Bring seniors back into policy discourse
In the public discourse of India there is an invisible — the elderly and the infirm. As per the Population Census of 2011 there are nearly 10.4 crore elderly persons in India; 5.3 crore females and 5.1 crore males. According to a report released by the United Nations Population Fund and Help Age India, the number of elderly persons is projected to grow to 17.3 crores by 2026. As many as 71 per cent of India's senior citizens reside in rural areas while 29 per cent live in urban areas almost mirroring the rural urban mix of our population. The state-wise break up of our elderly population reveals that Kerala has the maximum proportion of elderly people at 12.6 per cent of its population followed by Goa at 11.2 per cent and Tamil Nadu at 10.4 per cent.
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