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'__invoke', 'class' => 'Cake\Routing\Middleware\AssetMiddleware', 'object' => object(Cake\Routing\Middleware\AssetMiddleware) {}, 'type' => '->', 'args' => [ (int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {}, (int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {}, (int) 2 => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {} ] ], (int) 11 => [ 'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Error/Middleware/ErrorHandlerMiddleware.php', 'line' => (int) 96, 'function' => '__invoke', 'class' => 'Cake\Http\Runner', 'object' => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {}, 'type' => '->', 'args' => [ (int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {}, (int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {} ] ], (int) 12 => [ 'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/Runner.php', 'line' => (int) 65, 'function' => '__invoke', 'class' => 'Cake\Error\Middleware\ErrorHandlerMiddleware', 'object' => object(Cake\Error\Middleware\ErrorHandlerMiddleware) {}, 'type' => '->', 'args' => [ (int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {}, (int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {}, (int) 2 => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {} ] ], (int) 13 => [ 'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/Runner.php', 'line' => (int) 51, 'function' => '__invoke', 'class' => 'Cake\Http\Runner', 'object' => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {}, 'type' => '->', 'args' => [ (int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {}, (int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {} ] ], (int) 14 => [ 'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/Server.php', 'line' => (int) 98, 'function' => 'run', 'class' => 'Cake\Http\Runner', 'object' => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {}, 'type' => '->', 'args' => [ (int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\MiddlewareQueue) {}, (int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {}, (int) 2 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {} ] ], (int) 15 => [ 'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/webroot/index.php', 'line' => (int) 39, 'function' => 'run', 'class' => 'Cake\Http\Server', 'object' => object(Cake\Http\Server) {}, 'type' => '->', 'args' => [] ] ] $frame = [ 'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/src/Controller/ArtileDetailController.php', 'line' => (int) 73, 'function' => 'offsetGet', 'class' => 'Cake\Http\ServerRequest', 'object' => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) { trustProxy => false [protected] params => [ [maximum depth reached] ] [protected] data => [[maximum depth reached]] [protected] query => [[maximum depth reached]] [protected] cookies => [ [maximum depth reached] ] [protected] _environment => [ [maximum depth reached] ] [protected] url => 'news-alerts-57/more-evidence-on-the-need-for-old-age-pension-15083/print' [protected] base => '' [protected] webroot => '/' [protected] here => '/news-alerts-57/more-evidence-on-the-need-for-old-age-pension-15083/print' [protected] trustedProxies => [[maximum depth reached]] [protected] _input => null [protected] _detectors => [ [maximum depth reached] ] [protected] _detectorCache => [ [maximum depth reached] ] [protected] stream => object(Zend\Diactoros\PhpInputStream) {} [protected] uri => object(Zend\Diactoros\Uri) {} [protected] session => object(Cake\Http\Session) {} [protected] attributes => [[maximum depth reached]] [protected] emulatedAttributes => [ [maximum depth reached] ] [protected] uploadedFiles => [[maximum depth reached]] [protected] protocol => null [protected] requestTarget => null [private] deprecatedProperties => [ [maximum depth reached] ] }, 'type' => '->', 'args' => [ (int) 0 => 'catslug' ] ]deprecationWarning - CORE/src/Core/functions.php, line 311 Cake\Http\ServerRequest::offsetGet() - CORE/src/Http/ServerRequest.php, line 2421 App\Controller\ArtileDetailController::printArticle() - APP/Controller/ArtileDetailController.php, line 73 Cake\Controller\Controller::invokeAction() - CORE/src/Controller/Controller.php, line 610 Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher::_invoke() - CORE/src/Http/ActionDispatcher.php, line 120 Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher::dispatch() - CORE/src/Http/ActionDispatcher.php, line 94 Cake\Http\BaseApplication::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/BaseApplication.php, line 235 Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65 Cake\Routing\Middleware\RoutingMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Routing/Middleware/RoutingMiddleware.php, line 162 Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65 Cake\Routing\Middleware\AssetMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Routing/Middleware/AssetMiddleware.php, line 88 Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65 Cake\Error\Middleware\ErrorHandlerMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Error/Middleware/ErrorHandlerMiddleware.php, line 96 Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65 Cake\Http\Runner::run() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 51 Cake\Http\Server::run() - CORE/src/Http/Server.php, line 98
Deprecated (16384): The ArrayAccess methods will be removed in 4.0.0.Use getParam(), getData() and getQuery() instead. - /home/brlfuser/public_html/src/Controller/ArtileDetailController.php, line: 74 You can disable deprecation warnings by setting `Error.errorLevel` to `E_ALL & ~E_USER_DEPRECATED` in your config/app.php. [CORE/src/Core/functions.php, line 311]Code Context
trigger_error($message, E_USER_DEPRECATED);
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$message = 'The ArrayAccess methods will be removed in 4.0.0.Use getParam(), getData() and getQuery() instead. - /home/brlfuser/public_html/src/Controller/ArtileDetailController.php, line: 74 You can disable deprecation warnings by setting `Error.errorLevel` to `E_ALL & ~E_USER_DEPRECATED` in your config/app.php.' $stackFrame = (int) 1 $trace = [ (int) 0 => [ 'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/ServerRequest.php', 'line' => (int) 2421, 'function' => 'deprecationWarning', 'args' => [ (int) 0 => 'The ArrayAccess methods will be removed in 4.0.0.Use getParam(), getData() and getQuery() instead.' ] ], (int) 1 => [ 'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/src/Controller/ArtileDetailController.php', 'line' => (int) 74, 'function' => 'offsetGet', 'class' => 'Cake\Http\ServerRequest', 'object' => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {}, 'type' => '->', 'args' => [ (int) 0 => 'artileslug' ] ], (int) 2 => [ 'file' => 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'/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/BaseApplication.php', 'line' => (int) 235, 'function' => 'dispatch', 'class' => 'Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher', 'object' => object(Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher) {}, 'type' => '->', 'args' => [ (int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {}, (int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {} ] ], (int) 6 => [ 'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/Runner.php', 'line' => (int) 65, 'function' => '__invoke', 'class' => 'Cake\Http\BaseApplication', 'object' => object(App\Application) {}, 'type' => '->', 'args' => [ (int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {}, (int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {}, (int) 2 => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {} ] ], (int) 7 => [ 'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Routing/Middleware/RoutingMiddleware.php', 'line' => (int) 162, 'function' => '__invoke', 'class' => 'Cake\Http\Runner', 'object' => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {}, 'type' => '->', 'args' => [ (int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {}, (int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {} ] ], (int) 8 => [ 'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/Runner.php', 'line' => (int) 65, 'function' => '__invoke', 'class' => 'Cake\Routing\Middleware\RoutingMiddleware', 'object' => object(Cake\Routing\Middleware\RoutingMiddleware) {}, 'type' => '->', 'args' => [ (int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {}, (int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {}, (int) 2 => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {} ] ], (int) 9 => [ 'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Routing/Middleware/AssetMiddleware.php', 'line' => (int) 88, 'function' => '__invoke', 'class' => 'Cake\Http\Runner', 'object' => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {}, 'type' => '->', 'args' => [ (int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {}, (int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {} ] ], (int) 10 => [ 'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/Runner.php', 'line' => (int) 65, 'function' => '__invoke', 'class' => 'Cake\Routing\Middleware\AssetMiddleware', 'object' => object(Cake\Routing\Middleware\AssetMiddleware) {}, 'type' => '->', 'args' => [ (int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {}, (int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {}, (int) 2 => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {} ] ], (int) 11 => [ 'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Error/Middleware/ErrorHandlerMiddleware.php', 'line' => (int) 96, 'function' => '__invoke', 'class' => 'Cake\Http\Runner', 'object' => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {}, 'type' => '->', 'args' => [ (int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {}, (int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {} ] ], (int) 12 => [ 'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/Runner.php', 'line' => (int) 65, 'function' => '__invoke', 'class' => 'Cake\Error\Middleware\ErrorHandlerMiddleware', 'object' => object(Cake\Error\Middleware\ErrorHandlerMiddleware) {}, 'type' => '->', 'args' => [ (int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {}, (int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {}, (int) 2 => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {} ] ], (int) 13 => [ 'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/Runner.php', 'line' => (int) 51, 'function' => '__invoke', 'class' => 'Cake\Http\Runner', 'object' => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {}, 'type' => '->', 'args' => [ (int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {}, (int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {} ] ], (int) 14 => [ 'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/Server.php', 'line' => (int) 98, 'function' => 'run', 'class' => 'Cake\Http\Runner', 'object' => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {}, 'type' => '->', 'args' => [ (int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\MiddlewareQueue) {}, (int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {}, (int) 2 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {} ] ], (int) 15 => [ 'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/webroot/index.php', 'line' => (int) 39, 'function' => 'run', 'class' => 'Cake\Http\Server', 'object' => object(Cake\Http\Server) {}, 'type' => '->', 'args' => [] ] ] $frame = [ 'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/src/Controller/ArtileDetailController.php', 'line' => (int) 74, 'function' => 'offsetGet', 'class' => 'Cake\Http\ServerRequest', 'object' => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) { trustProxy => false [protected] params => [ [maximum depth reached] ] [protected] data => [[maximum depth reached]] [protected] query => [[maximum depth reached]] [protected] cookies => [ [maximum depth reached] ] [protected] _environment => [ [maximum depth reached] ] [protected] url => 'news-alerts-57/more-evidence-on-the-need-for-old-age-pension-15083/print' [protected] base => '' [protected] webroot => '/' [protected] here => '/news-alerts-57/more-evidence-on-the-need-for-old-age-pension-15083/print' [protected] trustedProxies => [[maximum depth reached]] [protected] _input => null [protected] _detectors => [ [maximum depth reached] ] [protected] _detectorCache => [ [maximum depth reached] ] [protected] stream => object(Zend\Diactoros\PhpInputStream) {} [protected] uri => object(Zend\Diactoros\Uri) {} [protected] session => object(Cake\Http\Session) {} [protected] attributes => [[maximum depth reached]] [protected] emulatedAttributes => [ [maximum depth reached] ] [protected] uploadedFiles => [[maximum depth reached]] [protected] protocol => null [protected] requestTarget => null [private] deprecatedProperties => [ [maximum depth reached] ] }, 'type' => '->', 'args' => [ (int) 0 => 'artileslug' ] ]deprecationWarning - CORE/src/Core/functions.php, line 311 Cake\Http\ServerRequest::offsetGet() - CORE/src/Http/ServerRequest.php, line 2421 App\Controller\ArtileDetailController::printArticle() - APP/Controller/ArtileDetailController.php, line 74 Cake\Controller\Controller::invokeAction() - CORE/src/Controller/Controller.php, line 610 Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher::_invoke() - CORE/src/Http/ActionDispatcher.php, line 120 Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher::dispatch() - CORE/src/Http/ActionDispatcher.php, line 94 Cake\Http\BaseApplication::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/BaseApplication.php, line 235 Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65 Cake\Routing\Middleware\RoutingMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Routing/Middleware/RoutingMiddleware.php, line 162 Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65 Cake\Routing\Middleware\AssetMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Routing/Middleware/AssetMiddleware.php, line 88 Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65 Cake\Error\Middleware\ErrorHandlerMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Error/Middleware/ErrorHandlerMiddleware.php, line 96 Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65 Cake\Http\Runner::run() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 51 Cake\Http\Server::run() - CORE/src/Http/Server.php, line 98
