Abstract : The twenty-first century is frequently referred to as the age of ageing due to one of the largest concerns facing the world today- the massive rise in the absolute numbers and proportions of elderly people around the world. Age-related issues are by no means isolated or unintentional. The development process itself has given them impetus because now the focus of development is mostly seen on the parameters of individual achievement, career advancement, entrepreneurship, investment, capital accumulation, and profit. No doubt umpteen numbers of studies have founded and concluded that the condition of the elderly is deteriorating in the Indian family structure. Every civilization has particular difficulties as a result of this ageing phenomena since, unlike other factors influencing population growth like fertility and death rates, which have been significantly influenced by government actions, the process of population ageing is actually irreversible. As a result, every government should focus on the problems that result from ageing rather than whether it can alter the fundamental process of ageing. Nevertheless, it is important to remember that these problems should not be approached in isolation. Instead, it ought to be a crucial component of any nation's overall national development planning agenda. The difficulties and pressures brought on by an ageing population must be explored in relation to other social, economic, physical, and psychological difficulties and pressures. Its effects are so many and wide-ranging that ignoring them would be extremely costly to society. One of the main worries that plague older adults most frequently is crime and the fear of crime. Crime has a significant impact on them. They cannot protect themselves since they are old and fragile. The fact that elderly persons have few resources and frequently reside in busy neighbourhoods is another factor contributing to their vulnerability to crime and violence. Theft, robbery, burglary, cheating, verbal abuse, physical abuse, physical assault, rape, and murder are the crimes that are most frequently committed against them. This Paper deals with the adequacy of social security measures and legal protection available to elderly in India and to understand the social, psychological, economic and other problems faced by the old age people in India. Also conceptually analyse the Constitutional and Legal framework for old age people in India. Further see various schemes and programmes launched by the Government for the elderly in India and to make suitable suggestions for improving the existing condition of the elderly and providing better social security measures for aged in India.
Keywords : Elderly, Social Security, Old age People, Social Problems
Cite : Singhal, E., & Agrawal, A. (2022). An Analysis Of Constitutional And Legal Framework For Old Age People In India (1st ed., p. 35). Noble Science Press. https://doi.org/10.52458/9789391842673.nsp2022.eb.asu.ch.05
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