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Tuesday, September 2, 2025
TopicElderly population

Topic: elderly population

Noida elderly learning about Savera scheme from RWAs. ‘Better to rely on police than family’

Under the Savera scheme, police maintain a record of the senior citizens registered with them, and officers are sent to check on their homes regularly to ensure their safety.

India’s seniors are facing abuse in families. Children are no longer Shravan Kumar

India’s heart ached over the movie Baghban. But countless stories of abuse behind closed doors and rapidly filling ashrams and old age homes belie this.

AI has a bias against the elderly. It’s bad for business

Given that this demographic has both spending power and a willingness to engage if they are given products that recognise them, this exclusion is a missed business opportunity

Delhi’s elderly are ditching morning bhajans. They sing at park karaoke

“I am too young for jagrata and bhajan,” said 71-year-old Rajkumar Bhagchandani, who is part of Janakpuri's Dhoom Machalo karaoke group.

How India’s seniors are fighting loneliness—Love, loss, and logins

Golden years, grey days. India’s elderly are now looking for connection online.

Life inside India’s posh senior communities. Karaoke, cocktails, billiards, aqua aerobics

One 68-year-old even left the US for luxe living in Bhiwadi. Senior societies are the new retirement dream, 5-star style.

How Kerala plans to take care of its ageing population with a dedicated commission

The state assembly passed the Kerala Elderly Commission Bill, 2025 this week. Kerala is set to be the first state to set up a commission for senior citizens.

India’s silver economy is booming—app, startups, part-time ‘daughters’, dementia centres

India’s senior population will hit 319 million by 2050, and startups are stepping in where the government falls short. The industry is worth $7 billion—and growing.

India’s consumer crisis: A shrinking middle class & a population that’s ageing before it can get rich

Global media also noted that India’s old may face a harsh and lonely retirement, with fewer working-age adults to support the elderly and very low savings.

Learn elderly care system from Kerala. Their population will double by 2050

The palliative care societies in Kerala are an excellent example for the country to learn from. Started in 2008, there are over 1,700 centres that provide both in-house and care home services.

On Camera

India has 30 days to pull off fast reform. Hold crash meeting of Centre & state

In India, we are accustomed to glacial change. We love appointing Committees to ‘look into’ reform. Unfortunately for us, the rest of the world moves fast.

A Rs 33,000 cr ‘banking fraud’: ED’s case against Arvind Dham, Amtek’s web of ‘500 shell companies’

ED has accused Amtek promoter Arvind Dham of controlling web of nearly 500 shell companies operating as a layered structure, with up to 15 levels of indirect ownership, to divert funds.

‘Real-time, all-climate’ explosives detector could enhance airport & border security—no dogs, no swabs

Bengaluru-based CeNS designs accurate, portable, and cheap sensor using surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy. It could significantly reduce risks at vulnerable choke points. 

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.