The Department of Social Justice and Empowerment has launched a Central Sector Scheme namely “Rashtriya Vayoshri Yojana” (RVY) on 1st April, 2017 with the objective to provide the senior citizens, living below poverty line and suffering from any of the age related disability/ infirmity, with such assisted living devices which can restore near normalcy in their bodily functions, overcoming the disability/ infirmity manifested. Devices viz. walking sticks, elbow crutches, walkers/crutches, tripods/quadpods, hearing aids, wheelchairs, artificial dentures and spectacles are provided free of cost to senior citizens belonging to BPL category who suffer from age related disabilities/infirmities such as low vision, hearing impairment, loss of teeth and loco-motor disabilities in the camp mode.

The Scheme is implemented through the ‘Artificial Limbs Manufacturing Corporation (ALIMCO)’, (a Public Sector Undertaking under the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment) as the sole implementing Agency. The Scheme of RVY is entirely funded from Senior Citizens’ Welfare Fund (SCWF). So far, total 138 distribution camps have been organised across the country under RVY.

As on 13.03.2020, the details of the total number of beneficiaries, State-wise, under the scheme since its inception is given below:-

S.NO.	States/UTs	No. Of Beneficiaries
		F.Y. 2017-18	F.Y. 2018-19	F.Y. 2019-20
1	Andaman and Nicobar Islands	0	342	0
2	Andhra Pradesh	2720	2676	1007
3	Arunachal Pradesh	0	384	943
4	Assam	0	0	316
5	Bihar	1665	261	496
6	Chandigarh	0	0	0
7	Chhattisgarh	0	711	0
8	Dadar and Nagar Haveli	0	0	0
9	Daman and Diu	0	0	0
10	Delhi	1480	1971	0
11	Goa	2407	0	0
12	Gujarat	2760	861	1961
13	Haryana	1611	563	1609
14	Himachal Pradesh	76	118	0
15	Jammu and Kashmir	0	0	247
16	Jharkhand	21	1839	0
17	Karnataka	0	1320	1048
18	Kerala	687	275	1646
19	Lakshadweep	0	528	0
20	Madhya Pradesh	3980	11024	818
21	Maharashtra	3126	18401	0
22	Manipur	0	0	0
23	Meghalaya	1822	5469	2510
24	Mizoram	0	0	0
25	Nagaland	0	2661	0
26	Odisha	0	0	1352
27	Puducherry	1529	0	0
28	Punjab	0	1434	0
29	Rajasthan	4210	2707	5298
30	Sikkim	0	1814	804
31	Tamil Nadu	0	1415	150
32	Telangana	0	1473	592
33	Tripura	795	0	1158
34	Uttarakhand	1100	1537	1404
35	Uttar Pradesh	4080	5831	21447
36	West Bengal	0	0	0
Total		34069	65615	44806

 

This information was given by Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment Shri Rattan Lal Kataria in a written reply in Rajya Sabha today.

                                                                                                          

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