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Discussion Papers
No.402 India’s Senior Citizens’ Policy and an Examination of the Life of Senior Citizens in North Delhi
by OTA Hitoshi
March 2013
ABSTRACT
The
paper
investigates
the
ageing
situation
in
India
and
the
development
of
the
government
initiatives
for
the
welfare
of
senior
citizens.
It
also
presents
the
initial
results
of
a
survey
that
the
author
conducted
in
2011
in
North
Delhi.
The
main
features
related
to
ageing
in
India
are
‘feminisation’,
‘rurality’
and
‘poverty’.
The
survey
in
North
Delhi
reveals
the
differences
between
the
male
and
the
female
senior
citizens,
and
the
vulnerability
of
the
latter,
in
particular.
The
social
security
coverage
such
as
pensions
and
health
insurance
was
found
quite
limited
among
the
respondents.
Keywords:
India,
Senior
Citizens
Policy,
Social
Security,
New
Pension
Scheme
(NPS),
Indira
Gandhi
National
Old
Age
Pension
Scheme
(IGNOAPS)
JEL
classification:
I38,
J14,
R22
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