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From: Raghavendra Rao Venkatasubbarao <vrvrao45@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 5:32 AM
Subject: [sss-global] SENIOR CITIZEN'S DEMAND STATE POLICY
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Senior citizens demand state policy
With over 96 million people above 60 years of age, India has the
second largest elderly population in the world. Yet, senior citizens
feel both the Centre and the state have done little for them in their
budgets.
"Improved healthcare and lifestyle is fuelling demographic change and
the break-up of the joint family has brought a new dynamic to the care
of elderly," says Dr SP Kinjawadekar, president of the All India
Senior Citizens Confederation (AISCCON).
Dr Kinjawadekar spoke to DNA on the sidelines of a meeting of the
Joint Action Committee for Maharashtra/Mumbai which met at Tata
Institute of Social Sciences ((TISS) to discuss strategies to tackle
government apathy. While appreciating the
Centre's announcement that everyone above 60 years would be entitled
to benefits as senior citizens, Dr Kinjawadekar pointed out how many
government schemes under the finance and transport ministry (both
Central and State) still consider age of eligibility to be 65 years
and above.
Senior citizens and NGOs have long protested neglect and
non-implementation of National Policy on Older Persons (NPOP)
formulated in 1999. It mandates that every state policy should have
its own policy for elder persons. Unfortunately, only seven states in
India have formulated their own state policy and Maharashtra is not
one of them.
Senior Citizens Organisations had jointly presented Draft of State
Policy on Senior Citizens (Older Persons) in 2002 .
Source: www.3dsyndication.com
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