Outdated age pension scheme expands in Prayagraj, over 1.74 lakh to learn this yr

In line with knowledge from the division, 1.74 lakh aged individuals within the district are anticipated to learn from the scheme within the monetary yr 2025-26. This consists of over 3,928 new beneficiaries added this yr, district social welfare officer Pragya Pandey stated.

Compared, 1,44,576 individuals availed of the scheme in 2024-25, up from 1,22,657 in 2023-24. The scheme is open to people aged 60 and above whose complete annual revenue is as much as ₹46,080 in rural areas and ₹56,460 in city areas. Beneficiaries obtain a month-to-month pension of ₹1,000, disbursed quarterly, with the funds transferred on to their financial institution accounts via a web based course of, she added.

Although the pension software course of is on-line and switch of cash takes place immediately within the accounts of the beneficiaries, the aged must queue up within the workplace of the social welfare division on the third flooring of Vikas Bhawan to resolve any points that crop up.

To deal with this, chief growth officer (CDO) Harshika Singh has ordered the institution of a devoted aged public facility centre (Jan Suvidha Kendra) on the bottom flooring of Vikas Bhawan to supply simpler entry to senior residents.

“Seeing the hardship aged individuals face in reaching the third flooring, the CDO has ordered the creation of a ground-floor facility to resolve their points conveniently,” stated Pandey.

Officers acknowledged that way of life modifications and the breakdown of joint household constructions usually go away aged residents with out ample household assist. In response, the state authorities is working to create areas and providers to scale back isolation and enhance their high quality of life.

A well-equipped Senior Residents’ Care Centre is presently being developed on the Gymkhana Membership positioned inside Chandrashekhar Azad Park in Prayagraj. The ability is being constructed at a value of ₹2.5 crore, stated Dipendra Yadav, extra municipal commissioner, Prayagraj. The aged will have the ability to spend high quality time there by paying the prescribed payment, and they’ll have the ability to avail of all services tailormade for them, Yadav stated.

The centre may even assist handle acute diseases via a complete bundle of providers, together with the early detection and therapy, deal with preventive interventions like grownup immunisation to take care of immunosenescence (age-related decline in immune system operate), promote physician-prescribed bodily exercise, guarantee advisable dietary consumption, improve useful independence via rehabilitative providers and assistive units, guarantee palliative and long-term healthcare providers, together with ache administration whereas selling psychological well being providers and growing well being consciousness, and so on. There will probably be preparations for indoor and outside video games. Massive-screen televisions will probably be put in for his or her leisure. There may even be a library of non secular books on the centre apart from an out of doors yoga centre, officers stated.