Top court says 2007 welfare act is aimed at securing rights of senior citizens, given the challenges they face, underlining the need for a liberal interpretation of the law.
India will soon face an ageing population and labour shortages. This is why coherent approaches to engaging the silver generation in the economy are needed now.
Retirement is an essential life stage for which you must prepare financially by thinking fast forward. Today, inflation and rising healthcare costs have reached...
New beneficiaries will be issued Ayushman Vaya Vandana Card upon registration. India has nearly 6 crore people who are 70 and above, according to government estimates.
Additional financial outlay of Rs 3,437 crore has been approved for the expansion. The cashless hospitalisation benefit of up to Rs 5 lakh is provided annually on per family basis.
Senior citizens are constantly under pressure to gracefully recede from the public eye and retire. But mountaineers and trekkers in their 60s and 70s are questioning this view.
Older people will need to be trained in new technology so that they can take their part in the economy. There needs to be tailored planning for both urban areas and rural areas.
UNFPA’s ‘Caring for our elders: Institutional response-India Ageing Report 2023’, released Wednesday, says one in five people will be aged over 60 in southern states by 2036.
Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.
The Chinese are said to have hired ex-fighter pilots & air force operators from NATO countries over the past several years to help them fine-tune their operational & flying capabilities.
Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.
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