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New Delhi [India], May 28 (ANI): Welcoming Health Ministry guidelines for providing 'near to home' vaccination centers to senior citizens and divyangjan, Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment Rattan Lal Kataria has said that the move shall benefit around 14 crore senior citizens and 2.2 crore persons with disabilities in the country.
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Highlighting the contributions of his ministry in the last few months towards the welfare of senior citizens, Kataria said: Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment along with the Health Ministry and All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) had issued an advisory to be followed by senior citizens and their caregivers during these precarious times. The advisory charts out a detailed list of do s and dont s for senior citizens who are mobile, caregivers of dependent senior citizens, and an advisory for the mental well being of the elderly.
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NEW DELHI: The Centre has released funds to the tune of Rs 4,000 crore for the Post Matric Scholarship Scheme for Scheduled Castes, Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment Rattan Lal Kataria said on Friday.
In a statement, he said Uttar Pradesh was allocated the highest funds at Rs 892.36 crore followed by Maharashtra at Rs 558 crore and Andhra Pradesh at Rs 450 crore.
The government had completely revamped the Post Matric Scholarship Scheme for Scheduled Castes to provide universal access to the youth of the community for higher education.
The funding pattern under the scheme was changed from the committed liability formula to a fixed sharing pattern of 60:40 between the Centre and states (90:10 for north eastern states), thus increasing the commitment of the government in the scheme by almost four times, the minister said.