JAMMU: Union Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment, Dr Virendra Kumar, today e-inaugurated a camp for the free distribution of physical aids and assisted living devices among the senior citizens under Rashtriya Vyoshri Yojna (RVY) scheme of Union government at CRC Jammu.
Addressing the occasion, the Union Minister said that under the leadership of the Prime Minister, the department has done unprecedented work for the welfare of senior citizens consistently during the years. He emphasized the need to conduct such distribution camps saying that this would help in spreading awareness about the welfare schemes being run by the central government for senior citizens to empower them.
It was informed that a total of 49 senior citizens of Jammu were pre-identified with 103 assistive appliances of different categories valuing worth of Rs 03.07 lakh. The identification and registration of senior citizen beneficiaries was done in July 2019 by ALIMCO in association with the district administration, Jammu.
The camp was organized by Artificial Limbs Manufacturing Corporation of India (ALIMCO), from Mohali (Punjab) unit, working under the aegis of the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disability (DEPwD), Union Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment (MoSJE), in association with district administration Jammu as per new approved Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) issued by the Ministry.
Prominent among others present were the Additional District Development Commissioner, Jammu, District Social Welfare Officer, Jammu, representatives from the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, and officials from ALIMCO and Social Welfare.
