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Discuss the problems of elderly in India. What are the different perspectives to solve their problems?

  • UPSC 2015
  • 10 marks
  • Population Dynamics

India's elderly — 8.6% of the population in Census 2011, a projected 230 million by 2036 — face difficulties that are structural, not merely physical. How they are diagnosed decides what is proposed: each perspective on old age carries its own remedy, and they disagree sharply.

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  • Problems of the elderly
  • Rival perspectives and the solutions they imply
  • Weighing them
  • Conclusion

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