14.08.21 Daily [Telangana] TSPSC Current Affairs

By quickly rolling out the Dalit Bandhu scheme, chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao has not only caught the opposition parties unawares but also put them on the back foot. Sources said theCMintends to grant a hefty allocation of Rs 20,000 crore in the immediate financial year for the scheme.

Sources also said the CM was firm on implementing the scheme by BUDGETING Rs 20,000 crore on the scheme every year. Presently, support for farmers in the form of Rythu Bandhu scheme receives Rs 11,000 crore annually. At a time when Rythu Bandhu is being implemented successfully with regular funding, we foresee no problem in the implementation ofDalita Bandhu. This scheme will also receive substantial funding and will be implemented all over the state, official sources said.

Despite the opposition parties criticism that the scheme was primarily launched with an eye on the forthcomingHuzurabadby-election, the CM has reiterated that the scheme will be implemented in the entire state and will receive an overall allocation of Rs 1 lakh crore and in excess.

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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.