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100			_aAlam, Moneer
245			_aAgeing, old age income security and reforms: an exploration of Indian situation
260			_c2004
300			_ap.3731-740.
362			_a14 Aug
520			_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.
650			_aSocial security - India
650			_aOld age - India
650			_aAgeing - India
650			_aAgeing
773			_aEconomic and Political Weekly
909			_a62145
999			_c62145 _d62145