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Quality of Life for Elderly Index 2021
August 16 , 2021
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- Dr Bibek Debroy, Chairman of the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM) released the Quality of Life for Elderly Index 2021.
- It measures the quality of life led by the elderly in India.
- It has been created by the Institute for Competitiveness.
- The report identifies the regional patterns of ageing across Indian States and assesses the overall well-being of the ageing population in India.
- The index analysed 45 different indicators across four key domains viz. Financial Well-being, Social Well-being, Health System, and Income Security.
- Among the 4 domains, the domain of Health System observed the highest national average of 66.97, followed by 62.34 in Social Well-being, 44.7 in Financial Well-being, and 33.03 in Income Security.
- The index also provided ‘Quality of Life for Elderly Scores’ in 4 categories viz. Aged states, Relatively Aged States, Union Territory (UT), and North-East States.
- Rajasthan has topped the ranking of Aged states.
- Himachal Pradesh is top-scorer in Relatively Aged States.
- The Aged States refer to States with an elderly population of more than 5 million.
- Relatively Aged States refer to States with an Elderly population of less than 5 million.
- Chandigarh and Mizoram are top-scoring regions in Union Territory (UT) and North-East States category, respectively.
- Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) scored the lowest among UTs.
- Arunachal Pradesh, among the north eastern states, scored the lowest score.
- In the aged states, Telangana scored the lowest.
- In relatively aged states categories Gujarat ranked last.
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