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$response = object(Cake\Http\Response) { 'status' => (int) 200, 'contentType' => 'text/html', 'headers' => [ 'Content-Type' => [ [maximum depth reached] ] ], 'file' => null, 'fileRange' => [], 'cookies' => object(Cake\Http\Cookie\CookieCollection) {}, 'cacheDirectives' => [], 'body' => '<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <link rel="canonical" href="https://im4change.in/<pre class="cake-error"><a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="document.getElementById('cakeErr67f385dcc0081-trace').style.display = (document.getElementById('cakeErr67f385dcc0081-trace').style.display == 'none' ? '' : 'none');"><b>Notice</b> (8)</a>: Undefined variable: urlPrefix [<b>APP/Template/Layout/printlayout.ctp</b>, line <b>8</b>]<div id="cakeErr67f385dcc0081-trace" class="cake-stack-trace" style="display: none;"><a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="document.getElementById('cakeErr67f385dcc0081-code').style.display = (document.getElementById('cakeErr67f385dcc0081-code').style.display == 'none' ? '' : 'none')">Code</a> <a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="document.getElementById('cakeErr67f385dcc0081-context').style.display = (document.getElementById('cakeErr67f385dcc0081-context').style.display == 'none' ? '' : 'none')">Context</a><pre id="cakeErr67f385dcc0081-code" class="cake-code-dump" style="display: none;"><code><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #0000BB"></span><span style="color: #007700"><</span><span style="color: #0000BB">head</span><span style="color: #007700">> </span></span></code> <span class="code-highlight"><code><span style="color: #000000"> <link rel="canonical" href="<span style="color: #0000BB"><?php </span><span style="color: #007700">echo </span><span style="color: #0000BB">Configure</span><span style="color: #007700">::</span><span style="color: #0000BB">read</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'SITE_URL'</span><span style="color: #007700">); </span><span style="color: #0000BB">?><?php </span><span style="color: #007700">echo </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$urlPrefix</span><span style="color: #007700">;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">?><?php </span><span style="color: #007700">echo </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$article_current</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">category</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">slug</span><span style="color: #007700">; </span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span>/<span style="color: #0000BB"><?php </span><span style="color: #007700">echo </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$article_current</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">seo_url</span><span style="color: #007700">; </span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span>.html"/> </span></code></span> <code><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #0000BB"> </span><span style="color: #007700"><</span><span style="color: #0000BB">meta http</span><span style="color: #007700">-</span><span style="color: #0000BB">equiv</span><span style="color: #007700">=</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"Content-Type" </span><span style="color: #0000BB">content</span><span style="color: #007700">=</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"text/html; charset=utf-8"</span><span style="color: #007700">/> </span></span></code></pre><pre id="cakeErr67f385dcc0081-context" class="cake-context" style="display: none;">$viewFile = '/home/brlfuser/public_html/src/Template/Layout/printlayout.ctp' $dataForView = [ 'article_current' => object(App\Model\Entity\Article) { 'id' => (int) 14959, 'title' => 'MORE EVIDENCE ON THE NEED FOR OLD-AGE PENSION', 'subheading' => '', 'description' => '<br /> <div align="justify"> Just in case our friends in the media were looking for more evidence, a new ILO report clinches the connection between old age pension and a country&rsquo;s well being. The ILO report &ldquo;World Social Security Report 2010/11: Providing coverage in times of crisis and beyond&rdquo; puts India&rsquo;s social security coverage in perspective of its peers. (the report can be accessed at <a href="http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---dgreports/---dcomm/---publ/documents/publication/wcms_146566.pdf">http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---dgreports/---dcomm/---publ/documents/publication/wcms_146566.pdf</a>.&nbsp; India is not only nearly at the bottom of the chart, all its national and state-level schemes are able to cover only one fourth of its elderly. For more details please refer to im4change news alert (<a href="../news-alert/dignity-for-the-elderly-join-the-campaign-14893.html">http://www.im4change.org/news-alert/dignity-for-the-elderly-join-the-campaign-14893.html</a>). <br /> </div> <div align="justify"> &nbsp; </div> <div align="justify"> <strong>Old-age pensioners (all ages) as a proportion of the elderly population in various countries, latest available year (percentages)</strong> <br /> </div> <div align="justify"> <img src="tinymce/uploaded/Pension%20coverage%20of%20the%20elderly.bmp" alt="Pension coverage of the elderly" /> <br /> </div> <div align="justify"> &nbsp; </div> <div align="justify"> While the campaign for the dignity of the elderly goes on, the following bullet points, taken from the ILO report, give you an idea of the enormity of the problem as well its benefits for the country&rsquo;s well being. The Table given above also show which countries fall at the top and bottom ends of the pension graph. For more details please go through the links below.&nbsp; The Key findings from this ILO report is available at:<br /> <a href="../law-justice/disaster-relief-30.html?pgno=3">http://www.im4change.org/law-justice/disaster-relief-30.html?pgno=3<br /> </a><br /> <em>Some of the most striking observations by the above-mentioned ILO report are:<br /> </em> <br /> * In India, public social security expenditure excluding health expenditure (as % of GDP) was 3.10 percent in 2005 <em>(see Table 25. Public social security expenditure, Statistical Annex Part B ILO report) </em>as compared to 4.08 percent in China during 2006, 12.30 percent in Japan during 2005, 21.4 percent in France during 2005, 9.6 percent in Brazil during 2001 and 9.7 percent in Canada during 2005.<br /> <br /> * Over 60 per cent of the elderly now live in countries classified by the United Nations as &ldquo;less developed&rdquo;. In 2050 the elderly in &quot;less developed&quot; countries will constitute nearly 80 per cent of the world&rsquo;s elderly population. Sixty per cent of them will be living in Asia, with over half in just two countries: China and India. These developing and ageing societies have to do something urgently to ensure the right to retirement in dignity and social security to their elderly members.<br /> <br /> * India&rsquo;s National Old-Age Pension Scheme, financed by central and state resources, reaches one-fourth of all the elderly: about half of pensioners who live in poverty (see the table).<br /> <br /> * The old age dependency ratio <em>(see Table 1: Demographic trends: Dependency ratios, Statistical Annex Part A ILO report) </em>in India is predicted to rise over the years: 7.0 in 2000, 7.4 in 2005, 7.7 in 2010, 12.2 in 2030 and 20.2 in 2050. However, the youth dependency ratio is expected to decline over the years: 57.7 in 2000, 53.1 in 2005, 47.9 in 2010, 33.1 in 2030 and 26.8 in 2050. Hence, the notion of youngistan is clearly a myth. <br /> <br /> * Population over 60 years as % of total population <em>(see Table 2: Demographic trends: Ageing, Statistical Annex Part A ILO report) </em>is expected to rise in India over the years: 6.7 in 2000, 7.0 in 2005, 7.5 in 2010, 12.4 in 2030 and 19.6 in 2050. &nbsp;<br /> <br /> * Population over 80 years as % of total population <em>(see Table 2: Demographic trends: Ageing, Statistical Annex Part A ILO report) </em>is expected to rise in India over the years: 0.5 in 2000, 0.6 in 2005, 0.7 in 2010, 1.2 in 2030 and 2.6 in 2050. &nbsp;<br /> </div> <div align="justify"> &nbsp; </div> <div align="justify"> <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:TrackMoves/> <w:TrackFormatting/> <w:PunctuationKerning/> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> 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mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;} </style> <![endif]--> <p style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormalCxSpFirst"> <strong><em><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Notes:<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span><br /> </span></em></strong><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black"><br /> <span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Youth dependency ratio (%): a measure showing the number of youth dependants (aged 0&ndash;14) to the total population (aged 15&ndash;64).</span></span> </p> <p style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black"><br /> <span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Old-age dependency ratio (%): population aged 65 years or over to the population aged 15&ndash;64.</span><br /> <br /> 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target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">http://pensionparishad.org/pension/</span></a><span style="color: black"><br /> <br /> <span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Notes from the Pension Parishad held at TISS,</span></span></span> </p> <p style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><a href="http://pensionparishad.org/pension/resources/Notes-%20Pension%20Parishad%20-%20TISS-%20April%20,2012.pdf" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">http://pensionparishad.org/pension/resources/Notes-%20Pension%20Parishad%20-%20TISS-%20April%20,2012.pdf</span></a><span style="color: black"><br /> <br /> </span><a href="http://pensionparishad.org/pension/resources/Consensus%20during%20the%20Pension%20Parishad%20at%20TISS,%202-3%20April,%202012.pdf" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">http://pensionparishad.org/pension/resources/Consensus%20during%20the%20Pension%20Parishad%20at%20TISS,%202-3%20April,%202012.pdf</span></a><span style="color: black"><br /> <br /> <span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Old age blues-Sreelatha Menon, The Business Standard, 6 May, 2012,<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></span></span></span> </p> <p style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><a href="http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/sreelatha-menon-old-age-blues/473503/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/sreelatha-menon-old-age-blues/473503/</span></a><span style="color: black"><br /> <br /> <span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Elderly people to stage dharna-K Balchand, The Hindu, 4 May, 2012, </span></span><a href="http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article3384811.ece" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article3384811.ece</span></a><span style="color: black"><br /> <br /> <span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Universal old age pension sought for elderly citizens, The Asian Age, 4 May, 2012,</span></span></span> </p> <p style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><a href="http://www.asianage.com/india/universal-old-age-pension-sought-elderly-citizens-963" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">http://www.asianage.com/india/universal-old-age-pension-sought-elderly-citizens-963</span></a><span style="color: black"><br /> <br /> <span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Universal Pension Demanded for Elderly, 4 May, 2012,<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></span></span></span> </p> <p style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><a href="http://beyondheadlines.in/2012/05/universal-pension-demanded-for-elderly/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">http://beyondheadlines.in/2012/05/universal-pension-demanded-for-elderly/</span></a><span style="color: black"><br /> <br /> <span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Aruna Roy seeks universal pension rights for elderly-Puja Bhattacharjee, Governance Now, 4 May, 2012,<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></span></span><a href="http://www.governancenow.com/news/regular-story/aruna-roy-seeks-universal-pension-rights-elderly" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">http://www.governancenow.com/news/regular-story/aruna-roy-seeks-universal-pension-rights-elderly</span></a><span style="color: black"><br /> <br /> <span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Unorganized Workers' Social Security Act, 2008,</span></span></span> </p> <p style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><a href="http://labour.nic.in/act/acts/Unorganised-workers-social-security-act-2008.pdf" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">http://labour.nic.in/act/acts/Unorganised-workers-social-security-act-2008.pdf</span></a><span style="color: black"><br /> <br /> <span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Aruna Roy, RTI activist from MKSS interviewed by Danish Raza,<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></span></span><a href="../interviews/aruna-roy-rti-activist-from-mkss-interviewed-by-danish-raza-15007.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">http://www.im4change.org/interviews/aruna-roy-rti-activist-from-mkss-interviewed-by-danish-raza-15007.html</span></a><span style="color: black"><br /> <br /> <span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">For a universal old-age pension plan-Prabhat Patnaik,<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></span></span><a href="../rural-news-update/for-a-universal-old-age-pension-plan-prabhat-patnaik-15064.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">http://www.im4change.org/rural-news-update/for-a-universal-old-age-pension-plan-prabhat-patnaik-15064.html</span></a><span style="color: black"><br /> <br /> <span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Pratibha backs demand for expanding old age pension scheme,<span 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The ILO report &ldquo;World Social Security Report 2010/11: Providing coverage in...', 'disp' => '<br /><div align="justify">Just in case our friends in the media were looking for more evidence, a new ILO report clinches the connection between old age pension and a country&rsquo;s well being. The ILO report &ldquo;World Social Security Report 2010/11: Providing coverage in times of crisis and beyond&rdquo; puts India&rsquo;s social security coverage in perspective of its peers. (the report can be accessed at <a href="http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---dgreports/---dcomm/---publ/documents/publication/wcms_146566.pdf" title="http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---dgreports/---dcomm/---publ/documents/publication/wcms_146566.pdf">http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---dgreports/---dc<br />omm/---publ/documents/publication/wcms_146566.pdf</a>.&nbsp; India is not only nearly at the bottom of the chart, all its national and state-level schemes are able to cover only one fourth of its elderly. For more details please refer to im4change news alert (<a href="https://im4change.in/news-alert/dignity-for-the-elderly-join-the-campaign-14893.html" title="https://im4change.in/news-alert/dignity-for-the-elderly-join-the-campaign-14893.html">http://www.im4change.org/news-alert/dignity-for-the-elderl<br />y-join-the-campaign-14893.html</a>). <br /></div><div align="justify">&nbsp;</div><div align="justify"><strong>Old-age pensioners (all ages) as a proportion of the elderly population in various countries, latest available year (percentages)</strong> <br /></div><div align="justify"><img src="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Pension%20coverage%20of%20the%20elderly.bmp" alt="Pension coverage of the elderly" /> <br /></div><div align="justify">&nbsp;</div><div align="justify">While the campaign for the dignity of the elderly goes on, the following bullet points, taken from the ILO report, give you an idea of the enormity of the problem as well its benefits for the country&rsquo;s well being. The Table given above also show which countries fall at the top and bottom ends of the pension graph. For more details please go through the links below.&nbsp; The Key findings from this ILO report is available at:<br /><a href="https://im4change.in/law-justice/disaster-relief-30.html?pgno=3" title="https://im4change.in/law-justice/disaster-relief-30.html?pgno=3">http://www.im4change.org/law-justice/disaster-relief-30.ht<br />ml?pgno=3</a><br /><em>Some of the most striking observations by the above-mentioned ILO report are:<br /></em><br />* In India, public social security expenditure excluding health expenditure (as % of GDP) was 3.10 percent in 2005 <em>(see Table 25. Public social security expenditure, Statistical Annex Part B ILO report) </em>as compared to 4.08 percent in China during 2006, 12.30 percent in Japan during 2005, 21.4 percent in France during 2005, 9.6 percent in Brazil during 2001 and 9.7 percent in Canada during 2005.<br /><br />* Over 60 per cent of the elderly now live in countries classified by the United Nations as &ldquo;less developed&rdquo;. In 2050 the elderly in &quot;less developed&quot; countries will constitute nearly 80 per cent of the world&rsquo;s elderly population. Sixty per cent of them will be living in Asia, with over half in just two countries: China and India. These developing and ageing societies have to do something urgently to ensure the right to retirement in dignity and social security to their elderly members.<br /><br />* India&rsquo;s National Old-Age Pension Scheme, financed by central and state resources, reaches one-fourth of all the elderly: about half of pensioners who live in poverty (see the table).<br /><br />* The old age dependency ratio <em>(see Table 1: Demographic trends: Dependency ratios, Statistical Annex Part A ILO report) </em>in India is predicted to rise over the years: 7.0 in 2000, 7.4 in 2005, 7.7 in 2010, 12.2 in 2030 and 20.2 in 2050. However, the youth dependency ratio is expected to decline over the years: 57.7 in 2000, 53.1 in 2005, 47.9 in 2010, 33.1 in 2030 and 26.8 in 2050. Hence, the notion of youngistan is clearly a myth. <br /><br />* Population over 60 years as % of total population <em>(see Table 2: Demographic trends: Ageing, Statistical Annex Part A ILO report) </em>is expected to rise in India over the years: 6.7 in 2000, 7.0 in 2005, 7.5 in 2010, 12.4 in 2030 and 19.6 in 2050. &nbsp;<br /><br />* Population over 80 years as % of total population <em>(see Table 2: Demographic trends: Ageing, Statistical Annex Part A ILO report) </em>is expected to rise in India over the years: 0.5 in 2000, 0.6 in 2005, 0.7 in 2010, 1.2 in 2030 and 2.6 in 2050. &nbsp;<br /></div><div align="justify">&nbsp;</div><div align="justify"><!