Tamilnadu Affairs
Tamil Nadu lost Rs 2,577crore central grants due to failure to hold local body polls, govt white paper says
The failure of the previous AIADMK regime to hold the local body in Tamil Nadu cost the exchequer badly. In all, the state lost Rs 2,577.29 crore of central grants in the financial years 2017-18, 2018-19 and 2019-20, according to the white paper released by finance minister PalanivelThiagarajan.
The grants, even those recommended by the Finance Commission, were not released in time for a variety of reasons. The non-release of substantial portion of grants to local bodies recommended by the 14thFinance Commissionin the three fiscal years due to the failure to hold local body elections in time is a case in point.
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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.
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