Jharkhand Affairs
In a massive outreach programme, 39 newly inducted ministers of the Modi Government are set to reach out to masses in their constituencies and beyond.
The yatra christened as Jan Ashirwad Yatra is scheduled to begin on August 16, the death anniversary of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. In Jharkhand, Annapurna Devi the Koderma MP and newly inducted minister in the Modi Cabinet will be the star attraction of Jan Ashirwad Yatra. Annapurna, the first time MP from Koderma has been made Minister of State for Education in the Modi Cabinet.
The outreach programme, named Jan Ashirwad Yatra, will have the 39 newly inducted Cabinet ministers cover 22 states, including 212 Parliamentary seats, and 265 districts in total.
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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.