Bhubaneswar: Registration for Baristha Nagarika Tirtha yatra Yojana (BNTYY) in odisha for the contemporary monetary yr began on Thursday.

Eligible senior residents can register themselves for the scheme in each on line and offline modes among July 17 and august 15. "they could go to committed website yatra.odisha.gov.in for on line registration or sign up themselves with the respective block or district administrations," deputy chief minister Pravati Parida advised a presser on Wednesday.

The odisha government launched the scheme in 2016 to facilitate senior citizens residing in each district of our country, to travel to various pilgrim places within the country. It's far being carried out in collaboration with the Tourism branch of the country authorities and the indian Railway Catering and Tourism employer (IRCTC).

The kingdom government provides delivery facility to the pilgrims from their villages to the respective railway stations and returned, at the same time as irctc arranges for accommodation, transportation and food and beverage all through the adventure at the side of tour shield, manual, tour coverage and medical centers.

Beneath this scheme, citizens elderly 60 to seventy five years are selected irrespective of caste and faith on the idea of their cope with/ age/ identity/ class. MGNREGA process card/ Antyodaya/ Arnapurna/ old age pension/ Widow pension/ Ration card below NFSA, wherein call and age are definitely cited, are commonplace as EWS category proof of economic backwardness. Inside the case of a senior citizen couple, either certainly one of them must be above 60 years of age. Senior citizens inside the age organization of 70 and 75 years are allowed to take one man or woman over the age of 18 years with them as an attendant even as journeying.

The collectors pick the pilgrims as in step with the quota precise for the district. In case of more candidates, the pilgrims are decided on via a lottery. To meet the shortfall a waiting list of 20 in keeping with cent pilgrims is prepared. A total of 800 humans (775 senior citizen pilgrims and 25 escort officials) travel on every journey.

So far, extra than 37,555 senior residents from numerous districts have were given an possibility to visit pilgrimage websites like Madurai, Rameswaram, Prayagraj, varanasi, Haridwar, Rishikesh, Ajmer, Pushkar, tirupati rainbowbalaji, Vellore, Srikalahasti, Shirdi, Nashik, Trimbakeshwar, Velankanni, Nagapattinam, Thanjavur, Sukeswara kali (Kolkata), Kamakhya, Agra, mathura and Vrindavan in forty trips. In the monetary 12 months 2024-25, 7967 beneficiaries travelled to Sirdi, Nashik, Dakhineswar kali (Kolkata), Kamakhya, ayodhya and varanasi in 10 journeys, a government launch said.

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