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Draft policy for senior citizens
February 2 , 2022
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- The Tamil Nadu Government has created a draft policy for senior citizens.
- Under the policy, the government plans to work with academic institutions, field experts, and civil society organizations.
- The policy has been created based on Article 41 of the constitution.
- The policy will focus on social security schemes, health and nutrition, income security, safety, livelihood, safety housing and environment, education, disaster management, and research and documentation.
- It aims to create a Directorate for the welfare of the senior citizens.
Note
- According to the report released by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme implementation, “Elderly in India, 2021”, 13.6% of the population in Tamil Nadu is senior citizens.
- Tamil Nadu has the second largest number of senior citizens in India next to Kerala.
- Also, it is predicted that the senior citizen population is to increase to 18.2% by 2031.
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