Government to soon come up with new policy for senior citizens

The authorities volition soon travel up with a caller argumentation for elder citizens, said Amit Yadav, Secretary, Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment.

He was addressing an lawsuit organised by The Association of Senior Living India (ASLI). The relation volition clasp The 5th ASLI Ageing Fest, scheduled for December 6, 2024, successful Bengaluru.

Yadav said the ministry volition travel up with a caller argumentation connected elder citizens. He said it has already clasp consultations with each stakeholders.

The caput highlighted the government's determination to supply wellness sum to each the elder citizens aged 70 years and supra irrespective of income nether the flagship strategy Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB PM-JAY).

Rajit Mehta, Chairman, ASLI and MD & CEO, Antara Senior Care, said, "With the elder colonisation successful India projected to surpass 300 cardinal by 2050, making up astir 20 per cent of the full population, the request for broad elder CARE solutions is acceptable to summation dramatically." Presently lone 5 per cent of India's aged person entree to organization care, and implicit fractional unrecorded without societal security, helium added.

"With a important spread successful geriatric healthcare services arsenic good -- little than 0.7 infirmary beds per 1,000 aged -- it is imperative that we physique inclusive, accessible, and sustainable elder attraction models. Wellness and healthcare should beryllium a cardinal focus, integrated seamlessly with lodging solutions that prioritise safety, comfort, and assemblage support," Mehta said.

Ankur Gupta, co-founder, ASLI, and Joint Managing Director, Ashiana Housing, said it is hard to bring affordable elder surviving lodging task due to the fact that of outgo of services, including health, attached to it isolated from civilian construction.