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.
AIIMS Delhi's Centre for Ageing is a superhit among patients. Their beds have 100% occupancy, and it is full of younger doctors seeking specialisation in geriatric medicine.
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.
The collusion between the new class of bureaucrats, politicians, businessmen and trade union bosses perpetuates itself partly because of the short-run benefits and partly because they see no way out of the system, wrote author MH Mody in 1980.
IAF is firming up plans to revamp airlift capabilities with medium transport aircraft that will be assembled in India & serve as its main workhorse. Embraer is leading contender as of now.
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