Lok Sabha Question No. 1751 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-03-08
Subject: Harassment of Elderly
Ministry: SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
Asked by: CHINTAMANI MALVIYA

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

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. †1751 TO BE ANSWERED ON 08.03.2016

## †1751. HARASSMENT OF ELDERLY

## PROF. CHINTAMANI MALVIYA:

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

- (a) whether there has been an increase in the incidents of harassment and torture of old aged persons in the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the Government has formulated/proposes to formulate any scheme to improve the conditions of old aged people in the country; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT (SHRI VIJAY SAMPLA)

(a)  &  (b):  As  per  the  information  provided  by  Ministry  of  Home  Affairs  National  Crime Record Bureau (NCRB) has started collecting data on cases reported under crimes committed against senior citizens (60 years & above) under the revised performae of 'Crime in India' since 2014. As per available data, a total of 18,714 cases were registered under crimes against senior  citizens  (60  years  &  above)  during  2014.  State/UT  wise  and  crime  head  wise  cases reported under crimes against senior citizens (60 years & above) during 2014 is enclosed at Annexure.

As per the Seventh Schedule of the Constitution of India, 'Police' and 'Public Order' are State Subjects and, as such the primary responsibility of prevention detection, registration, investigation and prosecution of crime, lies with the State Governments/Union Territory  Administrations.  Ministry  of  Home  Affairs  has  issued  an  Advisory  dated  30 th August, 2013 on 'Protection of Life and Property of Senior Citizens' which is also available http://www.mha.nic.in/sites/upload\_fies/mha/files/Adviory\_040913.pdf

(c)  &  (d): The  Government  of  India  announced  the  National  Policy  on  Older  persons (NPOP),  1999.  The  policy  envisages  State  support  to  ensure  financial  and  food  security, healthcare,  shelter  and  other  needs  of  older  persons,  equitable  share  in  development, protection against abuse and exploitation, and availability of services to improve the quality of their lives.

Subsequently, the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act was passed in 2007 to ensure need based maintenance for parents and senior citizens and their welfare.   The  Act  provides  for  maintenance  of  parents/senior  citizens  by  children/relatives obligatory  and  justiciable  through  Tribunals;  revocation  of  transfer  of  property  by  senior citizens  in  case  of  negligence  by  relatives;  penal  provision  for  abandonment  of  senior citizens;  establishment  of  Old  Age  Homes  for  indigent  senior  Citizens;  adequate  medical facilities and security for senior citizens and protection of life and property.

The  Ministry  of  Social  Justice  &  Empowerment  is  implementing  a  Central  Sector Scheme of Integrated Programme for Older Persons (IPOP) since 1992 with the objective of improving the quality of life of senior citizens by providing basic amenities like shelter, food, medical  care  and  entertainment  opportunities  and  by  encouraging  productive  and  active ageing. Under this Scheme, financial assistance (up to 95% in the case of States of Jammu and Kashmir, Sikkim and North-eastern States and 90% for rest of the country) is provided to Non-Governmental/Voluntary Organisations, Panchayati Raj Institutions etc. for maintenance of Old Age Homes, Respite Care Homes and Continuous Care Homes, Multi-service Centres, mobile medicare units, day care centres for Alzheimer's disease/Dementia patients, physiotherapy clinics for older person etc.

Keeping in view the recommendations made in the National Policy on Older Persons, 1999 as well as the State's obligations under the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens, 2007, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare had launched the National 'Programme for Health Care of the Elderly' (NPHCE) during 2010-11 to address various health  related  problems  of  elderly  people. The  major  objectives  of  the  NPHCE  are establishment  of  Department  of  Geriatric  in  identified  Medical  Institutions  as  Regional Geriatric Centre for different regions of the country and to provide dedicated health facilities in District Hospitals, CHCs, PHCs and Sub Centre levels through State Health Society.

Following facilities are being provided under the programme:

- I. Geriatric OPD, 30 bedded Geriatric Ward for in-patient care etc. at Regional Geriatric Centres (RGCs)
- II. Geriatric OPD and 10 bedded Geriatric Ward at District Hospitals.
- III. Bi-weekly Geriatric Clinic at Community Health Centres (CHCs).
- IV. Weekly Geriatric Clinics at Primary Health Centres (PHCs).
- V. Provision of Aids and Appliances at Sub-Centres.