--[if gte mso 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style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormalCxSpFirst"><strong><em><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Notes:<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span><br /></span></em></strong><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black"><br /><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Youth dependency ratio (%): a measure showingthe number of youth dependants (aged 0&ndash;14) to the total population (aged15&ndash;64).</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black"><br /><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Old-age dependency ratio (%): population aged 65years or over to the population aged 15&ndash;64.</span><br /><br /><strong><em><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">More links on Universal Old Age Pension:</span></em></strong></span></p><p style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black"><br /><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">DIGNITY FOR THE ELDERLY: JOIN THE CAMPAIGN,</span><br /></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><a href="https://im4change.in/news-alert/dignity-for-the-elderly-join-the-campaign-14893.html" target="_blank" title="https://im4change.in/news-alert/dignity-for-the-elderly-join-the-campaign-14893.html" target="_blank">http://www.im4change.org/news-alert/dignity-for-the-elderl<br />y-join-the-campaign-14893.html</a><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: black; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">&nbsp;</span></span><span style="color: black"><br /><br /></span><a href="http://pensionparishad.org/pension/" target="_blank" title="http://pensionparishad.org/pension/" target="_blank">http://pensionparishad.org/pension/</a><span style="color: black"><br /><br /><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Notes from the Pension Parishad held at TISS,</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><a href="http://pensionparishad.org/pension/resources/Notes-%20Pension%20Parishad%20-%20TISS-%20April%20,2012.pdf" target="_blank" title="http://pensionparishad.org/pension/resources/Notes-%20Pension%20Parishad%20-%20TISS-%20April%20,2012.pdf" target="_blank">http://pensionparishad.org/pension/resources/Notes-%20Pens<br />ion%20Parishad%20-%20TISS-%20April%20,2012.pdf</a><span style="color: black"><br /><br /></span><a href="http://pensionparishad.org/pension/resources/Consensus%20during%20the%20Pension%20Parishad%20at%20TISS,%202-3%20April,%202012.pdf" target="_blank" title="http://pensionparishad.org/pension/resources/Consensus%20during%20the%20Pension%20Parishad%20at%20TISS,%202-3%20April,%202012.pdf" target="_blank">http://pensionparishad.org/pension/resources/Consensus%20d<br />uring%20the%20Pension%20Parishad%20at%20TISS,%202-3%20Apri<br />l,%202012.pdf</a><span style="color: black"><br /><br /><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Old age blues-Sreelatha Menon, The BusinessStandard, 6 May, 2012,<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><a href="http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/sreelatha-menon-old-age-blues/473503/" target="_blank" title="http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/sreelatha-menon-old-age-blues/473503/" target="_blank">http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/sreelatha-meno<br />n-old-age-blues/473503/</a><span style="color: black"><br /><br /><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Elderly people to stage dharna-K Balchand, TheHindu, 4 May, 2012, </span></span><a href="http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article3384811.ece" target="_blank" title="http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article3384811.ece" target="_blank">http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article3384811.ece</a><span style="color: black"><br /><br /><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Universal old age pension sought for elderlycitizens, The Asian Age, 4 May, 2012,</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><a href="http://www.asianage.com/india/universal-old-age-pension-sought-elderly-citizens-963" target="_blank" title="http://www.asianage.com/india/universal-old-age-pension-sought-elderly-citizens-963" target="_blank">http://www.asianage.com/india/universal-old-age-pension-so<br />ught-elderly-citizens-963</a><span style="color: black"><br /><br /><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Universal Pension Demanded for Elderly, 4 May,2012,<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><a href="http://beyondheadlines.in/2012/05/universal-pension-demanded-for-elderly/" target="_blank" title="http://beyondheadlines.in/2012/05/universal-pension-demanded-for-elderly/" target="_blank">http://beyondheadlines.in/2012/05/universal-pension-demand<br />ed-for-elderly/</a><span style="color: black"><br /><br /><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Aruna Roy seeks universal pension rights forelderly-Puja Bhattacharjee, Governance Now, 4 May, 2012,<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></span></span><a href="http://www.governancenow.com/news/regular-story/aruna-roy-seeks-universal-pension-rights-elderly" target="_blank" title="http://www.governancenow.com/news/regular-story/aruna-roy-seeks-universal-pension-rights-elderly" target="_blank">http://www.governancenow.com/news/regular-story/aruna-roy-<br />seeks-universal-pension-rights-elderly</a><span style="color: black"><br /><br /><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Unorganized Workers' Social Security Act, 2008,</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><a href="http://labour.nic.in/act/acts/Unorganised-workers-social-security-act-2008.pdf" target="_blank" title="http://labour.nic.in/act/acts/Unorganised-workers-social-security-act-2008.pdf" target="_blank">http://labour.nic.in/act/acts/Unorganised-workers-social-s<br />ecurity-act-2008.pdf</a><span style="color: black"><br /><br /><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Aruna Roy, RTI activist from MKSS interviewed byDanish Raza,<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></span></span><a href="https://im4change.in/interviews/aruna-roy-rti-activist-from-mkss-interviewed-by-danish-raza-15007.html" target="_blank" title="https://im4change.in/interviews/aruna-roy-rti-activist-from-mkss-interviewed-by-danish-raza-15007.html" target="_blank">http://www.im4change.org/interviews/aruna-roy-rti-activist<br />-from-mkss-interviewed-by-danish-raza-15007.html</a><span style="color: black"><br /><br /><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">For a universal old-age pension plan-PrabhatPatnaik,<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></span></span><a href="https://im4change.in/rural-news-update/for-a-universal-old-age-pension-plan-prabhat-patnaik-15064.html" target="_blank" title="https://im4change.in/rural-news-update/for-a-universal-old-age-pension-plan-prabhat-patnaik-15064.html" target="_blank">http://www.im4change.org/rural-news-update/for-a-universal<br />-old-age-pension-plan-prabhat-patnaik-15064.html</a><span style="color: black"><br /><br /><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Pratibha backs demand for expanding old agepension scheme,<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></span></span><a href="https://im4change.in/rural-news-update/pratibha-backs-demand-for-expanding-old-age-pension-scheme-15067.html" target="_blank" title="https://im4change.in/rural-news-update/pratibha-backs-demand-for-expanding-old-age-pension-scheme-15067.html" target="_blank">http://www.im4change.org/rural-news-update/pratibha-backs-<br />demand-for-expanding-old-age-pension-scheme-15067.html</a><span style="color: black; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">&nbsp;</span></span></p>&nbsp;<br /></div>', 'lang' => 'English', 'SITE_URL' => 'https://im4change.in/', 'site_title' => 'im4change', 'adminprix' => 'admin' ] $article_current = object(App\Model\Entity\Article) { 'id' => (int) 14959, 'title' => 'MORE EVIDENCE ON THE NEED FOR OLD-AGE PENSION', 'subheading' => '', 'description' => '<br /> <div align="justify"> Just in case our friends in the media were looking for more evidence, a new ILO report clinches the connection between old age pension and a country&rsquo;s well being. The ILO report &ldquo;World Social Security Report 2010/11: Providing coverage in times of crisis and beyond&rdquo; puts India&rsquo;s social security coverage in perspective of its peers. (the report can be accessed at <a href="http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---dgreports/---dcomm/---publ/documents/publication/wcms_146566.pdf">http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---dgreports/---dcomm/---publ/documents/publication/wcms_146566.pdf</a>.&nbsp; India is not only nearly at the bottom of the chart, all its national and state-level schemes are able to cover only one fourth of its elderly. For more details please refer to im4change news alert (<a href="../news-alert/dignity-for-the-elderly-join-the-campaign-14893.html">http://www.im4change.org/news-alert/dignity-for-the-elderly-join-the-campaign-14893.html</a>). <br /> </div> <div align="justify"> &nbsp; </div> <div align="justify"> <strong>Old-age pensioners (all ages) as a proportion of the elderly population in various countries, latest available year (percentages)</strong> <br /> </div> <div align="justify"> <img src="tinymce/uploaded/Pension%20coverage%20of%20the%20elderly.bmp" alt="Pension coverage of the elderly" /> <br /> </div> <div align="justify"> &nbsp; </div> <div align="justify"> While the campaign for the dignity of the elderly goes on, the following bullet points, taken from the ILO report, give you an idea of the enormity of the problem as well its benefits for the country&rsquo;s well being. The Table given above also show which countries fall at the top and bottom ends of the pension graph. For more details please go through the links below.&nbsp; The Key findings from this ILO report is available at:<br /> <a href="../law-justice/disaster-relief-30.html?pgno=3">http://www.im4change.org/law-justice/disaster-relief-30.html?pgno=3<br /> </a><br /> <em>Some of the most striking observations by the above-mentioned ILO report are:<br /> </em> <br /> * In India, public social security expenditure excluding health expenditure (as % of GDP) was 3.10 percent in 2005 <em>(see Table 25. Public social security expenditure, Statistical Annex Part B ILO report) </em>as compared to 4.08 percent in China during 2006, 12.30 percent in Japan during 2005, 21.4 percent in France during 2005, 9.6 percent in Brazil during 2001 and 9.7 percent in Canada during 2005.<br /> <br /> * Over 60 per cent of the elderly now live in countries classified by the United Nations as &ldquo;less developed&rdquo;. In 2050 the elderly in &quot;less developed&quot; countries will constitute nearly 80 per cent of the world&rsquo;s elderly population. Sixty per cent of them will be living in Asia, with over half in just two countries: China and India. These developing and ageing societies have to do something urgently to ensure the right to retirement in dignity and social security to their elderly members.<br /> <br /> * India&rsquo;s National Old-Age Pension Scheme, financed by central and state resources, reaches one-fourth of all the elderly: about half of pensioners who live in poverty (see the table).<br /> <br /> * The old age dependency ratio <em>(see Table 1: Demographic trends: Dependency ratios, Statistical Annex Part A ILO report) </em>in India is predicted to rise over the years: 7.0 in 2000, 7.4 in 2005, 7.7 in 2010, 12.2 in 2030 and 20.2 in 2050. However, the youth dependency ratio is expected to decline over the years: 57.7 in 2000, 53.1 in 2005, 47.9 in 2010, 33.1 in 2030 and 26.8 in 2050. Hence, the notion of youngistan is clearly a myth. <br /> <br /> * Population over 60 years as % of total population <em>(see Table 2: Demographic trends: Ageing, Statistical Annex Part A ILO report) </em>is expected to rise in India over the years: 6.7 in 2000, 7.0 in 2005, 7.5 in 2010, 12.4 in 2030 and 19.6 in 2050. &nbsp;<br /> <br /> * Population over 80 years as % of total population <em>(see Table 2: Demographic trends: Ageing, Statistical Annex Part A ILO report) </em>is expected to rise in India over the years: 0.5 in 2000, 0.6 in 2005, 0.7 in 2010, 1.2 in 2030 and 2.6 in 2050. &nbsp;<br /> </div> <div align="justify"> &nbsp; </div> <div align="justify"> <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:TrackMoves/> <w:TrackFormatting/> <w:PunctuationKerning/> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> 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mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;} </style> <![endif]--> <p style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormalCxSpFirst"> <strong><em><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Notes:<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span><br /> </span></em></strong><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black"><br /> <span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Youth dependency ratio (%): a measure showing the number of youth dependants (aged 0&ndash;14) to the total population (aged 15&ndash;64).</span></span> </p> <p style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black"><br /> <span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Old-age dependency ratio (%): population aged 65 years or over to the population aged 15&ndash;64.</span><br /> <br /> <strong><em><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">More links on Universal Old Age Pension:</span></em></strong></span> </p> <p style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black"><br /> <span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">DIGNITY FOR THE ELDERLY: JOIN THE CAMPAIGN,</span><br /> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><a href="../news-alert/dignity-for-the-elderly-join-the-campaign-14893.