Fulfilling its commitment for the well being of all sections of the Society, the has made arrangements to establish and run Senior Citizen Homes in all the districts under The Punjab Management of Senior Citizen Homes for Elderly Persons Scheme 2019, said the state Social Security, Women and Child Development Minister Aruna Chaudhary.
The Minister said that a grant-in-aid worth Rs 3.84 crore was released to such NGOs in Amritsar, Ludhiana, and Ferozepur districts for the senior citizen homes during the previous financial year 2020-21. Now in this financial year, applications have been invited from NGOs for grant-in-aid for opening or running old age homes in the remaining 16 districts Bathinda, Fatehgarh Sahib, Faridkot, Fazilka, Gurdaspur, Pathankot, Jalandhar, Kapurthala, Sri Muktsar Sahib, Moga, Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar, Patiala, Rup Nagar, SAS Nagar, Sangrur, and Tarn Taran.