01284pab a2200169 454500008004000000100001700040245008400057260000900141300001600150362001100166520082500177650002801002650002001030650001901050650001101069773003401080180718b2004   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aAlam, Moneer  aAgeing, old age income security and reforms: an exploration of Indian situation  c2004  ap.3731-740.  a14 Aug  aMuch of the recent growth of India's elderly population is expected to comprise persons with adverse life course experiences, clouded by excessive socio-economic backwardness. Such an ageing process suggests the need for a multi-pillared income security system. The analysis of this paper that focuses on three major income security plans for the aged reveals that the government is instead working to dilute much of its responsibilities. This study strongly argues for (i) strengthening of the social assistance programme for older persons and modification of the ceiling formula used for capping the size of its beneficiaries; (ii) providing a guarantee against diminution of investments in the reformed pension policy, and (iii) devising long-term old age savings instruments with higher terminal yield. - Reproduced.  aSocial security - India  aOld age - India  aAgeing - India  aAgeing  aEconomic and Political Weekly