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">http://www.im4change.org/news-alert/dignity-for-the-elderly-join-the-campaign-14893.html</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: black; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">&nbsp;</span></span><span style="color: black"><br /> <br /> </span><a href="http://pensionparishad.org/pension/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">http://pensionparishad.org/pension/</span></a><span style="color: black"><br /> <br /> <span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Notes from the Pension Parishad held at TISS,</span></span></span> </p> <p style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><a href="http://pensionparishad.org/pension/resources/Notes-%20Pension%20Parishad%20-%20TISS-%20April%20,2012.pdf" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">http://pensionparishad.org/pension/resources/Notes-%20Pension%20Parishad%20-%20TISS-%20April%20,2012.pdf</span></a><span style="color: black"><br /> <br /> </span><a href="http://pensionparishad.org/pension/resources/Consensus%20during%20the%20Pension%20Parishad%20at%20TISS,%202-3%20April,%202012.pdf" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">http://pensionparishad.org/pension/resources/Consensus%20during%20the%20Pension%20Parishad%20at%20TISS,%202-3%20April,%202012.pdf</span></a><span style="color: black"><br /> <br /> <span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Old age blues-Sreelatha Menon, The Business Standard, 6 May, 2012,<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></span></span></span> </p> <p style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><a href="http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/sreelatha-menon-old-age-blues/473503/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/sreelatha-menon-old-age-blues/473503/</span></a><span style="color: black"><br /> <br /> <span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Elderly people to stage dharna-K Balchand, The Hindu, 4 May, 2012, </span></span><a href="http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article3384811.ece" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article3384811.ece</span></a><span style="color: black"><br /> <br /> <span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Universal old age pension sought for elderly citizens, The Asian Age, 4 May, 2012,</span></span></span> </p> <p style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><a href="http://www.asianage.com/india/universal-old-age-pension-sought-elderly-citizens-963" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">http://www.asianage.com/india/universal-old-age-pension-sought-elderly-citizens-963</span></a><span style="color: black"><br /> <br /> <span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Universal Pension Demanded for Elderly, 4 May, 2012,<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></span></span></span> </p> <p style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><a href="http://beyondheadlines.in/2012/05/universal-pension-demanded-for-elderly/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">http://beyondheadlines.in/2012/05/universal-pension-demanded-for-elderly/</span></a><span style="color: black"><br /> <br /> <span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Aruna Roy seeks universal pension rights for elderly-Puja Bhattacharjee, Governance Now, 4 May, 2012,<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></span></span><a href="http://www.governancenow.com/news/regular-story/aruna-roy-seeks-universal-pension-rights-elderly" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">http://www.governancenow.com/news/regular-story/aruna-roy-seeks-universal-pension-rights-elderly</span></a><span style="color: black"><br /> <br /> <span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Unorganized Workers' Social Security Act, 2008,</span></span></span> </p> <p style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><a href="http://labour.nic.in/act/acts/Unorganised-workers-social-security-act-2008.pdf" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">http://labour.nic.in/act/acts/Unorganised-workers-social-security-act-2008.pdf</span></a><span style="color: black"><br /> <br /> <span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Aruna Roy, RTI activist from MKSS interviewed by Danish Raza,<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></span></span><a 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The ILO report &ldquo;World Social Security Report 2010/11: Providing coverage in...' $disp = '<br /><div align="justify">Just in case our friends in the media were looking for more evidence, a new ILO report clinches the connection between old age pension and a country&rsquo;s well being. The ILO report &ldquo;World Social Security Report 2010/11: Providing coverage in times of crisis and beyond&rdquo; puts India&rsquo;s social security coverage in perspective of its peers. (the report can be accessed at <a href="http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---dgreports/---dcomm/---publ/documents/publication/wcms_146566.pdf" title="http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---dgreports/---dcomm/---publ/documents/publication/wcms_146566.pdf">http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---dgreports/---dc<br />omm/---publ/documents/publication/wcms_146566.pdf</a>.&nbsp; India is not only nearly at the bottom of the chart, all its national and state-level schemes are able to cover only one fourth of its elderly. For more details please refer to im4change news alert (<a href="https://im4change.in/news-alert/dignity-for-the-elderly-join-the-campaign-14893.html" title="https://im4change.in/news-alert/dignity-for-the-elderly-join-the-campaign-14893.html">http://www.im4change.org/news-alert/dignity-for-the-elderl<br />y-join-the-campaign-14893.html</a>). <br /></div><div align="justify">&nbsp;</div><div align="justify"><strong>Old-age pensioners (all ages) as a proportion of the elderly population in various countries, latest available year (percentages)</strong> <br /></div><div align="justify"><img src="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Pension%20coverage%20of%20the%20elderly.bmp" alt="Pension coverage of the elderly" /> <br /></div><div align="justify">&nbsp;</div><div align="justify">While the campaign for the dignity of the elderly goes on, the following bullet points, taken from the ILO report, give you an idea of the enormity of the problem as well its benefits for the country&rsquo;s well being. The Table given above also show which countries fall at the top and bottom ends of the pension graph. For more details please go through the links below.&nbsp; The Key findings from this ILO report is available at:<br /><a href="https://im4change.in/law-justice/disaster-relief-30.html?pgno=3" title="https://im4change.in/law-justice/disaster-relief-30.html?pgno=3">http://www.im4change.org/law-justice/disaster-relief-30.ht<br />ml?pgno=3</a><br /><em>Some of the most striking observations by the above-mentioned ILO report are:<br /></em><br />* In India, public social security expenditure excluding health expenditure (as % of GDP) was 3.10 percent in 2005 <em>(see Table 25. Public social security expenditure, Statistical Annex Part B ILO report) </em>as compared to 4.08 percent in China during 2006, 12.30 percent in Japan during 2005, 21.4 percent in France during 2005, 9.6 percent in Brazil during 2001 and 9.7 percent in Canada during 2005.<br /><br />* Over 60 per cent of the elderly now live in countries classified by the United Nations as &ldquo;less developed&rdquo;. In 2050 the elderly in &quot;less developed&quot; countries will constitute nearly 80 per cent of the world&rsquo;s elderly population. Sixty per cent of them will be living in Asia, with over half in just two countries: China and India. These developing and ageing societies have to do something urgently to ensure the right to retirement in dignity and social security to their elderly members.<br /><br />* India&rsquo;s National Old-Age Pension Scheme, financed by central and state resources, reaches one-fourth of all the elderly: about half of pensioners who live in poverty (see the table).<br /><br />* The old age dependency ratio <em>(see Table 1: Demographic trends: Dependency ratios, Statistical Annex Part A ILO report) </em>in India is predicted to rise over the years: 7.0 in 2000, 7.4 in 2005, 7.7 in 2010, 12.2 in 2030 and 20.2 in 2050. However, the youth dependency ratio is expected to decline over the years: 57.7 in 2000, 53.1 in 2005, 47.9 in 2010, 33.1 in 2030 and 26.8 in 2050. Hence, the notion of youngistan is clearly a myth. <br /><br />* Population over 60 years as % of total population <em>(see Table 2: Demographic trends: Ageing, Statistical Annex Part A ILO report) </em>is expected to rise in India over the years: 6.7 in 2000, 7.0 in 2005, 7.5 in 2010, 12.4 in 2030 and 19.6 in 2050. &nbsp;<br /><br />* Population over 80 years as % of total population <em>(see Table 2: Demographic trends: Ageing, Statistical Annex Part A ILO report) </em>is expected to rise in India over the years: 0.5 in 2000, 0.6 in 2005, 0.7 in 2010, 1.2 in 2030 and 2.6 in 2050. &nbsp;<br /></div><div align="justify">&nbsp;</div><div align="justify"><!--[if gte mso 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style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormalCxSpFirst"><strong><em><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Notes:<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span><br /></span></em></strong><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black"><br /><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Youth dependency ratio (%): a measure showingthe number of youth dependants (aged 0&ndash;14) to the total population (aged15&ndash;64).</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black"><br /><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Old-age dependency ratio (%): population aged 65years or over to the population aged 15&ndash;64.</span><br /><br /><strong><em><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">More links on Universal Old Age Pension:</span></em></strong></span></p><p style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black"><br /><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">DIGNITY FOR THE ELDERLY: JOIN THE CAMPAIGN,</span><br /></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><a href="https://im4change.in/news-alert/dignity-for-the-elderly-join-the-campaign-14893.html" target="_blank" title="https://im4change.in/news-alert/dignity-for-the-elderly-join-the-campaign-14893.html" target="_blank">http://www.im4change.org/news-alert/dignity-for-the-elderl<br />y-join-the-campaign-14893.html</a><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: black; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">&nbsp;</span></span><span style="color: black"><br /><br /></span><a href="http://pensionparishad.org/pension/" target="_blank" title="http://pensionparishad.org/pension/" target="_blank">http://pensionparishad.org/pension/</a><span style="color: black"><br /><br /><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Notes from the Pension Parishad held at TISS,</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><a href="http://pensionparishad.org/pension/resources/Notes-%20Pension%20Parishad%20-%20TISS-%20April%20,2012.pdf" target="_blank" title="http://pensionparishad.org/pension/resources/Notes-%20Pension%20Parishad%20-%20TISS-%20April%20,2012.pdf" target="_blank">http://pensionparishad.org/pension/resources/Notes-%20Pens<br />ion%20Parishad%20-%20TISS-%20April%20,2012.pdf</a><span style="color: black"><br /><br /></span><a href="http://pensionparishad.org/pension/resources/Consensus%20during%20the%20Pension%20Parishad%20at%20TISS,%202-3%20April,%202012.pdf" target="_blank" title="http://pensionparishad.org/pension/resources/Consensus%20during%20the%20Pension%20Parishad%20at%20TISS,%202-3%20April,%202012.pdf" target="_blank">http://pensionparishad.org/pension/resources/Consensus%20d<br />uring%20the%20Pension%20Parishad%20at%20TISS,%202-3%20Apri<br />l,%202012.pdf</a><span style="color: black"><br /><br /><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Old age blues-Sreelatha Menon, The BusinessStandard, 6 May, 2012,<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><a href="http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/sreelatha-menon-old-age-blues/473503/" target="_blank" title="http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/sreelatha-menon-old-age-blues/473503/" target="_blank">http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/sreelatha-meno<br />n-old-age-blues/473503/</a><span style="color: black"><br /><br /><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Elderly people to stage dharna-K Balchand, TheHindu, 4 May, 2012, </span></span><a href="http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article3384811.ece" target="_blank" title="http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article3384811.ece" target="_blank">http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article3384811.ece</a><span style="color: black"><br /><br /><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Universal old age pension sought for elderlycitizens, The Asian Age, 4 May, 2012,</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><a href="http://www.asianage.com/india/universal-old-age-pension-sought-elderly-citizens-963" target="_blank" title="http://www.asianage.com/india/universal-old-age-pension-sought-elderly-citizens-963" target="_blank">http://www.asianage.com/india/universal-old-age-pension-so<br />ught-elderly-citizens-963</a><span style="color: black"><br /><br /><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Universal Pension Demanded for Elderly, 4 May,2012,<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><a href="http://beyondheadlines.in/2012/05/universal-pension-demanded-for-elderly/" target="_blank" title="http://beyondheadlines.in/2012/05/universal-pension-demanded-for-elderly/" target="_blank">http://beyondheadlines.in/2012/05/universal-pension-demand<br />ed-for-elderly/</a><span style="color: black"><br /><br /><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Aruna Roy seeks universal pension rights forelderly-Puja Bhattacharjee, Governance Now, 4 May, 2012,<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></span></span><a href="http://www.governancenow.com/news/regular-story/aruna-roy-seeks-universal-pension-rights-elderly" target="_blank" title="http://www.governancenow.com/news/regular-story/aruna-roy-seeks-universal-pension-rights-elderly" target="_blank">http://www.governancenow.com/news/regular-story/aruna-roy-<br />seeks-universal-pension-rights-elderly</a><span style="color: black"><br /><br /><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Unorganized Workers' Social Security Act, 2008,</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><a href="http://labour.nic.in/act/acts/Unorganised-workers-social-security-act-2008.pdf" target="_blank" title="http://labour.nic.in/act/acts/Unorganised-workers-social-security-act-2008.pdf" target="_blank">http://labour.nic.in/act/acts/Unorganised-workers-social-s<br />ecurity-act-2008.pdf</a><span style="color: black"><br /><br /><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Aruna Roy, RTI activist from MKSS interviewed byDanish Raza,<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></span></span><a href="https://im4change.in/interviews/aruna-roy-rti-activist-from-mkss-interviewed-by-danish-raza-15007.html" target="_blank" title="https://im4change.in/interviews/aruna-roy-rti-activist-from-mkss-interviewed-by-danish-raza-15007.html" target="_blank">http://www.im4change.org/interviews/aruna-roy-rti-activist<br />-from-mkss-interviewed-by-danish-raza-15007.html</a><span style="color: black"><br /><br /><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">For a universal old-age pension plan-PrabhatPatnaik,<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></span></span><a href="https://im4change.in/rural-news-update/for-a-universal-old-age-pension-plan-prabhat-patnaik-15064.html" target="_blank" title="https://im4change.in/rural-news-update/for-a-universal-old-age-pension-plan-prabhat-patnaik-15064.html" target="_blank">http://www.im4change.org/rural-news-update/for-a-universal<br />-old-age-pension-plan-prabhat-patnaik-15064.html</a><span style="color: black"><br /><br /><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Pratibha backs demand for expanding old agepension scheme,<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></span></span><a href="https://im4change.in/rural-news-update/pratibha-backs-demand-for-expanding-old-age-pension-scheme-15067.html" target="_blank" title="https://im4change.in/rural-news-update/pratibha-backs-demand-for-expanding-old-age-pension-scheme-15067.html" target="_blank">http://www.im4change.org/rural-news-update/pratibha-backs-<br />demand-for-expanding-old-age-pension-scheme-15067.html</a><span style="color: black; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">&nbsp;</span></span></p>&nbsp;<br /></div>' $lang = 'English' $SITE_URL = 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The ILO report “World Social Security Report 2010/11: Providing coverage in..."/> <script src="https://im4change.in/js/jquery-1.10.2.