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Government of India
Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment
07 DEC 2022 4:41PM by PIB Delhi
ABUSE ON ELDERLY PERSONS IN THE COUNTRY

As per the Report of Longitudinal Ageing Study in India (LASI) (Wave-I) from Ministry of Health and Family Welfare around 5.2% of senior citizens surveyed reported ill-treatment/ abuse.

Details of crimes against senior citizens reported by National Crime Records Bureau for the years 2019, 2020 and 2021 are at Annexure-I. The Government of India is already implementing various initiatives to support and rehabilitate the elderly persons of the country, as given at Annexure-II.

 

                                   

Annexure-I

Crime Head-wise Cases Registered (CR), Cases Chargesheeted (CCS), Cases Convicted (CON), Persons Arrested (PAR), Persons Chargesheeted (PCS) and Persons Convicted (PCV) under Crime against Senior Citizens during 2019-2021

Sl. No.

Crime Head

2019

2020

2021

CR

CCS

CON

PAR

PCS

PCV

CR

CCS

CON

PAR

PCS

PCV

CR

CCS

CON

PAR

PCS

PCV

1

Murder

1170

1028

121

2085

1895

187

1159

1028

48

2310

2085

63

1200

1113

85

2090

1904

147

2

Culpable Homicide not amounting to Murder

113

70

4

120

136

4

81

89

2

150

162

3

100

97

2

203

168

4

3

Attempt to Commit Murder

449

413

26

1058

973

45

413

388

13

1036

853

16

431

408

14

994

953

16

4

Attempt to commit Culpable Homicide

59

42

3

66

54

4

45

38

0

58

60

0

61

61

0

105

88

0

5

Simple Hurt

6039

5628

629

7096

10127

987

6396

5925

178

6851

10430

262

7396

7076

437

6556

12112

705

6

Grievous Hurt

1032

972

68

1622

1738

117

1138

1110

16

1697

2114

22

1080

961

77

1485

1861

159

7

Assault on Women with Intent to Outrage her Modesty

187

159

5

280

295

5

204

155

1

258

297

1

280

262

0

337

442

0

8

Kidnapping and Abduction

43

24

0

104

74

0

31

9

0

33

30

0

49

20

0

77

48

0

9

Rape

62

51

4

67

59

6

57

48

2

69

55

2

78

79

3

87

88

3

10

Theft

4978

1283

170

2186

1828

210

2872

914

80

1481

1365

102

3531

1174

132

1849

1724

162

11

Extortion

87

67

4

156

152

4

88

72

0

126

139

0

135

68

1

154

114

2

12

Robbery

903

540

64

1061

865

95

643

373

27

835

612

46

835

493

28

953

784

45

13

Dacoity

39

29

2

199

162

10

28

23

1

530

480

5

36

30

0

181

141

0

14

Criminal Trespass

849

638

17

671

1296

37

915

690

34

677

1456

40

1025

850

27

594

1707

54

15

Forgery, Cheating & Fraud

2752

1053

24

1758

1851

33

2490

998

21

1599

1698

52

2948

1111

16

1844

1930

24

16

Criminal Intimidation

1509

1455

136

1714

2643

188

1664

1602

105

1936

3429

120

1409

1327

38

981

2642

62

17

Other IPC Crimes

7533

5978

1042

6957

8753

1347

6570

5054

325

6264

10059

460

5516

4236

721

4794

6676

1142

 

Total Crimes against Senior Citizen

27804

19430

2319

27200

32901

3279

24794

18516

853

25910

35324

1194

26110

19366

1581

23284

33382

2525

Source: Crime in India, National Crime Records Bureau

           
                                         

 

Annexure-II

Initiatives being implemented by Government of India to support and rehabilitate the elderly persons of the country

 

  1. Department of Social Justice and Empowerment

The National Policy on Older Persons, 1999 envisages State support to ensure financial and food security, health care, shelter, protection and other needs of older persons to improve quality of their lives.

The Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act was enacted in December 2007 to ensure need based maintenance of parents and senior citizens and their welfare including shelter, healthcare, protection of life and property, against abandonment etc.

