 | -         | 22        | 158       | 180       | 197       |
| Madhya Pradesh              | 60,720    | 116,827   | 186,829   | 193,529   | 278,227   |
| Maharashtra                 | 369       | 674       | 1,083     | 3,356     | 86,337    |
| Manipur                     | 3,704     | 5,847     | 9,367     | 14,261    | 27,094    |
| Meghalaya                   | 11,969    | 14,794    | 18,627    | 20,483    | 24,831    |
| Mizoram                     | 3,351     | 3,324     | 5,768     | 7,224     | 10,073    |
| Nagaland                    | 1,623     | 1,201     | 3,022     | 6,401     | 7,472     |
| Puducherry                  | 528       | 2,807     | 6,641     | 11,162    | 13,649    |
| Punjab                      | 88,661    | 121,737   | 74,064    | 134,880   | 168,756   |
| Rajasthan                   | 77,646    | 233,845   | 551,739   | 678,471   | 661,291   |
| Sikkim                      | 331       | 479       | 1,311     | 1,748     | 2,883     |
| Tamil Nadu                  | 122,155   | 188,208   | 240,270   | 255,188   | 248,057   |
| Telangana                   | -         | 62,636    | 123,444   | 140,071   | 143,352   |
| Tripura                     | 7,285     | 11,091    | 19,069    | 26,293    | 37,398    |
| Uttar Pradesh               | 62,314    | 106,112   | 180,708   | 398,893   | 652,675   |
| Uttarakhand                 | 32,076    | 55,182    | 79,879    | 112,703   | 136,337   |