Prime Minister to distribute Daily Living Aids and Devices to senior citizens and Divyangjan at biggest ever RVY & ADIP camp at Prayagraj tomorrow
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi will distribute Assistive Aids and Devices to Senior Citizens under Rashtriya VayoshriYojana (RVY) and to Divyangjan under ADIP Scheme at a ‘Samajik Adhikarita Shivir’ and a mega distribution Camp organized by Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment at Parade Ground, Prayagraj (Uttar Pradesh) tomorrow i.e. on 29th February, 2020. This will be the biggest ever distribution camp being conducted under RVY and ADIP schemes in all terms like number of beneficiaries covered, number of appliances and value of aids and appliances to be distributed. Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Shri Yogi Adityanath will be the Guest of Honour of the function. The Shivir will be inaugurated in the presence of Union Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment, Shri Thaawarchand Gehlot. Deputy Chief Ministers of Uttar Pradesh, Shri Keshav Prasad Maurya, & Dr. Dinesh Sharma and other dignitaries will be present. Secretary, DEPwD, Smt. Shakuntala D. Gamlin and other senior officers from the Ministry and Government of Uttar Pradesh will also be present.
In the new mega camp, 56905 numbers of daily living Assistive Aids and Devices of different type for various categories will be distributed free of cost among 10406 Nos. of Divyangjan under ADIP Scheme & 16468 Nos. of Sr. Citizens (belonging to BPL category) under Rashtriya Vayoshree Yoajna Scheme i.e. total 26874 Nos. of beneficiaries. Total value of the aids and assistive devices will be amounting approx. Rs 19,37,76,980/-.
Central Government is committed towards the social welfare and empowerment of Divyangjan by building an inclusive society in which equal opportunities are provided for the growth and development of Persons with Disabilities so that they can lead productive, safe and dignified lives. In this endeavour this ‘Samajik Adhikarita Shivir’ and a mega distribution Camp is being organised by Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment in association and support of District Administration, Prayagraj at Parade Ground, Prayagraj (Uttar Pradesh).
The objective of the event is also to facilitate and propagate information among general public particularly to Divyangjan and Sr. Citizensbelonging to BPL category of the district about their issues of Day-to-day living and how to generate other avenues for their Socio-economic development. These include barrier free movement, Aid and Appliances needed for various types of disabilities, vocational training for self-employment, access to easy loans for entrepreneurshipand employment opportunity.
With a view to maximise intended benefits to Senior Citizens and Divyangjan in the district of Prayagraj, ALIMCO, a Central Public Sector Enterprise, was ordered by Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Govt. of Indiato conduct assessment camps. Accordingly, the camps were conducted with full support from district administration. The Assessment camps of Senior Citizens were conducted at block level 20locations, 05 Municipal limits of Prayagraj & 01 Gram Panchayat in Prayagraj district during the period of 09th to 21st December 2019, 06th to 10th January 2020, 07th February 2020 & 22nd February 2020 in which a total of 26874 beneficiaries were registered.
The summary of beneficiaries earmarked for distribution of free aids and assisted devices in the mega distribution camp is as under:-
| Serial No. | Scheme | No. of Beneficiaries | No. of Appliances | Value of Camp
(Rs.) |
| 1 | ADIP | 10406 | 18455 | 10,54,07,928.00 |
| 2 | RVY | 16468 | 38450 | 8,83,69,052.00 |
| TOTAL | 26874 | 56905 | 19,37,76,980.00 | |
Apart from above, the Ministry with the assistance of Prayagraj District administration will also attempt for establishing 03 Guinness Book of World Records. One of the record with title ‘Largest Parade of hand operated Tricyclse’ will be attempted on 28.02.2020 and 02 attempts will be made on 29.02.2020.
Three titles are as under:
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- Most hand operated Tricycle donated in one-hour. (600 Nos.)
- Largest Parade of hand operated Tricycle. (300 Nos.)
- Largest moving line of wheel chairs. (400 Nos.)
