{"id":373119,"date":"2026-10-03T16:25:14","date_gmt":"2026-10-03T10:55:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=373119"},"modified":"2026-10-03T16:25:14","modified_gmt":"2026-10-03T10:55:14","slug":"rashtriya-vayoshri-yojana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/rashtriya-vayoshri-yojana\/","title":{"rendered":"Rashtriya Vayoshri Yojana"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"content-box-green\">\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong> The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment organised a distribution programme under RVY, providing 662 assistive devices to 114 senior citizens in Delhi-NCR.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"red-h2-box\">About Rashtriya Vayoshri Yojana<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_373125\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-373125\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-373125\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Source-PIB.jpg?resize=300%2C284&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Rashtriya Vayoshri Yojana\" width=\"300\" height=\"284\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Source-PIB.jpg?resize=300%2C284&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Source-PIB.jpg?w=611&amp;ssl=1 611w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-373125\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source &#8211; PIB<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>The <strong>Rashtriya Vayoshri Yojana<\/strong> is first of its kind scheme in the country\u00a0for <strong>providing Physical Aids and Assisted-living Devices for Senior citizens belonging to BPL category.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It was launched on <strong>April 1, 2017.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Objective:<\/strong> The scheme aims to <strong>improve the mobility, independence, dignity and quality of life of eligible senior citizens by providing suitable assistive devices.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Nodal Ministry:<\/strong> Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment (MoSJE)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Implementing Agency:<\/strong> The scheme is implemented by Artificial Limbs Manufacturing Corporation <strong>(ALIMCO),<\/strong> a PSU under the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Nature:<\/strong> It is a <strong>Central Sector Scheme,<\/strong> <strong>fully funded<\/strong> by the Central Government.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Funding:<\/strong> The expenditure is <strong>met from the Senior Citizens\u2019 Welfare Fund.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Eligibility:<\/strong> <strong>Senior citizens<\/strong> belonging to the <strong>BPL category<\/strong> with <strong>monthly<\/strong> income <strong>not more than Rs. 15000<\/strong> and <strong>suffering from age-related disability or infirmity<\/strong> are eligible.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Assistive Devices:<\/strong> Free <strong>devices<\/strong> include <strong>walking sticks, hearing aids, wheelchairs, artificial dentures and spectacles,<\/strong> based on the disability or infirmity.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Doorstep Support:<\/strong> Senior <strong>citizens aged 80 years or more receive devices at their doorstep.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment organised a distribution programme under RVY, providing 662 assistive devices to 114 senior citizens in Delhi-NCR. About Rashtriya Vayoshri Yojana The Rashtriya Vayoshri Yojana is first of its kind scheme in the country\u00a0for providing Physical Aids and Assisted-living Devices for Senior citizens belonging to BPL category.\u00a0 It&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/rashtriya-vayoshri-yojana\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Rashtriya Vayoshri Yojana<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10401,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,956,12039],"tags":[11872],"class_list":["post-373119","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-schemes-and-programs","category-knolls","tag-9pm-daily-factly","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373119","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10401"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=373119"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373119\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=373119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=373119"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=373119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}