M.V.Ruparelia, Senior Citizen of 81,
Chief Patron, All India Senior Citizens Confederation (AISCCON). A503 Rashmi
Utsav, Near Jangid Estate & Vijay Park, Mira Road (E). District Thane,
Maharashtra. 401 107. M.09821732855.
E/Mail: mvrup@yahoo.co.in
To
Date: 1-6-14.
Shri Raj Nath
Singhji, Hon Minister of Home Affairs,
Government of India, North
Block, New Delhi-110 001.
Respected
Sir,
Sub: Framing priority areas for the first 100 days for
“sushasan” or good governance as the cornerstone of NDA government.
12 crore Senior Citizens of the
Country are very much pleased to welcome a Young Senior Citizen of 63 as their
strong and powerful Home Minister looking after their safety and security. They
hope that with your very bright studentship and active political career, you
will be able to take effective steps for not only their safety & security
but also help them to get them all their overdue advantages and facilities
declared by Government in 4 notified Policies for welfare of Senior Citizens
(NPOP, 99; Maintenance Act, 2007; IPOP, 2008 and NPHCE, 2010). We request you
to include the following in your Ministry`s 100 days priority areas and get
them implemented within timeframe.
1.
Total implementation of
Action Plan for protection of life & property of Senior Citizens, as laid
down in Maintenance & Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007.
Though 7 years have passed, required actions are not taken by States/UTs. Most
of the Police Stations have not prepared up-to-date lists of senior citizens
living in their jurisdiction nor are visiting them once a month, as laid down
nor formed Volunteers Committee to ensure regular contact of Senior Citizens of
their area. Even State Councils & District Committees of Senior Citizens
for each district are not yet formed. Kindly, provide Action Plan to all
States/UTs with targets and include this subject in 100 Day Programme.
2.
Human Rights Commissions
being under you, please make them elder-friendly and make them take up
individual complaints of all types of abuses by family members and also
non-implementations of provisions of 4 Government Policies for Welfare of
Senior Citizens by particular Public Authorities for a long time even after
representations by individuals and their Associations. This will go a long way
to help Elders and also create a sense of duty in concerned Public Authorities.
3.
As per Allocation of
Business Rules (AOB), Ministry of Social
Justice is a nodal Ministry for Senior Citizens but overall
management and monitoring etc. of the sectoral programmes in respect of Senior
Citizens is the responsibility of the concerned Central Ministries, State
Governments and Union territory Administrations. It is observed that Central,
State & UT ministries do not take required actions to implement various
provisions of 4 declared Policies for your respected elders and nodal ministry
is not able to get early implementation being not a very powerful ministry. Timely Implementation of Policies is one of the 10 Mantras given by our
beloved PM. BJP Election Manifesto had also committed
to the welfare of senior citizens. As a very senior
Minister, one from us, we request you to get us a proper machinery (like SCOVA
by Pension Ministry for pensioners) in which one representative of at least
Joint Secretary level (to be nominated by designation and not to be changed on
the basis of `as available`) from each Central, State & UT ministries and
sufficient members from recognized Associations of Senior Citizens are
nominated for continuous discussion and chasing with an aim of early
implementation of all Policies. This may be included in your Ministry`s 100 Day
Programme, as Home Ministry is in charge of coordination of all Central, States/UTs
ministries.
We shall be thankful, if these issues are included in 100
Days Programme and reply is given in terms of para 66 of Office Manual,
indicating your plan of action.
Thanking You,
Yours Sincerely,
(M.V.Ruparelia)
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