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- Demographic Dividends, Dependencies and Economic Growth in China and India
- University of Western Australia, 2012
- There is a growing body of evidence to suggest that the potential “dividend”, “gift” or “bonus” associated with a country’s demographic transition towards a population dominated by people of working ...
- Older Women In India - A Note by Agewell Foundation
- Agewell Foundation, 2012
- Briefing paper looking at major concerns of Indian women, including destitution, alienation and isolation, financial and social insecurity and medical issues.
- Poverty Target Programs for The Elderly In India with Special Reference to National Old Age Pension Scheme, 1995
- Chronic Poverty Research Centre, UK, 2012
- Formal old age care is a supplement to informal old age care and not its substitute, and it is increasingly being felt that the two forms of care should be woven together. This paper looks into various aspects of the old age pension d...
- The Demographic Dividend: Evidence from the Indian States
- S. Aiyar / International Monetary Fund, 2011
- Large cohorts of young adults are poised to add to the working-age population of developing economies. Despite much interest in the consequent growth dividend, the size and circumstances of the potential gains remain under-explored. T...
- A snapshot of world population trends, 2011
- B. Crossette (ed); R. Kollodge; A. Toure / United Nations Population Fund, 2011
- This report provides a snapshot of how a number of countries are facing diverse demographic challenges, ranging from ageing populations to high fertility rates, and from urbanisation to the emergence of new generations of young people...
- Impact Assessment of Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing in India (2011/2012)
- Agewell Foundation, 2012
- Review of the impacts of the MIPAA in terms of what actions the Government of India has undertaken in the ten years since the plan was approved. The report argues that whilst the population of older persons in India is increasing rapi...
- Demographics Of Aging In India: An Abstract
- P. Visaria 2008
- The continuing population growth in India during the past 50 years has been accompanied by a marked increase in the number of the aged (persons aged 60 and above). According to the decennial censuses, the number of aged has increased ...
- Ageing in India
- I. J. Prakash / World Health Organization, 1999
- The Indian subcontinent is physically and culturally diverse. Though Hindus are the majority, secular India is home to different religions. Sixteen per cent of the world’s population lives in the country. Some 826 languages and t...
- Pensions in Asia and the Pacific
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2012
- In addition to giving insights on the sustainability of public pensions and the pressures they face with the mounting demographic issues, Pensions at a Glance – Asia/Pacific Edition 2011 aims to enhance interaction between OECD ...
- Older women in India face marginalisation
- Agewell Foundation, 2011
- India has a population of approx. 60 million older women (60+). This reporrt argues that in India, women have never found themselves at the centre stage, and have always been marginalised from the mainstream of the society. Livi...
- Agewell Foundation
- Outreach and research initiatives for the elderly in India
- India Post
- Indian Government department running postal services, part of Department of Post, Ministry of Communications & IT.
- Indian Journal of Psychiatry (IJP)
- The Indian Journal of Psychiatry is an official publication of the Indian Psychiatric Society. The IJP publishes original work in all the fields of psychiatry. All papers are peer-reviewed before publication.
- Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Government of India
- The Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment is entrusted with the welfare, social justice and empowerment of disadvantaged and marginalised sections of Indian society: "scheduled caste, backward classes, persons with disabilities, aged persons, and victims of drug abuse etc." Basic objective of the policies, programmes, law and institution of the Indian welfar...