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://im4change.in/js/jquery-migrate.min.js"></script> <script language="javascript" type="text/javascript"> $(document).ready(function () { var img = $("img")[0]; // Get my img elem var pic_real_width, pic_real_height; $("<img/>") // Make in memory copy of image to avoid css issues .attr("src", $(img).attr("src")) .load(function () { pic_real_width = this.width; // Note: $(this).width() will not pic_real_height = this.height; // work for in memory images. }); }); </script> <style type="text/css"> @media screen { div.divFooter { display: block; } } @media print { .printbutton { display: none !important; } } </style> </head> <body> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="98%" align="center"> <tr> <td class="top_bg"> <div class="divFooter"> <img src="https://im4change.in/images/logo1.jpg" height="59" border="0" alt="Resource centre on India's rural distress" style="padding-top:14px;"/> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td id="topspace"> </td> </tr> <tr id="topspace"> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td height="50" style="border-bottom:1px solid #000; padding-top:10px;" class="printbutton"> <form><input type="button" value=" Print this page " onclick="window.print();return false;"/></form> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> <h1 class="news_headlines" style="font-style:normal"> <strong>MORE EVIDENCE ON THE NEED FOR OLD-AGE PENSION</strong></h1> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%" style="font-family:Arial, 'Segoe Script', 'Segoe UI', sans-serif, serif"><font size="3"> <br /><div align="justify">Just in case our friends in the media were looking for more evidence, a new ILO report clinches the connection between old age pension and a country’s well being. The ILO report “World Social Security Report 2010/11: Providing coverage in times of crisis and beyond” puts India’s social security coverage in perspective of its peers. (the report can be accessed at <a href="http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---dgreports/---dcomm/---publ/documents/publication/wcms_146566.pdf" title="http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---dgreports/---dcomm/---publ/documents/publication/wcms_146566.pdf">http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---dgreports/---dc<br />omm/---publ/documents/publication/wcms_146566.pdf</a>. India is not only nearly at the bottom of the chart, all its national and state-level schemes are able to cover only one fourth of its elderly. For more details please refer to im4change news alert (<a href="https://im4change.in/news-alert/dignity-for-the-elderly-join-the-campaign-14893.html" title="https://im4change.in/news-alert/dignity-for-the-elderly-join-the-campaign-14893.html">http://www.im4change.org/news-alert/dignity-for-the-elderl<br />y-join-the-campaign-14893.html</a>). <br /></div><div align="justify"> </div><div align="justify"><strong>Old-age pensioners (all ages) as a proportion of the elderly population in various countries, latest available year (percentages)</strong> <br /></div><div align="justify"><img src="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Pension%20coverage%20of%20the%20elderly.bmp" alt="Pension coverage of the elderly" /> <br /></div><div align="justify"> </div><div align="justify">While the campaign for the dignity of the elderly goes on, the following bullet points, taken from the ILO report, give you an idea of the enormity of the problem as well its benefits for the country’s well being. The Table given above also show which countries fall at the top and bottom ends of the pension graph. For more details please go through the links below. The Key findings from this ILO report is available at:<br /><a href="https://im4change.in/law-justice/disaster-relief-30.html?pgno=3" title="https://im4change.in/law-justice/disaster-relief-30.html?pgno=3">http://www.im4change.org/law-justice/disaster-relief-30.ht<br />ml?pgno=3</a><br /><em>Some of the most striking observations by the above-mentioned ILO report are:<br /></em><br />* In India, public social security expenditure excluding health expenditure (as % of GDP) was 3.10 percent in 2005 <em>(see Table 25. Public social security expenditure, Statistical Annex Part B ILO report) </em>as compared to 4.08 percent in China during 2006, 12.30 percent in Japan during 2005, 21.4 percent in France during 2005, 9.6 percent in Brazil during 2001 and 9.7 percent in Canada during 2005.<br /><br />* Over 60 per cent of the elderly now live in countries classified by the United Nations as “less developed”. In 2050 the elderly in "less developed" countries will constitute nearly 80 per cent of the world’s elderly population. Sixty per cent of them will be living in Asia, with over half in just two countries: China and India. These developing and ageing societies have to do something urgently to ensure the right to retirement in dignity and social security to their elderly members.<br /><br />* India’s National Old-Age Pension Scheme, financed by central and state resources, reaches one-fourth of all the elderly: about half of pensioners who live in poverty (see the table).<br /><br />* The old age dependency ratio <em>(see Table 1: Demographic trends: Dependency ratios, Statistical Annex Part A ILO report) </em>in India is predicted to rise over the years: 7.0 in 2000, 7.4 in 2005, 7.7 in 2010, 12.2 in 2030 and 20.2 in 2050. However, the youth dependency ratio is expected to decline over the years: 57.7 in 2000, 53.1 in 2005, 47.9 in 2010, 33.1 in 2030 and 26.8 in 2050. Hence, the notion of youngistan is clearly a myth. <br /><br />* Population over 60 years as % of total population <em>(see Table 2: Demographic trends: Ageing, Statistical Annex Part A ILO report) </em>is expected to rise in India over the years: 6.7 in 2000, 7.0 in 2005, 7.5 in 2010, 12.4 in 2030 and 19.6 in 2050. <br /><br />* Population over 80 years as % of total population <em>(see Table 2: Demographic trends: Ageing, Statistical Annex Part A ILO report) </em>is expected to rise in India over the years: 0.5 in 2000, 0.6 in 2005, 0.7 in 2010, 1.2 in 2030 and 2.6 in 2050. <br /></div><div align="justify"> </div><div align="justify"><!--[if gte mso 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style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormalCxSpFirst"><strong><em><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Notes:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><br /></span></em></strong><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black"><br /><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Youth dependency ratio (%): a measure showingthe number of youth dependants (aged 0–14) to the total population (aged15–64).</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black"><br /><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Old-age dependency ratio (%): population aged 65years or over to the population aged 15–64.</span><br /><br /><strong><em><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">More links on Universal Old Age Pension:</span></em></strong></span></p><p style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black"><br /><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">DIGNITY FOR THE ELDERLY: JOIN THE CAMPAIGN,</span><br /></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><a href="https://im4change.in/news-alert/dignity-for-the-elderly-join-the-campaign-14893.html" target="_blank" title="https://im4change.in/news-alert/dignity-for-the-elderly-join-the-campaign-14893.html" target="_blank">http://www.im4change.org/news-alert/dignity-for-the-elderl<br />y-join-the-campaign-14893.html</a><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: black; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white"> </span></span><span style="color: black"><br /><br /></span><a href="http://pensionparishad.org/pension/" target="_blank" title="http://pensionparishad.org/pension/" target="_blank">http://pensionparishad.org/pension/</a><span style="color: black"><br /><br /><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Notes from the Pension Parishad held at TISS,</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><a href="http://pensionparishad.org/pension/resources/Notes-%20Pension%20Parishad%20-%20TISS-%20April%20,2012.pdf" target="_blank" title="http://pensionparishad.org/pension/resources/Notes-%20Pension%20Parishad%20-%20TISS-%20April%20,2012.pdf" target="_blank">http://pensionparishad.org/pension/resources/Notes-%20Pens<br />ion%20Parishad%20-%20TISS-%20April%20,2012.pdf</a><span style="color: black"><br /><br /></span><a href="http://pensionparishad.org/pension/resources/Consensus%20during%20the%20Pension%20Parishad%20at%20TISS,%202-3%20April,%202012.pdf" target="_blank" title="http://pensionparishad.org/pension/resources/Consensus%20during%20the%20Pension%20Parishad%20at%20TISS,%202-3%20April,%202012.pdf" target="_blank">http://pensionparishad.org/pension/resources/Consensus%20d<br />uring%20the%20Pension%20Parishad%20at%20TISS,%202-3%20Apri<br />l,%202012.pdf</a><span style="color: black"><br /><br /><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Old age blues-Sreelatha Menon, The BusinessStandard, 6 May, 2012,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><a href="http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/sreelatha-menon-old-age-blues/473503/" target="_blank" title="http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/sreelatha-menon-old-age-blues/473503/" target="_blank">http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/sreelatha-meno<br />n-old-age-blues/473503/</a><span style="color: black"><br /><br /><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Elderly people to stage dharna-K Balchand, TheHindu, 4 May, 2012, </span></span><a href="http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article3384811.ece" target="_blank" title="http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article3384811.ece" target="_blank">http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article3384811.ece</a><span style="color: black"><br /><br /><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Universal old age pension sought for elderlycitizens, The Asian Age, 4 May, 2012,</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><a href="http://www.asianage.com/india/universal-old-age-pension-sought-elderly-citizens-963" target="_blank" title="http://www.asianage.com/india/universal-old-age-pension-sought-elderly-citizens-963" target="_blank">http://www.asianage.com/india/universal-old-age-pension-so<br />ught-elderly-citizens-963</a><span style="color: black"><br /><br /><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Universal Pension Demanded for Elderly, 4 May,2012,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><a href="http://beyondheadlines.in/2012/05/universal-pension-demanded-for-elderly/" target="_blank" title="http://beyondheadlines.in/2012/05/universal-pension-demanded-for-elderly/" target="_blank">http://beyondheadlines.in/2012/05/universal-pension-demand<br />ed-for-elderly/</a><span style="color: black"><br /><br /><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Aruna Roy seeks universal pension rights forelderly-Puja Bhattacharjee, Governance Now, 4 May, 2012,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><a href="http://www.governancenow.com/news/regular-story/aruna-roy-seeks-universal-pension-rights-elderly" target="_blank" title="http://www.governancenow.com/news/regular-story/aruna-roy-seeks-universal-pension-rights-elderly" target="_blank">http://www.governancenow.com/news/regular-story/aruna-roy-<br />seeks-universal-pension-rights-elderly</a><span style="color: black"><br /><br /><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Unorganized Workers' Social Security Act, 2008,</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><a href="http://labour.nic.in/act/acts/Unorganised-workers-social-security-act-2008.pdf" target="_blank" title="http://labour.nic.in/act/acts/Unorganised-workers-social-security-act-2008.pdf" target="_blank">http://labour.nic.in/act/acts/Unorganised-workers-social-s<br />ecurity-act-2008.pdf</a><span style="color: black"><br /><br /><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Aruna Roy, RTI activist from MKSS interviewed byDanish Raza,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><a href="https://im4change.in/interviews/aruna-roy-rti-activist-from-mkss-interviewed-by-danish-raza-15007.html" target="_blank" title="https://im4change.in/interviews/aruna-roy-rti-activist-from-mkss-interviewed-by-danish-raza-15007.html" target="_blank">http://www.im4change.org/interviews/aruna-roy-rti-activist<br />-from-mkss-interviewed-by-danish-raza-15007.html</a><span style="color: black"><br /><br /><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">For a universal old-age pension plan-PrabhatPatnaik,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><a href="https://im4change.in/rural-news-update/for-a-universal-old-age-pension-plan-prabhat-patnaik-15064.html" target="_blank" title="https://im4change.in/rural-news-update/for-a-universal-old-age-pension-plan-prabhat-patnaik-15064.html" target="_blank">http://www.im4change.org/rural-news-update/for-a-universal<br />-old-age-pension-plan-prabhat-patnaik-15064.html</a><span style="color: black"><br /><br /><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Pratibha backs demand for expanding old agepension scheme,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><a href="https://im4change.in/rural-news-update/pratibha-backs-demand-for-expanding-old-age-pension-scheme-15067.html" target="_blank" title="https://im4change.in/rural-news-update/pratibha-backs-demand-for-expanding-old-age-pension-scheme-15067.html" target="_blank">http://www.im4change.org/rural-news-update/pratibha-backs-<br />demand-for-expanding-old-age-pension-scheme-15067.html</a><span style="color: black; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white"> </span></span></p> <br /></div> </font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td 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The ILO report &ldquo;World Social Security Report 2010/11: Providing coverage in times of crisis and beyond&rdquo; puts India&rsquo;s social security coverage in perspective of its peers. (the report can be accessed at <a href="http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---dgreports/---dcomm/---publ/documents/publication/wcms_146566.pdf">http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---dgreports/---dcomm/---publ/documents/publication/wcms_146566.pdf</a>.&nbsp; India is not only nearly at the bottom of the chart, all its national and state-level schemes are able to cover only one fourth of its elderly. For more details please refer to im4change news alert (<a href="../news-alert/dignity-for-the-elderly-join-the-campaign-14893.html">http://www.im4change.org/news-alert/dignity-for-the-elderly-join-the-campaign-14893.html</a>). <br /> </div> <div align="justify"> &nbsp; </div> <div align="justify"> <strong>Old-age pensioners (all ages) as a proportion of the elderly population in various countries, latest available year (percentages)</strong> <br /> </div> <div align="justify"> <img src="tinymce/uploaded/Pension%20coverage%20of%20the%20elderly.bmp" alt="Pension coverage of the elderly" /> <br /> </div> <div align="justify"> &nbsp; </div> <div align="justify"> While the campaign for the dignity of the elderly goes on, the following bullet points, taken from the ILO report, give you an idea of the enormity of the problem as well its benefits for the country&rsquo;s well being. The Table given above also show which countries fall at the top and bottom ends of the pension graph. For more details please go through the links below.&nbsp; The Key findings from this ILO report is available at:<br /> <a href="../law-justice/disaster-relief-30.html?pgno=3">http://www.im4change.org/law-justice/disaster-relief-30.html?pgno=3<br /> </a><br /> <em>Some of the most striking observations by the above-mentioned ILO report are:<br /> </em> <br /> * In India, public social security expenditure excluding health expenditure (as % of GDP) was 3.10 percent in 2005 <em>(see Table 25. Public social security expenditure, Statistical Annex Part B ILO report) </em>as compared to 4.08 percent in China during 2006, 12.30 percent in Japan during 2005, 21.4 percent in France during 2005, 9.6 percent in Brazil during 2001 and 9.7 percent in Canada during 2005.<br /> <br /> * Over 60 per cent of the elderly now live in countries classified by the United Nations as &ldquo;less developed&rdquo;. In 2050 the elderly in &quot;less developed&quot; countries will constitute nearly 80 per cent of the world&rsquo;s elderly population. Sixty per cent of them will be living in Asia, with over half in just two countries: China and India. These developing and ageing societies have to do something urgently to ensure the right to retirement in dignity and social security to their elderly members.<br /> <br /> * India&rsquo;s National Old-Age Pension Scheme, financed by central and state resources, reaches one-fourth of all the elderly: about half of pensioners who live in poverty (see the table).