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## State/UT wise cases reported under various crimes committed against senior citizens during 2014

Annex

| S L   | State/UT          |   Murder | Attempt to commit Murder   | Culpable Homicide not amounting to Murder   |   Attempt to commit Culpable Homicide |   Rape |   Dacoity | Making Preparatio n and Assembly for committin g Dacoity   |   Robbery |   Grievous Hurt |   Extortion | Cheating   |   Other IPC Crimes | Tota cogniz IPC Crim again Seni   |
|-------|-------------------|----------|----------------------------|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|--------|-----------|------------------------------------------------------------|-----------|-----------------|-------------|------------|--------------------|-----------------------------------|
| 1     | Andhra Pradesh    |       59 | 20 4                       |                                             |                                     0 |      5 |         0 | 30                                                         |        27 |               3 |         156 |            |               1548 | Citiz 185                         |
| 2     | Arunachal Pradesh |        3 | 0                          | 0                                           |                                     0 |      0 |         0 | 0 0                                                        |         0 |               1 |           0 | 0          |                  0 | 4                                 |
| 3     | Assam             |        0 | 0                          | 0                                           |                                     0 |      0 |         0 | 0                                                          |         0 |               0 |           0 | 0          |                  0 | 0                                 |
| 4     | Bihar             |       14 | 54                         | 0                                           |                                    89 |      0 |         0 | 0                                                          |         2 |              75 |           0 | 6          |                256 | 496                               |
| 5     | Chhattisgarh      |       58 | 6                          | 0                                           |                                     0 |      0 |         1 | 0                                                          |        15 |              75 |           1 | 34         |                643 | 833                               |
| 6     | Goa               |        4 | 3                          | 1                                           |                                     0 |      0 |         0 | 0                                                          |         4 |               3 |           0 | 5          |                 53 | 73                                |
| 7     | Gujarat           |       21 | 5                          | 0                                           |                                     0 |      2 |         1 | 0                                                          |        36 |              23 |           2 | 23         |                259 | 372                               |
| 8     | Haryana           |       38 | 4                          | 2                                           |                                     0 |      2 |         0 | 0                                                          |         0 |              39 |           0 | 13         |                212 | 310                               |
| 9     | Himachal Pradesh  |        6 | 0                          | 0                                           |                                     0 |      0 |         0 | 0                                                          |         0 |              10 |           0 | 1          |                171 | 188                               |
| 10    | Jammu &Kashmir    |        0 | 0                          | 0                                           |                                     0 |      0 |         0 | 0                                                          |         0 |               0 |           0 | 0          |                  0 | 0                                 |
| 11    | Jharkhand         |        7 | 0                          | 0                                           |                                     0 |      0 |         0 | 0                                                          |         0 |               0 |           0 | 0          |                  5 | 12                                |
| 12    | Karnataka         |       39 | 18                         | 0                                           |                                     0 |      2 |         1 | 0                                                          |        79 |              29 |           2 | 74         |                398 | 642                               |
| 13    | Kerala            |       35 | 10                         | 4                                           |                                    15 |      6 |         1 | 0                                                          |        21 |              32 |           0 | 54         |                580 | 758                               |
| 14    | Madhya Pradesh    |      116 | 39                         | 2                                           |                                     1 |      5 |         0 | 0                                                          |        89 |             243 |           1 | 53         |               2889 | 343                               |
| 15    | Maharashtra       |      167 | 52                         | 7                                           |                                     0 |      9 |        24 | 0                                                          |       623 |             309 |           7 | 654        |               2129 | 398                               |
| 16    | Manipur           |        3 | 2                          | 1                                           |                                     0 |      0 |         0 | 0                                                          |         0 |               2 |           0 | 2          |                  4 | 14                                |
| 17    | Meghalaya         |        1 | 0                          | 0                                           |                                     0 |      1 |         0 | 0                                                          |         0 |               1 |           1 | 5          |                  0 | 9                                 |
| 18    | Mizoram           |        3 | 1                          | 0                                           |                                     0 |      2 |         0 | 0                                                          |         0 |               0 |           0 | 0          |                  1 | 7                                 |
