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GRANTS-IN AID TO NGOS FOR WELFARE OF SENIOR CITIZENS ATAL VAYO ABHYUDAY YOJANA (AVYAY)


THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT IS IMPLEMENTING INTEGRATED PROGRAMME FOR SENIOR CITIZENS (IPSRC)

Posted On: 15 MAR 2023 4:40PM by PIB Delhi

The Department of Social Justice and Empowerment is implementing Integrated Programme for Senior Citizens (IPSrC), a component of Atal Vayo Abhyuday Yojana (AVYAY), under which grant in aid is provided to NGOs/ Voluntary Organisations (VOs) for running and maintenance of Senior Citizens Homes (old age homes), Continuous Care Homes, etc. Facilities like shelter, nutrition, medicare and recreation are provided free of cost to the indigent senior citizens who live in such homes. Details of grant in aid provided to NGOs/ VOs, State/UT-wise, during last 5 years are at Annexure-I.

For monitoring of the projects receiving grant in aid under IPSrC the Department has set up a Project Monitoring Unit (PMU) . The PMU coordinators visit these projects for assess the performance of these projects. In case of a negative report received from the PMU the NGO running the project concerned is provided an opportunity to explain its position. The reply of the NGO is analysed in the Department, and the project is closed if the reply is found unsatisfactory. State/ UT wise details of projects closed since the formation of the PMU are at Annexure-II.

Annexure-I

 

Details of grant in aid provided to NGOs/ VOs, State/UT-wise, during last 5 years under Integrated Programme for Senior Citizens (IPSrC)

 

Sl. No.

States/UTs

2017-18

2018-19

2019-20

2020-21

2021-22

1

Andhra Pradesh

728.35

1176.81

1728.10

1548.91

1259.01

2

Bihar

13.37

22.92

0.00

28.35

0.00

3

Chhattisgarh

17.95

9.13

18.26

72.28

46.37

4

Goa

0.00

0.00

0.00

18.90

0.00

5

Gujarat

21.03

30.74

94.15

150.19

86.99

6

Haryana

110.33

109.60

249.15

382.77

241.81

7

Himachal Pradesh

26.25

8.31

46.12

27.09

18.07

8

Jharkhand

0.00

0.00

0.00

29.06

42.75

9

Karnataka

382.63

410.29

1281.76

1035.45

790.55

10

Kerala

23.01

54.53

101.47

59.94

33.78

11

Madhya Pradesh

28.29

107.39

105.45

266.22

175.45

12

Maharashtra

434.63

833.75

1304.05

1301.12

585.86

13

Odisha

730.96

848.88

2137.67

1769.61

1484.26

14

Punjab

14.58

31.27

12.46

50.81

6.21

15

Rajasthan

22.59

16.28

53.24

256.86

296.24

16

Tamil Nadu

707.16

997.41

1292.61

1358.98

1428.56

17

Telangana

133.95

245.38

385.16

410.50

302.58

18

Uttar Pradesh

119.11

105.89

308.85

549.94

754.51

19

Uttarakhand

20.58

67.25

32.19

45.92

16.08

20

West Bengal

256.36

267.42

495.05

653.74

338.50

21

A & N Island

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

22

Chandigarh

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

23

Dadra Nagar Haveli & Daman and Diu

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

24

Lakshadweep

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

25

Delhi

154.38

52.78

38.19

86.42

36.15

26

Pondicherry

0.00

1.80

37.11

2.20

41.16

27

Arunachal Pradesh

0.00

0.00

0.00

59.09

15.58

28

Assam

192.03

498.22

298.92

948.62

696.15

29

Jammu and Kashmir

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

30

Ladakh

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

31

Manipur

260.22

566.80

523.29

1052.11

518.60

32

Meghalaya

0.00

0.00

0.00

29.05

93.96

33

Mizoram

5.89

0.00

0.00

19.17

0.00

34

Nagaland

17.43

18.90

55.25

13.90

10.72

35

Sikkim

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

36

Tripura

25.58

25.65

21.72

31.07

0.00

 

Grand Total

4446.66

6507.40

10620.22

12258.27

9319.90

Annexure-II

State/UT wise number of projects closed under IPSrC on the basis of reports of Project Monitoring Units (PMU)

 

S. No.

State/ UT

No. of Projects closed

 

Andhra Pradesh

6

 

Arunachal Pradesh

3

 

Assam

13

 

Bihar

1

 

Chhattisgarh

1

 

Gujarat

9

 

Haryana

6

 

Himachal Pradesh

1

 

Jharkhand

1

 

Karnataka

14

 

Madhya Pradesh

6

 

Maharashtra

34

 

Manipur

6

 

Odisha

14

 

Rajasthan

6

 

Tamil Nadu

8

 

Telangana

1

 

Uttar Pradesh

2

 

Uttarakhand

1

 

West Bengal

4

 

Grand Total

137

 

This information was given by the Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment, shri  A. Narayanaswamy in a written reply in Rajya Sabha, today.

 

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