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Write short note on Social security measures for the elderly.

  • UPSC 2010
  • Population Dynamics

For the elderly, social security means protection against three risks that arrive together: loss of earnings, rising medical need, and loss of the household's capacity to care. India addresses all three, thinly. Over 40% of the elderly sit in the poorest wealth quintile and 18.7% have no income at all (UNFPA India Ageing Report 2023),…

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  • Income security
  • Health security
  • Shelter, care and legal security
  • The gap that remains
  • Conclusion

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