The details of major appliances to be distributed in the camp are as under:
| ADIP Scheme | RVY Scheme | ||
| Appliances | Quantity | Appliances | Quantity |
| Motorized Tricycle | 847 | Walking Sticks | 13292 |
| Tricycle Conventional | 3949 | Wheel Chair | 2181 |
| Wheel chair | 1544 | Crutches | 118 |
| Crutches | 5088 | Tripod & Tetrapod | 1735 |
| Walking sticks | 1811 | Walker Foldable | 850 |
| Brail cane | 145 | Spectacles | 5816 |
| Smart cane | 659 | Artificial Denture | 4950 |
| Smart phone | 29 | Hearing Aid | 8858 |
| Hearing Aid | 2525 | Wheel Chair Commode | 55 |
| Brail kit | 73 | Chair Commode | 35 |
| Rolator | 229 | Silicon Foam Cushion | 10 |
| Tablet | 1 | Knee Brace | 326 |
| Daisy player | 12 | Spinal Support | 40 |
| MSIED Kit | 403 | LS Belt | 94 |
| Cell Phone | 54 | Walking Stick with Seat | 05 |
| ADL Kit | 50 | Foot care kit | 85 |
| Braille Slate | 13 | — | |
| CP Chair | 99 | — | |
| Artificial limbs
& Callipers |
924 | — | |
847 battery operated motorised tricycles are to be distributed in the camp. Cost of one such motorised tricycle is Rs.37000/- wherein subsidy of Rs. 25000/- is provided under ADIP scheme and balanced amount of Rs. 12000/- is contributed either through MPLAD Fund, MLA Fund, CSR, NGOs or by the beneficiary himself. In the distribution camp 166 Motorised tricycle are being distributed with thesupport of MPLAD fund of Smt. Rita Bahuguna Joshi, MP, Prayagraj, 166 by Smt Kesaidevi Patel, MP, Phoolpur, 96 by Shri Ramesh Chand Bind, MP, Bhadoiand 16 each by 09 MLAs and 02 MLCs.
Moreover, 243 Motorised tricycles are being distributedunder the CSR initiative of various corporations. The details are as under;
- 118 by Meja, Urja Nigam Pvt. Ltd., a subsidiary of National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC), Meja
- 83 by Prayagraj Power Generation Company, Bara
- 41 by IFFCO, Prayagraj, and
- 01 by Prayagraj Power Generation Company, Bara and IFFCO, Prayagraj.
Rashtriya Vayoshri Yojna (RVY) was introduced in December 2016 and the Scheme was launched by conducting the first distribution camp at Nellore (A.P) on 1stApril 2017, in the august presence of the Vice President, Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu. Talking particularly about camps conducted under Rashtriya Vayoshri Yojna(RVY) during last 3 years, 137 such camps have been conducted by ALIMCO. The camp being organised in Prayagraj will be the 138th Camp planned on 29th February, 2020 camp under Rashtriya Vayoshri Yojana.
Different types of assistive living deviceslike Wheel Chair, Walker, Hearing Aid, Spectacles, Denture, Walking stick, Tetrapod, Tripod and crutches are distributed to Sr. Citizens under RVY schemes by ALIMCO. It is a maiden camp in Prayagraj wherein new categories of assistive devices like Wheelchair with Commode, Chair/ Stool Commode, Silicon Cushion, Keen Brace, Spinal Support, Lumbar Sacral Belt (LS Belt), Walking Stick with seat, Foot care Kit (containing 8 assortments) are added for Sr. Citizens.
Amongst these, the camps where number of beneficiaries are more than 1000 and the value of appliances is more than Rs.1 crore, are called Mega Camps.Moreover, the camps which are initiated or conducted on the request of Ministers, Member of Parliaments or MLAs are also done in a similar transparent manner and also to inform about the central government run schemes among the general public.The Ministry has so far conducted 576such camps in last 5 years. The camp at Prayagraj will be 577th Camp.
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