Senior Welfare Best Practices Exchange
Schemes for Senior Citizens in MADHYA PRADESH
Compiled and sent by Shri KK Birla, Joint Secretary AISCCON and President, Amrai Senior Citizens Advisory & Welfare Association, Indore
1. Department of Social Justice and Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities
• Caregiver training.
• Operation of day care centres.
• Shatayu Samman Yojana.
• Construction of night shelters and shelters at religious places.
• Social Security Pension Scheme.
• Indira Gandhi National Old Age Pension Scheme.
• Schemes for senior citizens under Nirbhay Fund.
• Formation of State Council and District Committees for senior citizens.
• Nutritional support for residents of old age homes.
• Special arrangements for elderly persons during Simhastha fair.
• Awareness generation regarding welfare schemes.
2. Public Health and Family Welfare Department
• Reservation of beds in hospitals for old age home residents.
• Separate registration slips, medicine counters, queues and health camps for senior
citizens.
3. AYUSH Department
• Priority for geriatric care.
• Priority health camps in rural areas.
• Separate medicine counters and nodal officers.
• Special training for hospital staff.
• Reservation of 10% beds for elderly persons.
4. Urban Administration and Development Department
• Pension distribution through urban bodies.
• Conversion of community halls into day care centres where possible.
• Separate footpaths, ramps and railings in public places.
• Awareness through radio and television.
• Reserved seats in buses.
• Priority treatment in municipal hospitals.
• Establishment of day care centres with support of local organizations.
5. Medical Education Department
• Separate counters for registration, medicines and diagnostic services.
• Sensitization of doctors and nursing staff.
• Treatment support under assistance schemes.
6. Home Department
• Security arrangements for senior citizens living alone.
• Safety awareness and training.
• Maintenance of records of elderly persons living alone.
• Uploading senior citizen safety guidelines on police websites.
7. School Education Department
• Priority to retired senior citizens for appointment as guest teachers.
8. Panchayat and Rural Development Department
• Use of community buildings as day care centres.
• Participation of senior citizens in awareness programmes.
• Formation of senior citizen committees in Gram Panchayats.
• Financial assistance for BPL senior citizens.
9. General Administration Department
• Inclusion of senior citizen issues in public service guarantee programmes.
• Reservation of funds for senior citizen welfare.
• Fee concessions in tourism and picnic activities.
10. Transport Department
• Reserved seats for elderly persons in private buses.
• Consideration of concessions in traffic policing matters.
11. Tribal Welfare Department
• Use of community halls for cultural and social activities of tribal senior citizens.
12. Commerce, Industry and Employment Department
• Registration of senior citizens in employment offices.
• Employment opportunities for elderly women.
13. Labour Department
• Employment opportunities for senior citizens.
• Participation in cleanliness campaigns.
• Separate queues for elderly patients in ESI hospitals.
14. Farmer Welfare and Agriculture Development Department
• Advisory committees of elderly farmers.
• Distribution of seed kits to senior farmers.
• Participation of retired officers in agricultural fairs.
15. Jail Department
• Priority meetings for elderly visitors.
• Consideration regarding elderly prisoners.
16. Cooperation Department
• Participation of senior citizens in awareness programmes on cooperative warehousing
systems.
17. Horticulture and Food Processing Department
• Encouragement for food processing units by elderly persons and women.
• Additional benefits under departmental schemes.
18. Scheduled Caste Welfare Department
• Welfare support through hostels and centres for SC senior citizens.
19. Public Relations Department
• Shraddha Nidhi Yojana for senior journalists.
20. Cottage and Village Industries Department
• Participation of senior artisans in training programmes.
• Proposal to increase age limit in departmental schemes.
21. Registration and Stamp Department
• Priority registration services and seating arrangements for senior citizens.
22. Denotified, Nomadic and Semi-Nomadic Tribes Welfare Department
• Proposal for separate old age homes for these communities.
23. Energy Department
• Coordination with LPG distributors and solar equipment providers for meetings and
support to retired employees and senior citizens.
24. Religious Trust and Endowment Department
• Chief Minister Pilgrimage Scheme for senior citizens.
Translated into English from the Hindi document regarding senior citizen welfare benefits in Madhya Pradesh.