New
Delhi:In the next one year, the population of elderly people in ‘young India’
is expected to reach the 10-cr (100-million) mark. And by 2050, the figure will
reach 32.6 crore (326 m).
In a written reply, Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad Azad told the Lok
Sabha, “The Population Projection made by Technical Group on Population
Projections indicated that 100-million mark is expected to be reached in 2013.”
The projection made by the United Nations has indicated that India will
have 198 million people aged 60 and above. “By 2050, the figure will reach 326
million,” Azad said, adding “The Government has launched the National Programme
for Health
Care of
Elderly (NPHCE) in 2010-11 to address health related problems of elderly
people.” As things stand, 72 per cent of India’s population is below 40 years of
age.
“Funds have been released to eight Regional Geriatric Institutions and 91
districts in 20 States,” he said. The major components of the NPHCE during 11th Five Year
Plan were establishment of dedicated hospitals for elderly and creating
Department of Geriatric at identified medical centres.
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