Analyzing the Suitability of the Services Delivered to the Senior Citizens by the Government and the Old Age Homes in India.

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Analyzing the suitability of the services delivered to the senior citizens by the government and the old age homes in India. |
Term PaperDecember 9, 2012 |
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Chandra Prakash Bhakuni
Rahul Anthawal
The paper will try to figure out the primary concern of the senior citizens (having age of 60 years and above). It will scrutinize the current government programmes and policies on the parameter of that primary concern. It then gives suggestions on how to address the primary concern. |

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
 
 There were a lot of people who helped us, during the course of writing this term paper.

We would like to express our immense gratitude towards our ever encouraging and university and faculty. Special thanks to the department of Economics and Development for their support and guidance.

We would also like to thank the Sisters of Little Sisters of Elderly and the secretary of the Asaktha Poshaka Sabha who provided invaluable inputs for the paper.

We also express our gratitude all the senior citizens who gave us time for the interview.

Table of Contents                                                                                                   Page no

  1. Introduction…………………………………………………………………….…5
  2. Nature of the problems of Aging………………………………………………....5
  3. Why the focus on the problems of ageing was absent?......................................7
  4. Present approach of Government to address the problem. Is it sustainable? .…...8
      5.1.   Analysis of the policies and legislations enacted by the government……………9
4.1.1 National Policy on Older Persons……………………………………….......9
          4.1.2. Finial responsibility law …………………………………………………...10
          4.1.3. Pension Scheme ……………………………………………………………11
          4.1.4. Grant-in-Aid Schemes ………………………….………………………….11
              4.1.5. Analysis of Government Run Old Age Homes…………………………….11
          4.1.6. Analysis of Government Funded Old...