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37               Sankalp Yatra of New India  Cover Story


            The elderly should not suffer... National Helpline



                                             n  Keeping in view the elderly population of 10.38 crores as per the 2011
                                                census of senior citizens in the country and 19.34 crores likely by
                                                2031, the government has started a programme named the National
                                                Programme for Health Care of Elderly.
                                             n  An umbrella scheme for senior citizens named Atal Vayo Abhyudaya
                                                Yojana has been implemented from April 1, 2020. The Pradhan Mantri
                                                Vaya Vandana Yojana was launched to provide protection against
                                                interest fluctuations along with economic and social security.
                                             n  In order to ensure economic security to the people of the unorganised
                                                sector of the country, the government has started two insurance
                                                schemes- Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana and Pradhan
                                                Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana. 7 years of scheme were completed
                                                on May 9, 2022. These schemes offer low-cost life and accident
                                                insurance coverage.
                                                               Atal Pension Yojna

                                             Launched on May 9th, 2015 to provide financial security to the
                                             elderly, this scheme is open to all Indian citizens in the age group of
                                             18–40 years. Five slabs of Rs 1000, Rs 2000, Rs 3000, Rs 4000, and
                                             Rs 5000 are guaranteed in the scheme. In the event of the death
                                             of the insured, the wife or husband is entitled to the same pension.
                                             A National Helpline-Elderline-Toll Free-14567 was launched on the
                                             International Day of Older Persons on October 1, 2021.


          38       RESERVATION FOR UPPER CASTE: EVERY CLASS ASPIRATION
                                          IS BECOMING A REALITY


                 The issue of giving       n  Provision was made to give 10 percent reservation in education and
          reservation in government           employment to the economically weaker sections of the general
                      services to the         category.
               economically weaker         n  The purpose of giving reservations is to ensure the participation of
                                              every section in the field of education, government jobs, elections, and
               forward castes is not          welfare schemes at the center and the state.
          new, but this was the first      n  The income of the family having less than eight lakh rupees income
             time that the economic           per annum and having less than five acres of cultivable land is
                                              considered economically backward.
               status of a class was
               linked to reservation.          COMMISSION ON OTHER BACKWARD CLASSES' CONSTITUTIONAL STATUS
             If the government took            The 102nd Constitution Amendment Act, 2018 has to
                                               be passed to give constitutional status to the National
               a new initiative in this        Commission for Backward Classes. The new Act

             direction, then this step         recognises that backward classes need development apart
        was considered to fulfill the          from reservation. In order to meet the aspirations of the
         long-standing demand of a             OBCs, a 27 per cent reservation for OBCs in undergraduate
            large section of society.          and postgraduate medicine and dentistry has been
                                               implemented from the academic year 2021–2022.
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