About KNOWLEDGE BASE on AGEING POPULATION in INDIA :
REPORT : "Situation Analysis of the Elderly in India", June 2011; Central Statistics Office Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation, Government of India.
Again this segment of population faces multiple medical and psychological problems.
There is an emerging need to pay greater attention to ageing - related issues and to promote holistic policies and programmes for dealing with the ageing society ."
REPORT : "Situation Analysis of the Elderly in India", June 2011; Central Statistics Office Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation, Government of India.
"In India the size of the elderly population , i . e . person s above the age of 60 years is fast growing although it constituted only 7 . 4% of total population at the turn of the new millennium .
For a developing country like India, this may pose mounting pressures on various socio economic fronts including pension outlays, health care expenditures , fiscal discipline, savings levels etc.
Again this segment of population faces multiple medical and psychological problems.
There is an emerging need to pay greater attention to ageing - related issues and to promote holistic policies and programmes for dealing with the ageing society ."
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