Regional Resource and Training Centres (RRTC) are key nodal agencies on aged care under overall direction & supervision of Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, providing overall technical support and inputs on senior citizens programs in their assigned States allocated by the Ministry (Annexure-1). The RRTCs are spread across the geographical regions of the country, covering all the States/UTs. RRTCs carry out advocacy, awareness generation, training of stakeholders, database generation, inspections, monitoring, research and liaising with the State Governments of the States assigned in the field of old age care. The RRTCs will be agencies through which the Ministry and NISD reach out to the end beneficiary senior citizens.

1. They would also act as a technical support group to the State Government in preparing the State Action Plan, monitoring its implementation and evaluation of outcomes.
2. They would prepare an Annual Action Plan for their own activities which should include visits, capacity building programmes, monitoring and evaluation exercise.
3. They will upload their field visits on the E-anudaan portal along-with photographs and their observation on regular basis.
4. Training on Geriatric Care and Health Care and creating a pool of trained personnel who can run the Senior Citizen Homes as per minimum standards and training to the staff of the project of Senior Citizens Homes (Implementing Agency: NISD through RRTCs).