There are over 10 Crore Senior Citizens in our Country. A majority of them are deprived of their needs and are neglected. Former Law Minister Sri. Ashwani Kumar recently filed a PIL in the Supreme Court to take suitable steps on this. He said " we are a trillion dollar economy and yet the Central Govt allocates a meagre 25 crore for the welfare of the aged. Of this , more than half does not get spent. "
The SC asked the Govt to take up the issue immediately .
The SC asked the Govt to take up the issue immediately .
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