Senior citizens to be taken care of at home, govt working on scheme

A 2007 law has the provision for taking care of all senior citizens. However, the government is working on a new law to ensure those living alone are taken care of in a better way.

The government on Wednesday announced in Parliament that it will come up with a new programme under which NGOs will take care of senior citizens, who are living alone, at their homes, besides bringing in a law to provide day care facility. There are about 10.38 crore senior citizens in the country based on 2011 census, Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment Thaawar Chand Gehlot said during the Question Hour in Rajya Sabha.

A 2007 law has the provision for taking care of all senior citizens. However, the government is working on a new law to ensure those senior citizens living