Chhattisgarh Affairs
As many as 1.31 crore doses of Covid-19 vaccines have been administered in Chhattisgarh till date.
A total of 1.04 crore beneficiaries have got the first dose and 2.6 million both the doses, an official statement said.
Also, 309,539 Health workers, 317,470 frontline workers, 5.2 million people aged 45 years and above and 4.5 million citizens in the 18- 44 years have been given the first dose.
At the same time, 246,616 health workers, 233,283 frontline workers, 1.8 million people aged 45 years and above and 337,024 people in the 18-44 age group have been given both the doses. The government has a target of vaccinating 1.99 crore people in the state.
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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.