<br /> <br /> * The old age dependency ratio <em>(see Table 1: Demographic trends: Dependency ratios, Statistical Annex Part A ILO report) </em>in India is predicted to rise over the years: 7.0 in 2000, 7.4 in 2005, 7.7 in 2010, 12.2 in 2030 and 20.2 in 2050. However, the youth dependency ratio is expected to decline over the years: 57.7 in 2000, 53.1 in 2005, 47.9 in 2010, 33.1 in 2030 and 26.8 in 2050. Hence, the notion of youngistan is clearly a myth. <br /> <br /> * Population over 60 years as % of total population <em>(see Table 2: Demographic trends: Ageing, Statistical Annex Part A ILO report) </em>is expected to rise in India over the years: 6.7 in 2000, 7.0 in 2005, 7.5 in 2010, 12.4 in 2030 and 19.6 in 2050. &nbsp;<br /> <br /> * Population over 80 years as % of total population <em>(see Table 2: Demographic trends: Ageing, Statistical Annex Part A ILO report) </em>is expected to rise in India over the years: 0.5 in 2000, 0.6 in 2005, 0.7 in 2010, 1.2 in 2030 and 2.6 in 2050. &nbsp;<br /> </div> <div align="justify"> &nbsp; </div> <div align="justify"> <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:TrackMoves/> <w:TrackFormatting/> <w:PunctuationKerning/> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> 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mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;} </style> <![endif]--> <p style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormalCxSpFirst"> <strong><em><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Notes:<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span><br /> </span></em></strong><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black"><br /> <span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Youth dependency ratio (%): a measure showing the number of youth dependants (aged 0&ndash;14) to the total population (aged 15&ndash;64).</span></span> </p> <p style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black"><br /> <span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Old-age dependency ratio (%): population aged 65 years or over to the population aged 15&ndash;64.</span><br /> <br /> 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target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">http://pensionparishad.org/pension/</span></a><span style="color: black"><br /> <br /> <span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Notes from the Pension Parishad held at TISS,</span></span></span> </p> <p style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><a href="http://pensionparishad.org/pension/resources/Notes-%20Pension%20Parishad%20-%20TISS-%20April%20,2012.pdf" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">http://pensionparishad.org/pension/resources/Notes-%20Pension%20Parishad%20-%20TISS-%20April%20,2012.pdf</span></a><span style="color: black"><br /> <br /> </span><a href="http://pensionparishad.org/pension/resources/Consensus%20during%20the%20Pension%20Parishad%20at%20TISS,%202-3%20April,%202012.pdf" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">http://pensionparishad.org/pension/resources/Consensus%20during%20the%20Pension%20Parishad%20at%20TISS,%202-3%20April,%202012.pdf</span></a><span style="color: black"><br /> <br /> <span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Old age blues-Sreelatha Menon, The Business Standard, 6 May, 2012,<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></span></span></span> </p> <p style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><a href="http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/sreelatha-menon-old-age-blues/473503/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/sreelatha-menon-old-age-blues/473503/</span></a><span style="color: black"><br /> <br /> <span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Elderly people to stage dharna-K Balchand, The Hindu, 4 May, 2012, </span></span><a href="http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article3384811.ece" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article3384811.ece</span></a><span style="color: black"><br /> <br /> <span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Universal old age pension sought for elderly citizens, The Asian Age, 4 May, 2012,</span></span></span> </p> <p style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><a href="http://www.asianage.com/india/universal-old-age-pension-sought-elderly-citizens-963" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">http://www.asianage.com/india/universal-old-age-pension-sought-elderly-citizens-963</span></a><span style="color: black"><br /> <br /> <span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Universal Pension Demanded for Elderly, 4 May, 2012,<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></span></span></span> </p> <p style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><a href="http://beyondheadlines.in/2012/05/universal-pension-demanded-for-elderly/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">http://beyondheadlines.in/2012/05/universal-pension-demanded-for-elderly/</span></a><span style="color: black"><br /> <br /> <span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Aruna Roy seeks universal pension rights for elderly-Puja Bhattacharjee, Governance Now, 4 May, 2012,<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></span></span><a href="http://www.governancenow.com/news/regular-story/aruna-roy-seeks-universal-pension-rights-elderly" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">http://www.governancenow.com/news/regular-story/aruna-roy-seeks-universal-pension-rights-elderly</span></a><span style="color: black"><br /> <br /> <span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Unorganized Workers' Social Security Act, 2008,</span></span></span> </p> <p style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><a href="http://labour.nic.in/act/acts/Unorganised-workers-social-security-act-2008.pdf" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">http://labour.nic.in/act/acts/Unorganised-workers-social-security-act-2008.pdf</span></a><span style="color: black"><br /> <br /> <span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Aruna Roy, RTI activist from MKSS interviewed by Danish Raza,<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></span></span><a href="../interviews/aruna-roy-rti-activist-from-mkss-interviewed-by-danish-raza-15007.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">http://www.im4change.org/interviews/aruna-roy-rti-activist-from-mkss-interviewed-by-danish-raza-15007.html</span></a><span style="color: black"><br /> <br /> <span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">For a universal old-age pension plan-Prabhat Patnaik,<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></span></span><a href="../rural-news-update/for-a-universal-old-age-pension-plan-prabhat-patnaik-15064.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">http://www.im4change.org/rural-news-update/for-a-universal-old-age-pension-plan-prabhat-patnaik-15064.html</span></a><span style="color: black"><br /> <br /> <span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Pratibha backs demand for expanding old age pension scheme,<span 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The ILO report &ldquo;World Social Security Report 2010/11: Providing coverage in...', 'disp' => '<br /><div align="justify">Just in case our friends in the media were looking for more evidence, a new ILO report clinches the connection between old age pension and a country&rsquo;s well being. The ILO report &ldquo;World Social Security Report 2010/11: Providing coverage in times of crisis and beyond&rdquo; puts India&rsquo;s social security coverage in perspective of its peers. (the report can be accessed at <a href="http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---dgreports/---dcomm/---publ/documents/publication/wcms_146566.pdf" title="http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---dgreports/---dcomm/---publ/documents/publication/wcms_146566.pdf">http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---dgreports/---dc<br />omm/---publ/documents/publication/wcms_146566.pdf</a>.&nbsp; India is not only nearly at the bottom of the chart, all its national and state-level schemes are able to cover only one fourth of its elderly. For more details please refer to im4change news alert (<a href="https://im4change.in/news-alert/dignity-for-the-elderly-join-the-campaign-14893.html" title="https://im4change.in/news-alert/dignity-for-the-elderly-join-the-campaign-14893.html">http://www.im4change.org/news-alert/dignity-for-the-elderl<br />y-join-the-campaign-14893.html</a>). <br /></div><div align="justify">&nbsp;</div><div align="justify"><strong>Old-age pensioners (all ages) as a proportion of the elderly population in various countries, latest available year (percentages)</strong> <br /></div><div align="justify"><img src="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Pension%20coverage%20of%20the%20elderly.bmp" alt="Pension coverage of the elderly" /> <br /></div><div align="justify">&nbsp;</div><div align="justify">While the campaign for the dignity of the elderly goes on, the following bullet points, taken from the ILO report, give you an idea of the enormity of the problem as well its benefits for the country&rsquo;s well being. The Table given above also show which countries fall at the top and bottom ends of the pension graph. For more details please go through the links below.&nbsp; The Key findings from this ILO report is available at:<br /><a href="https://im4change.in/law-justice/disaster-relief-30.html?pgno=3" title="https://im4change.in/law-justice/disaster-relief-30.html?pgno=3">http://www.im4change.org/law-justice/disaster-relief-30.ht<br />ml?pgno=3</a><br /><em>Some of the most striking observations by the above-mentioned ILO report are:<br /></em><br />* In India, public social security expenditure excluding health expenditure (as % of GDP) was 3.10 percent in 2005 <em>(see Table 25. Public social security expenditure, Statistical Annex Part B ILO report) </em>as compared to 4.08 percent in China during 2006, 12.30 percent in Japan during 2005, 21.4 percent in France during 2005, 9.6 percent in Brazil during 2001 and 9.7 percent in Canada during 2005.<br /><br />* Over 60 per cent of the elderly now live in countries classified by the United Nations as &ldquo;less developed&rdquo;. In 2050 the elderly in &quot;less developed&quot; countries will constitute nearly 80 per cent of the world&rsquo;s elderly population. Sixty per cent of them will be living in Asia, with over half in just two countries: China and India. These developing and ageing societies have to do something urgently to ensure the right to retirement in dignity and social security to their elderly members.<br /><br />* India&rsquo;s National Old-Age Pension Scheme, financed by central and state resources, reaches one-fourth of all the elderly: about half of pensioners who live in poverty (see the table).<br /><br />* The old age dependency ratio <em>(see Table 1: Demographic trends: Dependency ratios, Statistical Annex Part A ILO report) </em>in India is predicted to rise over the years: 7.0 in 2000, 7.4 in 2005, 7.7 in 2010, 12.2 in 2030 and 20.2 in 2050. However, the youth dependency ratio is expected to decline over the years: 57.7 in 2000, 53.1 in 2005, 47.9 in 2010, 33.1 in 2030 and 26.8 in 2050. Hence, the notion of youngistan is clearly a myth. <br /><br />* Population over 60 years as % of total population <em>(see Table 2: Demographic trends: Ageing, Statistical Annex Part A ILO report) </em>is expected to rise in India over the years: 6.7 in 2000, 7.0 in 2005, 7.5 in 2010, 12.4 in 2030 and 19.6 in 2050. &nbsp;<br /><br />* Population over 80 years as % of total population <em>(see Table 2: Demographic trends: Ageing, Statistical Annex Part A ILO report) </em>is expected to rise in India over the years: 0.5 in 2000, 0.6 in 2005, 0.7 in 2010, 1.2 in 2030 and 2.6 in 2050. &nbsp;<br /></div><div align="justify">&nbsp;</div><div align="justify"><!--[if gte mso 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style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormalCxSpFirst"><strong><em><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Notes:<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span><br /></span></em></strong><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black"><br /><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Youth dependency ratio (%): a measure showingthe number of youth dependants (aged 0&ndash;14) to the total population (aged15&ndash;64).</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black"><br /><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Old-age dependency ratio (%): population aged 65years or over to the population aged 15&ndash;64.</span><br /><br /><strong><em><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">More links on Universal Old Age Pension:</span></em></strong></span></p><p style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black"><br /><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">DIGNITY FOR THE ELDERLY: JOIN THE CAMPAIGN,</span><br /></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><a href="https://im4change.in/news-alert/dignity-for-the-elderly-join-the-campaign-14893.html" target="_blank" title="https://im4change.in/news-alert/dignity-for-the-elderly-join-the-campaign-14893.html" target="_blank">http://www.im4change.org/news-alert/dignity-for-the-elderl<br />y-join-the-campaign-14893.html</a><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: black; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">&nbsp;</span></span><span style="color: black"><br /><br /></span><a href="http://pensionparishad.org/pension/" target="_blank" title="http://pensionparishad.org/pension/" target="_blank">http://pensionparishad.org/pension/</a><span style="color: black"><br /><br /><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Notes from the Pension Parishad held at TISS,</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><a href="http://pensionparishad.org/pension/resources/Notes-%20Pension%20Parishad%20-%20TISS-%20April%20,2012.pdf" target="_blank" title="http://pensionparishad.org/pension/resources/Notes-%20Pension%20Parishad%20-%20TISS-%20April%20,2012.pdf" target="_blank">http://pensionparishad.org/pension/resources/Notes-%20Pens<br />ion%20Parishad%20-%20TISS-%20April%20,2012.pdf</a><span style="color: black"><br /><br /></span><a href="http://pensionparishad.org/pension/resources/Consensus%20during%20the%20Pension%20Parishad%20at%20TISS,%202-3%20April,%202012.pdf" target="_blank" title="http://pensionparishad.org/pension/resources/Consensus%20during%20the%20Pension%20Parishad%20at%20TISS,%202-3%20April,%202012.pdf" target="_blank">http://pensionparishad.org/pension/resources/Consensus%20d<br />uring%20the%20Pension%20Parishad%20at%20TISS,%202-3%20Apri<br />l,%202012.pdf</a><span style="color: black"><br /><br /><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Old age blues-Sreelatha Menon, The BusinessStandard, 6 May, 2012,<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><a href="http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/sreelatha-menon-old-age-blues/473503/" target="_blank" title="http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/sreelatha-menon-old-age-blues/473503/" target="_blank">http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/sreelatha-meno<br />n-old-age-blues/473503/</a><span style="color: black"><br /><br /><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Elderly people to stage dharna-K Balchand, TheHindu, 4 May, 2012, </span></span><a href="http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article3384811.ece" target="_blank" title="http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article3384811.ece" target="_blank">http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article3384811.ece</a><span style="color: black"><br /><br /><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Universal old age pension sought for elderlycitizens, The Asian Age, 4 May, 2012,</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><a href="http://www.asianage.com/india/universal-old-age-pension-sought-elderly-citizens-963" target="_blank" title="http://www.asianage.com/india/universal-old-age-pension-sought-elderly-citizens-963" target="_blank">http://www.asianage.com/india/universal-old-age-pension-so<br />ught-elderly-citizens-963</a><span style="color: black"><br /><br /><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Universal Pension Demanded for Elderly, 4 May,2012,<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><a