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Government of India
Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment
08 DEC 2021 5:27PM by PIB Delhi
Assistance to Old Age Homes

The Department of Social Justice and Empowerment provides financial assistance to eligible organisations for running and maintenance of Senior Citizen Homes. The details of the number of Senior Citizen Homes along with funds released during the last three years is placed at Annexure-I.

Under the scheme of Integrated Programme for Senior Citizens (IPSrC), the funds are released for running and maintenance of projects inter-alia Senior Citizen Homes popularly known as Old Age Homes. The organizations apply online for Grant-in-aid on the E-Anudaan portal of the Ministry and grant is released to those organisations whose implementation is found satisfactory and upload all the requisite documents on portal such as Utilisation Certificates, Audit Report, Annual Reports, etc. However, in some cases, due to non submission of the required documents in time by the organisation, the release of the Grant-in-aid is delayed.

Details of Senior Citizen Homes (SrCH) assisted in 2018-19

Sl. No.

State

No. of SrCH

No. of Beneficiaries

Funds released*

1

Andhra Pradesh

117

2925

1011.45

2

Assam

35

925

379.97

3

Bihar

4

100

20.84

5

Chhattisgarh

1

25

9.13

6

Gujarat

4

100

20.53

10

Haryana

6

150

60.33

11

Karnataka

40

1075

373.20

12

Kerala

6

150

49.85

13

Madhya Pradesh

12

300

93.05

14

Maharashtra

61

1825

670.96

15

Manipur

44

1100

484.22

16

Nagaland

1

25

18.90

17

Orissa 

75

1950

656.93

18

Pondicherry

1

25

1.80

19

Punjab

3

75

11.70

20

Rajasthan

2

50

16.28

21

Tamil Nadu

54

1375

946.61

28

Telangana

24

600

222.92

30

Tripura

3

75

25.65

31

Uttar Pradesh

11

275

93.29

34

Uttarakhand

5

125

55.15

36

West Bengal

24

600

218.22

GRAND TOTAL

533

13850

5441

*  Rs in lakhs.

 

Details of Senior Citizen Homes (SrCH) assisted in 2019-20:

Sl. No.

State

No. of Sr.CH

No. of Beneficiaries

Funds released*

1

Andhra Pradesh

155

4075

1683.08

2

Assam

24

650

263.05

3

Chhattisgarh

2

50

18.26

4

Delhi

3

75

28.19

5

Gujarat

7

175

77.14

6

Haryana

23

575

246.37

7

Himachal Pradesh

2

50

37.81

8

Karnataka

94

2775

1223.42

9

Kerala

9

225

101.64

10

Madhya Pradesh

10

275

105.45

11

Maharashtra

89

2800

1017.67

12

Manipur

40

1000

508.16

13

Nagaland

4

100

55.25

14

Odisha

161

4275

2096.41

15

Pudducherry

3

75

37.11

16

Punjab

1

25

9.68

17

Rajasthan

9

250

53.24

18

Tamil Nadu

113

2925

1191.27

19

Telangana

30

850

346.16

20

Tripura

3

75

21.72

21

Uttar Pradesh

24

600

290.3

22

Uttarakhand

3

75

28.35

23

West Bengal

37

1000

461.06

 

TOTAL

846

22975

9900.79

*  Rs in lakhs.

 

 

 

Details of  Senior Citizen Homes (SrCH) assisted in 2020-21:

Sl. No.

State

No. of Sr.CH

No. of Beneficiaries

Funds released*

1

Andhra Pradesh

154

4025

1491.7

2

Arunachal Pradesh

6

250

59.1

3

Assam

83

2500

902.05

4

Bihar

2

50

28.35

5

Chhattisgarh

5

125

57.7

6

Delhi

6

175

74.45

7

Goa

2

100

18.9

8

Gujarat

14

425

144.63

9

Haryana

35

975

377.21

10

Himachal Pradesh

3

75

18.68

11

Jharkhand

1

50

14.49

12

Karnataka

86

2775

986.11

13

Kerala

6

150

59.94

14

Madhya Pradesh

24

750

266.22

15

Maharashtra

101

2950

1098.88

16

Manipur

94

2475

1031.38

17

Mizoram

2

50

19.17

18

Nagaland

1

50

13.9

19

Orissa

174

4825

1758.58

20

Pondicherry

1

25

2.19

21

Punjab

3

75

42.46

22

Rajasthan

27

775

256.86

23

Tamil Nadu

138

3725

1307.68

24

Telangana

37

975

396.55

25

Tripura

2

50

31.07

26

Uttar Pradesh

46

1300

533.51

27

Uttarakhand

4

100

45.92

28

West Bengal

53

1450

608.2

 

TOTAL

1110

31250

11645.88

*  Rs in lakhs.

 

Details of Senior Citizen Homes (SrCH) assisted in 2021-22 (As on 01.12.2021):

Sl. No.

State

No. of Sr.CH

No. of Beneficiaries

Funds released*

1

Andhra Pradesh

45

1275

450.18

2

Chhattisgarh

3

150

29.8

3

Gujarat

3

125

34.3

4

Haryana

5

150

53.99

5

Himachal Pradesh

1

25

9.65

6

Jharkhand

2

100

42.75

7

Karnataka

20

575

199.26

8

Kerala

1

25

9.45

9

Madhya Pradesh

4

150

43.27

10

Maharashtra

11

375

120.61

11

Odisha

29

775

266.91

12

Rajasthan

5

250

45.7

13

Tamil Nadu

35

950

364.18

14

Telangana

9

250

85.33

15

Uttar Pradesh

13

450

116.01

16

West Bengal

4

150

37.26

17

Arunachal Pradesh

1

50

15.58

18

Assam

16

525

153.75

19

Manipur

21

575

219.6

20

Meghalaya

1

50

14.68

 

Total

229

6975

2312.26

*  Rs in lakhs.

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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