The Department of Social Justice and Empowerment is implementing Atal VayoAbhyudayYojana (AVYAY) for senior citizens. AVYAY has the following components for providing different services to senior citizens:-

(i) Integrated Programme for Senior Citizens (IPSrC)- Grant in aid is provided to implementing agencies for running and maintenance of senior citizen homes, continuous care homes, etc. Facilities like shelter, nutrition, medicare and entertainment are provided free of cost to indigent senior citizens living in Sr. Citizen homes.

  1. RashtriyaVayoshriYojana (RVY)- for bringing near normalcy in the bodily functions of those BPL senior citizens who suffer from age related disabilities/ infirmities, by providing them with free of cost assisted living devices. w.e.f. 01.04.2020 special items like wheelchairs with commode, silicon foam cushion etc. are also provided under the Scheme, besides generic items like walking sticks, elbow crutches, hearing aid etc.

(iii) Able Citizens for Re-Employment in Dignity (SACRED) Portal- Many senior citizens have experience, time and energy which can be used by the business enterprises looking for stable employees with experience. The Human resources cells of many private enterprises seek experienced but stable persons in certain positions. The portal allows bringing these people together by virtual matching of preferences.

  1. Action Groups Aimed at Social Reconstruction (AGRASR Groups)- Elderly Self Help groups - The Senior Citizens are encouraged to form Self-Help Groups (SHGs), to provide them with a platform to share the time constructively with each other. To attain financial assistance under the scheme, SHGs will function as ‘Action Groups Aimed at Social Reconstruction (AGRASR Groups)’. Such SHGs are formed of senior citizens, and may choose any suitable activity that keeps the Group financial sustainable.

(v) Promoting Silver Economy –to encourage the entrepreneurs to think about the problems of the elderly and come out with innovative solutions, by providing uptoRs. 1 crore as financial assistance in the form of maximum 49% equity participation, through an open invitation on a portal namely Seniorcare Ageing Growth Engine (SAGE).

  1. Elderline- Help line for Sr Citizens on Toll free number 14567 launched for grievance redressal of Senior Citizens and to generate awareness about the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens (MWPSC) Act, 2007 and Government Policies. The Elderline functions from 8 am to 8 pm all 7 days of the week. The Elderline also provides field intervention in case of abuse reported by a senior citizen.

 

  1. Ministry of Health and Family Welfare is implementing the “National Programme for the Health Care of Elderly” under which funds are sanctioned, as the State proposals, for the following:-
  1. Development of minimum 10 bedded geriatric ward (both male and female) in each District Hospital (DH) through new construction/ extension/ renovation,
  2. Out Patient Department (OPD) set-up at District Hospital (DH), Community Health Centre (CHC), Primary Health Centre (PHC),
  3. Equipment for OPD, ward, physiotherapy units/ services at DH and CHC,
  4. In Regional Geriatric Centres (RGCs) at 19 Medical Colleges funds sanctioned for infrastructure development of minimum 30 bedded ward, speciality OPD and physiotherapy unit,
  5. In the two National Centres for Ageing (NCA) at Madras Medical College, Chennai and All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi funds sanctioned for development of minimum 200 bedded ward, speciality clinics, physiotherapy unit, diagnostics, etc.
  6. Modules alongwith facilitator guides developed for ‘comprehensive geriatric assessment and care delivery’ for 3 cadres – Medical Officers (MO), staff nurses and community based workers of DHs and CHCs. State level training of trainers conducted to develop master trainers for below district trainings.
  7. Under Ayushman Bharat Health Welfare Centres (HWC) 5 sets of modules developed for geriatric care training of Medical Officers (MO), Staff Nurse, ASHA, ANM etc. At PHCs and HWCs National and State level Training of Trainers conducted.
  8. Orientation trainings of State and District level functionaries of all Non Communicable Disease (NCD) programmes to sensitize them about NPHCE and geriatric issues.
  1. Ministry of Rural Development

The National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP) Division of the Ministry of Rural Development implements the scheme of Indira Gandhi National Old Age Pension (IGNOAPS) under which old age pension is provided to BPL senior citizens.

This information was given by the Minister of State for Social Justice & Empowerment, Sushri Pratima Bhoumik in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today.

 

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