href="http://beyondheadlines.in/2012/05/universal-pension-demanded-for-elderly/" target="_blank" title="http://beyondheadlines.in/2012/05/universal-pension-demanded-for-elderly/" target="_blank">http://beyondheadlines.in/2012/05/universal-pension-demand<br />ed-for-elderly/</a><span style="color: black"><br /><br /><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Aruna Roy seeks universal pension rights forelderly-Puja Bhattacharjee, Governance Now, 4 May, 2012,<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></span></span><a href="http://www.governancenow.com/news/regular-story/aruna-roy-seeks-universal-pension-rights-elderly" target="_blank" title="http://www.governancenow.com/news/regular-story/aruna-roy-seeks-universal-pension-rights-elderly" target="_blank">http://www.governancenow.com/news/regular-story/aruna-roy-<br />seeks-universal-pension-rights-elderly</a><span style="color: black"><br /><br /><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Unorganized Workers' Social Security Act, 2008,</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><a href="http://labour.nic.in/act/acts/Unorganised-workers-social-security-act-2008.pdf" target="_blank" title="http://labour.nic.in/act/acts/Unorganised-workers-social-security-act-2008.pdf" target="_blank">http://labour.nic.in/act/acts/Unorganised-workers-social-s<br />ecurity-act-2008.pdf</a><span style="color: black"><br /><br /><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Aruna Roy, RTI activist from MKSS interviewed byDanish Raza,<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></span></span><a href="https://im4change.in/interviews/aruna-roy-rti-activist-from-mkss-interviewed-by-danish-raza-15007.html" target="_blank" title="https://im4change.in/interviews/aruna-roy-rti-activist-from-mkss-interviewed-by-danish-raza-15007.html" target="_blank">http://www.im4change.org/interviews/aruna-roy-rti-activist<br />-from-mkss-interviewed-by-danish-raza-15007.html</a><span style="color: black"><br /><br /><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">For a universal old-age pension plan-PrabhatPatnaik,<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></span></span><a href="https://im4change.in/rural-news-update/for-a-universal-old-age-pension-plan-prabhat-patnaik-15064.html" target="_blank" title="https://im4change.in/rural-news-update/for-a-universal-old-age-pension-plan-prabhat-patnaik-15064.html" target="_blank">http://www.im4change.org/rural-news-update/for-a-universal<br />-old-age-pension-plan-prabhat-patnaik-15064.html</a><span style="color: black"><br /><br /><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Pratibha backs demand for expanding old agepension scheme,<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></span></span><a href="https://im4change.in/rural-news-update/pratibha-backs-demand-for-expanding-old-age-pension-scheme-15067.html" target="_blank" title="https://im4change.in/rural-news-update/pratibha-backs-demand-for-expanding-old-age-pension-scheme-15067.html" target="_blank">http://www.im4change.org/rural-news-update/pratibha-backs-<br />demand-for-expanding-old-age-pension-scheme-15067.html</a><span style="color: black; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">&nbsp;</span></span></p>&nbsp;<br /></div>', 'lang' => 'English', 'SITE_URL' => 'https://im4change.in/', 'site_title' => 'im4change', 'adminprix' => 'admin' ] $article_current = object(App\Model\Entity\Article) { 'id' => (int) 14959, 'title' => 'MORE EVIDENCE ON THE NEED FOR OLD-AGE PENSION', 'subheading' => '', 'description' => '<br /> <div align="justify"> Just in case our friends in the media were looking for more evidence, a new ILO report clinches the connection between old age pension and a country&rsquo;s well being. The ILO report &ldquo;World Social Security Report 2010/11: Providing coverage in times of crisis and beyond&rdquo; puts India&rsquo;s social security coverage in perspective of its peers. (the report can be accessed at <a href="http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---dgreports/---dcomm/---publ/documents/publication/wcms_146566.pdf">http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---dgreports/---dcomm/---publ/documents/publication/wcms_146566.pdf</a>.&nbsp; India is not only nearly at the bottom of the chart, all its national and state-level schemes are able to cover only one fourth of its elderly. For more details please refer to im4change news alert (<a href="../news-alert/dignity-for-the-elderly-join-the-campaign-14893.html">http://www.im4change.org/news-alert/dignity-for-the-elderly-join-the-campaign-14893.html</a>). <br /> </div> <div align="justify"> &nbsp; </div> <div align="justify"> <strong>Old-age pensioners (all ages) as a proportion of the elderly population in various countries, latest available year (percentages)</strong> <br /> </div> <div align="justify"> <img src="tinymce/uploaded/Pension%20coverage%20of%20the%20elderly.bmp" alt="Pension coverage of the elderly" /> <br /> </div> <div align="justify"> &nbsp; </div> <div align="justify"> While the campaign for the dignity of the elderly goes on, the following bullet points, taken from the ILO report, give you an idea of the enormity of the problem as well its benefits for the country&rsquo;s well being. The Table given above also show which countries fall at the top and bottom ends of the pension graph. For more details please go through the links below.&nbsp; The Key findings from this ILO report is available at:<br /> <a href="../law-justice/disaster-relief-30.html?pgno=3">http://www.im4change.org/law-justice/disaster-relief-30.html?pgno=3<br /> </a><br /> <em>Some of the most striking observations by the above-mentioned ILO report are:<br /> </em> <br /> * In India, public social security expenditure excluding health expenditure (as % of GDP) was 3.10 percent in 2005 <em>(see Table 25. Public social security expenditure, Statistical Annex Part B ILO report) </em>as compared to 4.08 percent in China during 2006, 12.30 percent in Japan during 2005, 21.4 percent in France during 2005, 9.6 percent in Brazil during 2001 and 9.7 percent in Canada during 2005.<br /> <br /> * Over 60 per cent of the elderly now live in countries classified by the United Nations as &ldquo;less developed&rdquo;. In 2050 the elderly in &quot;less developed&quot; countries will constitute nearly 80 per cent of the world&rsquo;s elderly population. Sixty per cent of them will be living in Asia, with over half in just two countries: China and India. These developing and ageing societies have to do something urgently to ensure the right to retirement in dignity and social security to their elderly members.<br /> <br /> * India&rsquo;s National Old-Age Pension Scheme, financed by central and state resources, reaches one-fourth of all the elderly: about half of pensioners who live in poverty (see the table).<br /> <br /> * The old age dependency ratio <em>(see Table 1: Demographic trends: Dependency ratios, Statistical Annex Part A ILO report) </em>in India is predicted to rise over the years: 7.0 in 2000, 7.4 in 2005, 7.7 in 2010, 12.2 in 2030 and 20.2 in 2050. However, the youth dependency ratio is expected to decline over the years: 57.7 in 2000, 53.1 in 2005, 47.9 in 2010, 33.1 in 2030 and 26.8 in 2050. Hence, the notion of youngistan is clearly a myth. <br /> <br /> * Population over 60 years as % of total population <em>(see Table 2: Demographic trends: Ageing, Statistical Annex Part A ILO report) </em>is expected to rise in India over the years: 6.7 in 2000, 7.0 in 2005, 7.5 in 2010, 12.4 in 2030 and 19.6 in 2050. &nbsp;<br /> <br /> * Population over 80 years as % of total population <em>(see Table 2: Demographic trends: Ageing, Statistical Annex Part A ILO report) </em>is expected to rise in India over the years: 0.5 in 2000, 0.6 in 2005, 0.7 in 2010, 1.2 in 2030 and 2.6 in 2050. &nbsp;<br /> </div> <div align="justify"> &nbsp; </div> <div align="justify"> <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:TrackMoves/> <w:TrackFormatting/> <w:PunctuationKerning/> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> 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mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;} </style> <![endif]--> <p style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormalCxSpFirst"> <strong><em><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Notes:<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span><br /> </span></em></strong><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black"><br /> <span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Youth dependency ratio (%): a measure showing the number of youth dependants (aged 0&ndash;14) to the total population (aged 15&ndash;64).</span></span> </p> <p style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black"><br /> <span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Old-age dependency ratio (%): population aged 65 years or over to the population aged 15&ndash;64.</span><br /> <br /> <strong><em><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">More links on Universal Old Age Pension:</span></em></strong></span> </p> <p style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black"><br /> <span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">DIGNITY FOR THE ELDERLY: JOIN THE CAMPAIGN,</span><br /> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><a href="../news-alert/dignity-for-the-elderly-join-the-campaign-14893.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">http://www.im4change.org/news-alert/dignity-for-the-elderly-join-the-campaign-14893.html</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: black; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">&nbsp;</span></span><span style="color: black"><br /> <br /> </span><a href="http://pensionparishad.org/pension/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">http://pensionparishad.org/pension/</span></a><span style="color: black"><br /> <br /> <span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Notes from the Pension Parishad held at TISS,</span></span></span> </p> <p style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><a href="http://pensionparishad.org/pension/resources/Notes-%20Pension%20Parishad%20-%20TISS-%20April%20,2012.pdf" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">http://pensionparishad.org/pension/resources/Notes-%20Pension%20Parishad%20-%20TISS-%20April%20,2012.pdf</span></a><span style="color: black"><br /> <br /> </span><a href="http://pensionparishad.org/pension/resources/Consensus%20during%20the%20Pension%20Parishad%20at%20TISS,%202-3%20April,%202012.pdf" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">http://pensionparishad.org/pension/resources/Consensus%20during%20the%20Pension%20Parishad%20at%20TISS,%202-3%20April,%202012.pdf</span></a><span style="color: black"><br /> <br /> <span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Old age blues-Sreelatha Menon, The Business Standard, 6 May, 2012,<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></span></span></span> </p> <p style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><a href="http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/sreelatha-menon-old-age-blues/473503/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/sreelatha-menon-old-age-blues/473503/</span></a><span style="color: black"><br /> <br /> <span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Elderly people to stage dharna-K Balchand, The Hindu, 4 May, 2012, </span></span><a href="http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article3384811.ece" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article3384811.ece</span></a><span style="color: black"><br /> <br /> <span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Universal old age pension sought for elderly citizens, The Asian Age, 4 May, 2012,</span></span></span> </p> <p style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><a href="http://www.asianage.com/india/universal-old-age-pension-sought-elderly-citizens-963" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">http://www.asianage.com/india/universal-old-age-pension-sought-elderly-citizens-963</span></a><span style="color: black"><br /> <br /> <span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Universal Pension Demanded for Elderly, 4 May, 2012,<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></span></span></span> </p> <p style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><a href="http://beyondheadlines.in/2012/05/universal-pension-demanded-for-elderly/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">http://beyondheadlines.in/2012/05/universal-pension-demanded-for-elderly/</span></a><span style="color: black"><br /> <br /> <span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Aruna Roy seeks universal pension rights for elderly-Puja Bhattacharjee, Governance Now, 4 May, 2012,<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></span></span><a href="http://www.governancenow.com/news/regular-story/aruna-roy-seeks-universal-pension-rights-elderly" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">http://www.governancenow.com/news/regular-story/aruna-roy-seeks-universal-pension-rights-elderly</span></a><span style="color: black"><br /> <br /> <span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Unorganized Workers' Social Security Act, 2008,</span></span></span> </p> <p style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><a href="http://labour.nic.in/act/acts/Unorganised-workers-social-security-act-2008.pdf" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">http://labour.nic.in/act/acts/Unorganised-workers-social-security-act-2008.pdf</span></a><span style="color: black"><br /> <br /> <span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Aruna Roy, RTI activist from MKSS interviewed by Danish Raza,<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></span></span><a 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The ILO report &ldquo;World Social Security Report 2010/11: Providing coverage in...' $disp = '<br /><div align="justify">Just in case our friends in the media were looking for more evidence, a new ILO report clinches the connection between old age pension and a country&rsquo;s well being. The ILO report &ldquo;World Social Security Report 2010/11: Providing coverage in times of crisis and beyond&rdquo; puts India&rsquo;s social security coverage in perspective of its peers. (the report can be accessed at <a href="http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---dgreports/---dcomm/---publ/documents/publication/wcms_146566.pdf" title="http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---dgreports/---dcomm/---publ/documents/publication/wcms_146566.pdf">http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---dgreports/---dc<br />omm/---publ/documents/publication/wcms_146566.pdf</a>.&nbsp; India is not only nearly at the bottom of the chart, all its national and state-level schemes are able to cover only one fourth of its elderly. For more details please refer to im4change news alert (<a href="https://im4change.in/news-alert/dignity-for-the-elderly-join-the-campaign-14893.html" title="https://im4change.in/news-alert/dignity-for-the-elderly-join-the-campaign-14893.html">http://www.im4change.org/news-alert/dignity-for-the-elderl<br />y-join-the-campaign-14893.html</a>). <br /></div><div align="justify">&nbsp;</div><div align="justify"><strong>Old-age pensioners (all ages) as a proportion of the elderly population in various countries, latest available year (percentages)</strong> <br /></div><div align="justify"><img src="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Pension%20coverage%20of%20the%20elderly.bmp" alt="Pension coverage of the elderly" /> <br /></div><div align="justify">&nbsp;</div><div align="justify">While the campaign for the dignity of the elderly goes on, the following bullet points, taken from the ILO report, give you an idea of the enormity of the problem as well its benefits for the country&rsquo;s well being. The Table given above also show which countries fall at the top and bottom ends of the pension graph. For more details please go through the links below.&nbsp; The Key findings from this ILO report is available at:<br /><a href="https://im4change.in/law-justice/disaster-relief-30.html?pgno=3" title="https://im4change.in/law-justice/disaster-relief-30.html?pgno=3">http://www.im4change.org/law-justice/disaster-relief-30.ht<br />ml?pgno=3</a><br /><em>Some of the most striking observations by the above-mentioned ILO report are:<br /></em><br />* In India, public social security expenditure excluding health expenditure (as % of GDP) was 3.10 percent in 2005 <em>(see Table 25. Public social security expenditure, Statistical Annex Part B ILO report) </em>as compared to 4.08 percent in China during 2006, 12.30 percent in Japan during 2005, 21.4 percent in France during 2005, 9.6 percent in Brazil during 2001 and 9.7 percent in Canada during 2005.