BERHAMPUR: Six districts, together with Ganjam, had been selected for implementation of the Rashtriya Vayoshri Yojana (RVY), a central scheme for senior electorate underneath the under poverty line (BPL) category. The other districts are Angul, Sundargarh, Mayurbhanj, Dhenkanal and Nuapada.
Under the scheme, the eligible senior electorate underneath the BPL category will probably be equipped the important help and assistive units. Some of the aid and assistive units are listening to aids, wheelchairs, strolling sticks, spectacles, crutches and dentures, said an legit supply.
The whole cost of the aids and assistive units could be borne by means of the ministry of social justice and empowerment (MoSJE), the supply said. As many as 2,000 senior electorate in each district could be benefited underneath the scheme.
The distribution of the aid and assistive units could be disbursed in camps to be set up by means of the imposing company - Artificial Limbs Manufacturing Corporation of India - a central public sector endeavor underneath the MoSJE.
In Ganjam district, the government has planned to hold such camp at Hinjili very in a while.
Meanwhile, collector (Ganjam) Prem Chandra Choudhury has requested the block building officers, commissioner, Berhampur Municipal Corporation (BeMC), and govt officers of urban local our bodies to identify the beneficiaries. The listing of the beneficiaries could be forwarded to the Centre.
"We have involved corporators to identify the eligible beneficiaries in their respective wards," said a senior officer of the BeMC right here.
Rashtriya Vayoshri Yojana was introduced in the country in December 2016.
Under the scheme, the eligible senior electorate underneath the BPL category will probably be equipped the important help and assistive units. Some of the aid and assistive units are listening to aids, wheelchairs, strolling sticks, spectacles, crutches and dentures, said an legit supply.
The whole cost of the aids and assistive units could be borne by means of the ministry of social justice and empowerment (MoSJE), the supply said. As many as 2,000 senior electorate in each district could be benefited underneath the scheme.
The distribution of the aid and assistive units could be disbursed in camps to be set up by means of the imposing company - Artificial Limbs Manufacturing Corporation of India - a central public sector endeavor underneath the MoSJE.
In Ganjam district, the government has planned to hold such camp at Hinjili very in a while.
Meanwhile, collector (Ganjam) Prem Chandra Choudhury has requested the block building officers, commissioner, Berhampur Municipal Corporation (BeMC), and govt officers of urban local our bodies to identify the beneficiaries. The listing of the beneficiaries could be forwarded to the Centre.
"We have involved corporators to identify the eligible beneficiaries in their respective wards," said a senior officer of the BeMC right here.
Rashtriya Vayoshri Yojana was introduced in the country in December 2016.
Senior citizens to get aid from Centre under Rashtriya Vayoshri Yojana
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