The Umbrella Scheme of Atal Vayo Abhyuday Yojana, being run by the Department of Social Justice and Empowerment, includes components to provide financial security, healthcare, nutrition, shelter, welfare, etc. for senior citizens.

Under one of such components, namely, the Integrated Programme for Senior Citizens, Grant-in-Aid is given to Implementing Agencies for running and maintenance of Senior Citizens' Homes where basic amenities like shelter, food, medical care, entertainment opportunities etc. are provided free of cost to indigent senior citizens.

Under Rashtriya Vayoshri Yojana, assisted living devices are distributed free of cost, in camp mode, to senior citizens belonging to families living below the poverty line or having Rs.15000/- as monthly income and suffering from age-related disabilities.

National Helpline for Senior Citizens (Toll-free No.14567) provides free information, guidance, emotional support and field intervention in cases of abuse and rescues to improve the quality of life of senior citizens. The component namely the Senior-care Ageing Growth Engine aims to encourage youth to think about the problems of the elderly and come out with innovative ideas for the elderly care and promote them into start-ups by providing equity support.

Under the Indira Gandhi National Old Age Pension Scheme of the National Social Assistance Programme, a fully funded Centrally Sponsored Scheme of the Department of Rural Development, monthly pension at the rate of Rs.200/- per month per beneficiary to elderly persons in the age group of 60-79 years belonging to Below Poverty Line households, is being paid. The rate of pension is increased to Rs.500/- per month per beneficiary on reaching the age of 80 years. The States and Union Territories are encouraged to provide top-up amounts of at least an equivalent amount to the assistance provided by the Central Government so that the beneficiaries can get a decent level of assistance.

At present, the States and Union Territories are adding top-up amounts ranging from Rs.50/- to Rs.3000/- per month per beneficiary under the IGNOAPS of NSAP. The assistance under NSAP pension schemes is sanctioned up to the scheme-wise, State and Union Territory-wise cap of beneficiaries under the scheme. The number of beneficiaries under the IGNOAPS in the country is around 2.21 crore and the Scheme has achieved almost 100 per cent saturation in all States and Union Territories. The States have the option to provide pensions from their sources in case there are more eligible beneficiaries over and above the state cap under the NSAP pension schemes.

The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare launched the National Programme for Health Care of the Elderly in the year 2010-11 to provide dedicated healthcare services to senior citizens at various levels of the State Health Care delivery system i.e. at Primary, Secondary and Tertiary health care, including outreach services. The Programme has two components, namely National Health Mission i.e. Primary and Secondary care service delivery through District Hospitals, Community Health Centres, Primary Health Centres, Sub-Centre/Health and Wellness Centres, and Tertiary Component i.e. these services are being provided through Regional Geriatric Centres located at 19 Medical colleges in 18 states of India and two National Centres of Aging one in New Delhi AIIMS and another in Madras Medical College in Chennai. It also includes Research on health issues among senior citizens.

Further, the Government launched Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana to cover 10 crore poor and vulnerable families providing coverage of up to Rs.5 lakh per family per year for secondary and tertiary hospitalization. With the launch of the Ayushman Bharat-PMJAY, the Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana and the Senior Citizen Health Insurance Scheme have been subsumed in it. All enrolled beneficiary families of RSBY and SCHIS are entitled to benefits under the Ayushman Bharat-PMJAY.