Madhya Pradesh Affairs
Governor Mangubhai Patel has called upon all the sections of the society to provide the benefits of all the schemes of the Central and State Governments to all the eligible families of their habitation, so that the villagers can become self-reliant. The Governor was launching the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana in the remote Scheduled Tribe dominated Imliya Gaudi village of Gauharganj tehsil of Raisen district.
Patel said that the central and state governments have provided these basic necessities while caring for roti (bread), kapda (cloth) and makan (house). He said that along with the food festival, it is also a festival of the villagers. Appreciating the government for providing free food grains to the poor, he said that it should be ensured that no eligible person is deprived of the benefit and the ineligible should not get the benefit.
The Governor said that it is his expectation that the should implement all the schemes with utmost seriousness, so that the appreciation of the Central Government should also be received. He said that so far he has visited many villages and he is satisfied that better work has been done in the schemes of Education, Health, EMPLOYMENT and poor welfare in Madhya Pradesh.
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It was constituted under the Chairpersonship of Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment.
The council look after the implementation of the Policy and advise the Government to formulate and implement policy and programmes for senior citizens.
NCOP was reconstituted in 2012 to encourage more participation from every region. Council was renamed as National Council of Senior Citizens (NCSrC).
Third meeting of the Council was held in June, 2018.
Issues like Schemes, Programmes and Act were discussed in the meeting for the welfare of Senior Citizens.
Status or action taken by the Government is listed below:
Council suggested to strengthen the Amendments to the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens (MWPSC) Act, 2007. Following it, government introduced Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens (Amendment) Bill, 2019 in the Lok Sabha.
Council suggested to organise more distribution camps under Rashtriya Vayoshri Yojana (RYY). Based on this, Department of Social Justice and Empowerment revised RVY to cover all the districts across country.
Council also advised to simplify the process of registration of NGOs following which, Department of Social Justice and Empowerment has been running a simplified Online NGO portal called e-Anudaan.
It suggests to provide financial assistance to senior citizens who are cancer patients from Senior Citizens Welfare Fund (SCWF). In line with the suggestion, government is providing financial assistance of up to Rs 2 lakh under Rashtriya Arogya Nidhi (RAN) scheme.
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