Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment
Shortage of Old Age Homes
Posted On:
08 DEC 2021 5:30PM by PIB Delhi
In our country, elder care is provided largely by the family. However, to take care of the indigent elders, this Ministry supports NGO-run old age homes through grant in aid. The aim is to provide at least one old age home financed by Government in every district.
Presently, 551 Senior Citizen Homes/ Old Age Homes under the scheme of Integrated Programme for Senior Citizens are functioning. The State/UT wise details of number of Senior Citizen Homes/Old Age Homes is given at ANNEXURE-I.
Every old age home is thoroughly inspected by the Project Monitoring Unit (PMU). All complaints are examined during the inspection. Based on the reports of inspection reports, the grant-in-aid has been cancelled for 94 senior citizen homes in financial year 2021-22, which were not running the homes properly as per the scheme guidelines.
ANNEXURE-I
Statewise number of Homes under the scheme of Atal Vayo Abhyuday Yojana (AVYAY):
|
Sl. No.
|
State/UT
|
Grand Total
|
|
1
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
75
|
|
2
|
Arunachal Pradesh
|
3
|
|
3
|
Assam
|
40
|
|
4
|
Bihar
|
1
|
|
5
|
Chhattisgarh
|
6
|
|
6
|
Delhi
|
3
|
|
7
|
Goa
|
2
|
|
8
|
Gujarat
|
10
|
|
9
|
Haryana
|
15
|
|
10
|
Himachal Pradesh
|
2
|
|
11
|
Jharkhand
|
2
|
|
12
|
Karnataka
|
39
|
|
13
|
Kerala
|
5
|
|
14
|
Madhya Pradesh
|
19
|
|
15
|
Maharashtra
|
37
|
|
16
|
Manipur
|
30
|
|
17
|
Meghalaya
|
2
|
|
18
|
Mizoram
|
2
|
|
19
|
Nagaland
|
3
|
|
20
|
Odisha
|
91
|
|
21
|
Puducherry
|
1
|
|
22
|
Punjab
|
3
|
|
23
|
Rajasthan
|
16
|
|
24
|
Tamil Nadu
|
66
|
|
25
|
Telangana
|
19
|
|
26
|
Tripura
|
3
|
|
27
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
28
|
|
28
|
Uttarakhand
|
2
|
|
29
|
West Bengal
|
26
|
|
|
Grand Total
|
551
|
This information was given by Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment Sushri Pratima Bhoumik in the Rajya Sabha in a written reply today.
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(Release ID: 1779356)
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