🔆 Rashtriya Vayoshri Yojana: Empowering Senior Citizens and Persons with Disabilities 📍 Recent Initiative ✅ The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment organized 'Samajik Adhikarita Shivirs' camps at 72 locations to distribute aids and assistive devices to over 12,000 persons with disabilities and senior citizens. 📍 About Rashtriya Vayoshri Yojana ✅ Launched: 2017 by the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment. ✅ Type: Central Sector Scheme funded by the Senior Citizens’ Welfare Fund. ✅ Implementing Agency: Artificial Limbs Manufacturing Corporation (ALIMCO), a PSU under the ministry. 📍 Key Features ✅ Eligibility: Senior citizens from BPL (Below Poverty Line) families. Must suffer from age-related disabilities or infirmities. ✅ Free Assistive Devices: Devices include walking sticks, elbow crutches, walkers/crutches, hearing aids, wheelchairs, artificial dentures, and spectacles. Devices are provided based on the extent of disability or infirmity. 📍 Impact ✅ Expected to benefit over 5 lakh senior citizens across India. #government_schemes