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31/07/2021 - Government Policies

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July 31, 2021

The Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens (Amendment) Bill 2021 is a rational decision to ensure welfare of senior citizens holistically. Explain (200 Words)

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IAS Parliament 3 years

KEY POINTS

·        The Longitudinal Ageing Survey of India 2020, reported that almost 5% of peopled aged 60 years and above had faced abuse.

·        The elderly population in India is set to rise to 20% of the overall by 2050, from 8.6% in the 2011 Census.

·        Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens (Amendment) Bill expands the definition of children to include adoptive children, step children and sons-/daughters-in-law.

·        The Bill also proposes to do away with the Rs 10,000-ceiling for maintenance amount payable to parents, to reflect the needs of the parents and the capabilities of the children.

·        The 2007 Act envisaged at least one old-age home in each district, to be set up by the state governments.

·        In reality is that just 482 districts of the 700-plus districts in the country have care homes. There is also a large unmet need for multi-service day-care for the elderly.

·        The Bill now tasks the Centre and the states, as also other organisations, with setting up the old-age homes in districts.

·        The need is to also tap non-governmental funding; while there is significant CSR funding, institutions like places of worship need to be roped in.

·        The government must create an NPS-like pension scheme for the informal sector. 

Abdul hakkim 3 years

Please review mam/sir 

Thanks 

IAS Parliament 3 years

Good attempt. Keep Writing.

Ramesh 3 years

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R.nandini 3 years

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IAS Parliament 3 years

Try to add more content and provide data to support your arguments. Keep Writing.

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