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Sociology Optional PYQ Solutions · Model answer

What are the Private and Public network and support systems operative in Indian society for the aged? Suggest measures to curb down the challenges before care givers of the aged.

  • UPSC 2025
  • 20 marks
  • Population Dynamics

Support for India's aged flows through two circuits: a public circuit of law, pension and programme, and a private circuit of kin, community, charity and market. India's elderly rose from about 104 million in 2011 towards a projected 230 million (15%) by 2036, a scale neither circuit was designed for. Mapping both, and then the…

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  • The two networks compared
  • Who the care-givers are, and what they carry
  • Measures to relieve the care-giver
  • Conclusion

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