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SENIOR CITIZENS OF INDIA

Who are Senior Citizens• According to the law, a "senior citizen" means

a citizen at the age of 60 and above are considered to be senior citizens.

• Meanings include old age pensioner or pensioneer, retiree, senior.

Contributions of Senior Citizens

• The elderly can make great contributions to the communities in which they live.

• In past the elderly were took as the source of information about Historical events and Cultures.

Contributions of Senior Citizens• There are many examples of Senior’s

Contribution to the society and family.• For society: The Retired carpenters,

electricians, and plumbers help to repair the damage specifically that are done to the homes of older and disabled individuals.

Contributions of Senior Citizens

• For Families: The teacher, guide and assistance to grandchildren's, Helping with a student struggling to learn reading and writing.

Present Day Position

• In modern period, Some aged individuals are often excluded, neglected, overlooked; elders are seen no longer as bearers of wisdom but as a symbol of shame.

Government Schemes

• In 1999 Government of INDIA announced the NPOP(National Policy on Older People) promising to safeguard their interest in terms of Financial, health, legal, social and psychological securities.

Government Schemes

• The Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, which punishes children who abandon parents with a prison term of three months or a fine, was enacted in the year 2007.

Concessions and facilities given to Senior Citizen

Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment: Financial assistance up to 90% of the project cost is

provided to NGOs for establishing and maintaining Old Age Homes, Day Care Centres, and Mobile Medicare Units and to provide non-institutional services to older persons.

Concessions and facilities given to Senior Citizen

Ministry of Road transport, Highways andRailways: • Reservation of two seats for senior citizens in front row of the

buses of the State Road Transport Undertakings.• Indian Railways provide 30% fare concession in all Mail / Express

trains, separate counters, wheel chairs and special coaches for senior citizens.

Concessions and facilities given to Senior Citizen

Ministry of Finance, Telecommunications,health and welfare:• A Senior Citizens Savings Scheme offering an interest

rate is 9% per annum on the deposits made by the senior citizens in post offices has been introduced by the Government through Post Offices in India doing savings bank work.

• Separate queues for older persons in hospitals for registration and clinical examination.

• Faults/complaints of senior citizens are given priority by registering them under senior citizens category with VIP flag, which is a priority category.

Concessions and facilities given to Senior Citizen

Concessions and facilities given to Senior Citizen

Ministry of Civil Aviation, Food and Miscellaneous:• Under the Antyodaya Scheme, the Below Poverty Line (BPL) families

which also include older persons are provided food grains at the rate of 35 kgs. per family per month. The food grains are issued @ Rs.3/- per kg. for rice and Rs.2/- per kg. for wheat. The persons aged 60 years above from the BPL category were given priority for identification.

• Under the Old Age Pension Scheme, monthly pension is given at variable rates to the destitute old by various State Governments/UT Administrations.

• Indian Airlines is providing 50 per cent Senior Citizen Discount on Normal Economy Class fare for all domestic flights to Indian senior citizens who have completed the age of 65 years in the case of male senior citizens and 63 years in the case of female senior citizens subject to certain conditions.

International Day of Older Persons• The 1st October is observed every year as the

International Day of Older Persons internationally.

• Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment has been celebrating the occasion every year by organizing a series of programmes.

Maintenance and Welfare of Senior Citizens

• Taking care our parents or senior citizens including the factors as such provisions for food, clothing, residence and medical attendance and treatment.

What do the old people anticipate for?

• We do not realize how lonely they are, What they seek is love, affection and company. They want their children to be with them and to provide warmth and comfort them.

Our ResponsibilityBeing a citizen of INDIA and moreover children, grand children to our Senior Citizens its our responsibility to save and protect them.

THANK YOU

- By S. NarmatHa SatHyaN