RashtriyaVayoshri Yojana

“RashtriyaVayoshri Yojana”, a ‘Scheme for providing Physical Aids and Assisted-living Devices for Senior citizens belonging to BPL category’.

Need for this Scheme

• As per the Census figures of 2011, the population of senior citizens in India is 10.38 crore.
• More than 70% of the population of senior citizens live in rural areas of the country.
• A sizeable percentage (5.2%) of the senior citizens suffers from some sort of disabilities related to old age.

Who will be Targetted?

The Scheme aims at providing Senior Citizens, belonging to BPL category and suffering from any of the age-related disability/infirmity viz. Low vision, Hearing impairment, Loss ....