India is growing elderly population is faced with a multitude of challenges necessitating development of a comprehensive policy framework to manage this demographic transition. Analyse.
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According to Census 2021, India's elderly population in the age bracket of more than 60 years is approximately 8% and according to various reports it would lead to 20% by 2050. Multitude of challenges includes: Ailing to NTTA copay report - 70% elderly don't have pension and insurance cover; Around 80% term margin uses; Feminization of elderly leading to intersectionality of understood and energy; Ruralization of elderly people; Social charges like nuclear families, drift vane systems leading to isolation of elderly population.
— Pankaj Soni · AIR 130
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Chart showing revision of population of elderly people with projections from 2011, 2040 to 2050, showing 8% at present rising to 20%
Pankaj Soni
Social Sector Services - Health, Education, Human Resources
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Elderly Care and Senior Citizens
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