| 19    | Nagaland          |        0 | 0                          | 0                                           |                                     0 |      0 |         0 | 0                                                          |         0 |               0 |           0 | 0          |                  0 | 0                                 |
| 20    | Odisha            |        9 | 16                         | 0                                           |                                     0 |      4 |         1 | 0                                                          |         6 |              25 |           0 | 12         |                310 | 383                               |
| 21    | Punjab            |       32 | 4                          | 2                                           |                                     0 |      2 |         0 | 0                                                          |         1 |              23 |           0 | 5          |                 89 | 158                               |
| 22    | Rajasthan         |       27 | 16                         | 1                                           |                                     2 |      5 |         1 | 0                                                          |        22 |              33 |           2 | 138        |                787 | 103                               |
| 23    | Sikkim            |        0 | 0                          | 0                                           |                                     0 |      0 |         0 | 0                                                          |         0 |               0 |           0 | 0          |                  0 | 0                                 |
| 24    | Tamil Nadu        |      171 | 64                         | 4                                           |                                     0 |      3 |         3 | 0                                                          |       129 |              18 |           4 | 127        |               1598 | 212                               |
| 25    | Telangana         |       76 | 7                          | 6                                           |                                     0 |      2 |         1 | 0                                                          |         4 |              11 |           3 | 76         |                236 | 422                               |
| 26    | Tripura           |        1 | 0                          | 0                                           |                                     0 |      0 |         0 | 0                                                          |         0 |               0 |           0 | 0          |                  5 | 6                                 |
| 27    | Uttar Pradesh     |      170 | 25                         | 24                                          |                                     4 |      3 |         3 | 0                                                          |        21 |              52 |           0 | 25         |                 93 | 420                               |
| 28    | Uttarakhand       |        0 | 0                          | 0                                           |                                     0 |      0 |         0 | 0                                                          |         0 |               1 |           0 | 0          |                  0 | 1                                 |
| 29    | West Bengal       |       29 | 0                          | 8                                           |                                     0 |      4 |         1 | 0                                                          |         2 |              17 |           0 | 8          |                 49 | 118                               |
|       | TOTAL STATE(S)    |     1089 | 346                        | 66                                          |                                   111 |     57 |        38 | 0                                                          |      1084 |            1049 |          26 | 1471       |              12315 | 1765                              |
| 30    | A &NIslands       |        1 | 1                          | 2                                           |                                     0 |      0 |         0 | 0                                                          |         0 |               2 |           0 | 0          |                  6 | 12                                |
| 31    | Chandigarh        |        3 | 0                          | 0                                           |                                     0 |      1 |         0 | 0                                                          |         0 |               1 |           0 | 0          |                  8 | 13                                |
| 32    | D&N Haveli        |        0 | 0                          | 0                                           |                                     0 |      0 |         0 | 0                                                          |         0 |               0 |           0 | 0          |                  0 | 0                                 |
| 33    | Daman &Diu        |        0 | 0                          | 0                                           |                                     0 |      0 |         0 | 0                                                          |         0 |               0 |           0 | 0          |                  0 | 0                                 |
| 34    | Delhi UT          |       22 | 2                          | 0                                           |                                    11 |      0 |         2 | 0                                                          |       100 |              17 |           1 | 94         |                772 | 102                               |
| 35    | Lakshadweep       |        0 | 0                          | 0                                           |                                     0 |      0 |         0 | 0                                                          |         0 |               0 |           0 | 0          |                  0 | 0                                 |
| 36    | Puducherry        |        0 | 0                          | 0                                           |                                     0 |      0 |         0 | 0                                                          |         0 |               0 |           0 | 2          |                 14 | 16                                |
|       | TOTAL UT(S)       |       26 | 3                          | 2                                           |                                    11 |      1 |         2 | 0                                                          |       100 |              20 |           1 | 96         |                800 | 106                               |
|       | TOTAL (ALL INDIA) |     1115 | 349                        | 68                                          |                                   122 |     58 |        40 | 0                                                          |      1184 |            1069 |          27 | 1567       |              13115 | 1871                              |

Source: Crime in India