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The Budget that was: From the lens of a senior citizen March 3, 2021, 6:11 PM IST
Introduction
India is a young nation with a rapidly ageing population. The Indian Census 2011 observes that seniors will constitute almost 12.5% of the total population in the country by 2026 and surpass 19.5% by 2050. Senior interests have often taken a back seat, but unlike past years, there is an increase in the government focus on the changing needs of seniors. The recent Draft Policy for Senior Citizens introduced earlier in 2020, launch of ‘Decade of Healthy Ageing’ initiative by Dr Harsh Vardhan aligning to the UN directive, and the recent Longitudinal Ageing Study in India are all testament to increased government action on prioritizing seniors and their needs.
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Chief minister Hemant Soren takes part in the online Niti Aayog meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in Ranchi on Saturday
RANCHI: Chief minister Hemant Soren has urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to include a separate column for tribals in the Census register for upcoming 16th Indian Census commencing from this year. Among several other demands made at Niti Ayog’s online meeting chaired by the PM in presence of many other CMs, Soren also stressed on the need to strengthen “Bharat” (villages) for India to become Atmanirbhar (self-reliant), increase in MNREGA wages to reduce rural distress and universalisation of old-age pension.
The queue outside a vaccination centre in Folkstone last week
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SIR – Charles Moore rightly praises Kate Bingham’s brilliant achievement in securing vaccine supplies. We should not forget either the role of Professor Sarah Gilbert in designing the Oxford vaccine, along with her colleagues.
There is a comparison here with two vital roles in the Second World War: the genius of R J Mitchell in designing the Spitfire in the late Thirties, and of Lord Beaverbrook, brought in by Churchill from private business in the 1940 crisis to cut through bureaucracy and speed up aircraft production.
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