<br /><br />* Over 60 per cent of the elderly now live in countries classified by the United Nations as &ldquo;less developed&rdquo;. In 2050 the elderly in &quot;less developed&quot; countries will constitute nearly 80 per cent of the world&rsquo;s elderly population. Sixty per cent of them will be living in Asia, with over half in just two countries: China and India. These developing and ageing societies have to do something urgently to ensure the right to retirement in dignity and social security to their elderly members.<br /><br />* India&rsquo;s National Old-Age Pension Scheme, financed by central and state resources, reaches one-fourth of all the elderly: about half of pensioners who live in poverty (see the table).<br /><br />* The old age dependency ratio <em>(see Table 1: Demographic trends: Dependency ratios, Statistical Annex Part A ILO report) </em>in India is predicted to rise over the years: 7.0 in 2000, 7.4 in 2005, 7.7 in 2010, 12.2 in 2030 and 20.2 in 2050. However, the youth dependency ratio is expected to decline over the years: 57.7 in 2000, 53.1 in 2005, 47.9 in 2010, 33.1 in 2030 and 26.8 in 2050. Hence, the notion of youngistan is clearly a myth. <br /><br />* Population over 60 years as % of total population <em>(see Table 2: Demographic trends: Ageing, Statistical Annex Part A ILO report) </em>is expected to rise in India over the years: 6.7 in 2000, 7.0 in 2005, 7.5 in 2010, 12.4 in 2030 and 19.6 in 2050. &nbsp;<br /><br />* Population over 80 years as % of total population <em>(see Table 2: Demographic trends: Ageing, Statistical Annex Part A ILO report) </em>is expected to rise in India over the years: 0.5 in 2000, 0.6 in 2005, 0.7 in 2010, 1.2 in 2030 and 2.6 in 2050. &nbsp;<br /></div><div align="justify">&nbsp;</div><div align="justify"><!--[if gte mso 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style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormalCxSpFirst"><strong><em><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Notes:<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span><br /></span></em></strong><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black"><br /><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Youth dependency ratio (%): a measure showingthe number of youth dependants (aged 0&ndash;14) to the total population (aged15&ndash;64).</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black"><br /><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Old-age dependency ratio (%): population aged 65years or over to the population aged 15&ndash;64.</span><br /><br /><strong><em><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">More links on Universal Old Age Pension:</span></em></strong></span></p><p style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black"><br /><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">DIGNITY FOR THE ELDERLY: JOIN THE CAMPAIGN,</span><br /></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><a href="https://im4change.in/news-alert/dignity-for-the-elderly-join-the-campaign-14893.html" target="_blank" title="https://im4change.in/news-alert/dignity-for-the-elderly-join-the-campaign-14893.html" target="_blank">http://www.im4change.org/news-alert/dignity-for-the-elderl<br />y-join-the-campaign-14893.html</a><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: black; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">&nbsp;</span></span><span style="color: black"><br /><br /></span><a href="http://pensionparishad.org/pension/" target="_blank" title="http://pensionparishad.org/pension/" target="_blank">http://pensionparishad.org/pension/</a><span style="color: black"><br /><br /><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Notes from the Pension Parishad held at TISS,</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><a href="http://pensionparishad.org/pension/resources/Notes-%20Pension%20Parishad%20-%20TISS-%20April%20,2012.pdf" target="_blank" title="http://pensionparishad.org/pension/resources/Notes-%20Pension%20Parishad%20-%20TISS-%20April%20,2012.pdf" target="_blank">http://pensionparishad.org/pension/resources/Notes-%20Pens<br />ion%20Parishad%20-%20TISS-%20April%20,2012.pdf</a><span style="color: black"><br /><br /></span><a href="http://pensionparishad.org/pension/resources/Consensus%20during%20the%20Pension%20Parishad%20at%20TISS,%202-3%20April,%202012.pdf" target="_blank" title="http://pensionparishad.org/pension/resources/Consensus%20during%20the%20Pension%20Parishad%20at%20TISS,%202-3%20April,%202012.pdf" target="_blank">http://pensionparishad.org/pension/resources/Consensus%20d<br />uring%20the%20Pension%20Parishad%20at%20TISS,%202-3%20Apri<br />l,%202012.pdf</a><span style="color: black"><br /><br /><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Old age blues-Sreelatha Menon, The BusinessStandard, 6 May, 2012,<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><a href="http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/sreelatha-menon-old-age-blues/473503/" target="_blank" title="http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/sreelatha-menon-old-age-blues/473503/" target="_blank">http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/sreelatha-meno<br />n-old-age-blues/473503/</a><span style="color: black"><br /><br /><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Elderly people to stage dharna-K Balchand, TheHindu, 4 May, 2012, </span></span><a href="http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article3384811.ece" target="_blank" title="http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article3384811.ece" target="_blank">http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article3384811.ece</a><span style="color: black"><br /><br /><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Universal old age pension sought for elderlycitizens, The Asian Age, 4 May, 2012,</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><a href="http://www.asianage.com/india/universal-old-age-pension-sought-elderly-citizens-963" target="_blank" title="http://www.asianage.com/india/universal-old-age-pension-sought-elderly-citizens-963" target="_blank">http://www.asianage.com/india/universal-old-age-pension-so<br />ught-elderly-citizens-963</a><span style="color: black"><br /><br /><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Universal Pension Demanded for Elderly, 4 May,2012,<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><a href="http://beyondheadlines.in/2012/05/universal-pension-demanded-for-elderly/" target="_blank" title="http://beyondheadlines.in/2012/05/universal-pension-demanded-for-elderly/" target="_blank">http://beyondheadlines.in/2012/05/universal-pension-demand<br />ed-for-elderly/</a><span style="color: black"><br /><br /><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Aruna Roy seeks universal pension rights forelderly-Puja Bhattacharjee, Governance Now, 4 May, 2012,<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></span></span><a href="http://www.governancenow.com/news/regular-story/aruna-roy-seeks-universal-pension-rights-elderly" target="_blank" title="http://www.governancenow.com/news/regular-story/aruna-roy-seeks-universal-pension-rights-elderly" target="_blank">http://www.governancenow.com/news/regular-story/aruna-roy-<br />seeks-universal-pension-rights-elderly</a><span style="color: black"><br /><br /><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Unorganized Workers' Social Security Act, 2008,</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><a href="http://labour.nic.in/act/acts/Unorganised-workers-social-security-act-2008.pdf" target="_blank" title="http://labour.nic.in/act/acts/Unorganised-workers-social-security-act-2008.pdf" target="_blank">http://labour.nic.in/act/acts/Unorganised-workers-social-s<br />ecurity-act-2008.pdf</a><span style="color: black"><br /><br /><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Aruna Roy, RTI activist from MKSS interviewed byDanish Raza,<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></span></span><a href="https://im4change.in/interviews/aruna-roy-rti-activist-from-mkss-interviewed-by-danish-raza-15007.html" target="_blank" title="https://im4change.in/interviews/aruna-roy-rti-activist-from-mkss-interviewed-by-danish-raza-15007.html" target="_blank">http://www.im4change.org/interviews/aruna-roy-rti-activist<br />-from-mkss-interviewed-by-danish-raza-15007.html</a><span style="color: black"><br /><br /><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">For a universal old-age pension plan-PrabhatPatnaik,<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></span></span><a href="https://im4change.in/rural-news-update/for-a-universal-old-age-pension-plan-prabhat-patnaik-15064.html" target="_blank" title="https://im4change.in/rural-news-update/for-a-universal-old-age-pension-plan-prabhat-patnaik-15064.html" target="_blank">http://www.im4change.org/rural-news-update/for-a-universal<br />-old-age-pension-plan-prabhat-patnaik-15064.html</a><span style="color: black"><br /><br /><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Pratibha backs demand for expanding old agepension scheme,<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></span></span><a href="https://im4change.in/rural-news-update/pratibha-backs-demand-for-expanding-old-age-pension-scheme-15067.html" target="_blank" title="https://im4change.in/rural-news-update/pratibha-backs-demand-for-expanding-old-age-pension-scheme-15067.html" target="_blank">http://www.im4change.org/rural-news-update/pratibha-backs-<br />demand-for-expanding-old-age-pension-scheme-15067.html</a><span style="color: black; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">&nbsp;</span></span></p>&nbsp;<br /></div>' $lang = 'English' $SITE_URL = 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The ILO report “World Social Security Report 2010/11: Providing coverage in..."/> <script src="https://im4change.in/js/jquery-1.10.2.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://im4change.in/js/jquery-migrate.min.js"></script> <script language="javascript" type="text/javascript"> $(document).ready(function () { var img = $("img")[0]; // Get my img elem var pic_real_width, pic_real_height; $("<img/>") // Make in memory copy of image to avoid css issues .attr("src", $(img).attr("src")) .load(function () { pic_real_width = this.width; // Note: $(this).width() will not pic_real_height = this.height; // work for in memory images. }); }); </script> <style type="text/css"> @media screen { div.divFooter { display: block; } } @media print { .printbutton { display: none !important; } } </style> </head> <body> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="98%" align="center"> <tr> <td class="top_bg"> <div class="divFooter"> <img src="https://im4change.in/images/logo1.jpg" height="59" border="0" alt="Resource centre on India's rural distress" style="padding-top:14px;"/> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td id="topspace"> </td> </tr> <tr id="topspace"> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td height="50" style="border-bottom:1px solid #000; padding-top:10px;" class="printbutton"> <form><input type="button" value=" Print this page " onclick="window.print();return false;"/></form> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> <h1 class="news_headlines" style="font-style:normal"> <strong>MORE EVIDENCE ON THE NEED FOR OLD-AGE PENSION</strong></h1> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%" style="font-family:Arial, 'Segoe Script', 'Segoe UI', sans-serif, serif"><font size="3"> <br /><div align="justify">Just in case our friends in the media were looking for more evidence, a new ILO report clinches the connection between old age pension and a country’s well being. The ILO report “World Social Security Report 2010/11: Providing coverage in times of crisis and beyond” puts India’s social security coverage in perspective of its peers. (the report can be accessed at <a href="http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---dgreports/---dcomm/---publ/documents/publication/wcms_146566.pdf" title="http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---dgreports/---dcomm/---publ/documents/publication/wcms_146566.pdf">http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---dgreports/---dc<br />omm/---publ/documents/publication/wcms_146566.pdf</a>. India is not only nearly at the bottom of the chart, all its national and state-level schemes are able to cover only one fourth of its elderly. For more details please refer to im4change news alert (<a href="https://im4change.in/news-alert/dignity-for-the-elderly-join-the-campaign-14893.html" title="https://im4change.in/news-alert/dignity-for-the-elderly-join-the-campaign-14893.html">http://www.im4change.org/news-alert/dignity-for-the-elderl<br />y-join-the-campaign-14893.html</a>). <br /></div><div align="justify"> </div><div align="justify"><strong>Old-age pensioners (all ages) as a proportion of the elderly population in various countries, latest available year (percentages)</strong> <br /></div><div align="justify"><img src="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Pension%20coverage%20of%20the%20elderly.bmp" alt="Pension coverage of the elderly" /> <br /></div><div align="justify"> </div><div align="justify">While the campaign for the dignity of the elderly goes on, the following bullet points, taken from the ILO report, give you an idea of the enormity of the problem as well its benefits for the country’s well being. The Table given above also show which countries fall at the top and bottom ends of the pension graph. For more details please go through the links below. The Key findings from this ILO report is available at:<br /><a href="https://im4change.in/law-justice/disaster-relief-30.html?pgno=3" title="https://im4change.in/law-justice/disaster-relief-30.html?pgno=3">http://www.im4change.org/law-justice/disaster-relief-30.ht<br />ml?pgno=3</a><br /><em>Some of the most striking observations by the above-mentioned ILO report are:<br /></em><br />* In India, public social security expenditure excluding health expenditure (as % of GDP) was 3.10 percent in 2005 <em>(see Table 25. Public social security expenditure, Statistical Annex Part B ILO report) </em>as compared to 4.08 percent in China during 2006, 12.30 percent in Japan during 2005, 21.4 percent in France during 2005, 9.6 percent in Brazil during 2001 and 9.7 percent in Canada during 2005.<br /><br />* Over 60 per cent of the elderly now live in countries classified by the United Nations as “less developed”. In 2050 the elderly in "less developed" countries will constitute nearly 80 per cent of the world’s elderly population. Sixty per cent of them will be living in Asia, with over half in just two countries: China and India. These developing and ageing societies have to do something urgently to ensure the right to retirement in dignity and social security to their elderly members.<br /><br />* India’s National Old-Age Pension Scheme, financed by central and state resources, reaches one-fourth of all the elderly: about half of pensioners who live in poverty (see the table).<br /><br />* The old age dependency ratio <em>(see Table 1: Demographic trends: Dependency ratios, Statistical Annex Part A ILO report) </em>in India is predicted to rise over the years: 7.0 in 2000, 7.4 in 2005, 7.7 in 2010, 12.2 in 2030 and 20.2 in 2050. However, the youth dependency ratio is expected to decline over the years: 57.7 in 2000, 53.1 in 2005, 47.9 in 2010, 33.1 in 2030 and 26.8 in 2050. Hence, the notion of youngistan is clearly a myth. <br /><br />* Population over 60 years as % of total population <em>(see Table 2: Demographic trends: Ageing, Statistical Annex Part A ILO report) </em>is expected to rise in India over the years: 6.7 in 2000, 7.0 in 2005, 7.5 in 2010, 12.4 in 2030 and 19.6 in 2050. <br /><br />* Population over 80 years as % of total population <em>(see Table 2: Demographic trends: Ageing, Statistical Annex Part A ILO report) </em>is expected to rise in India over the years: 0.5 in 2000, 0.6 in 2005, 0.7 in 2010, 1.2 in 2030 and 2.6 in 2050. <br /></div><div align="justify"> </div><div align="justify"><!--[if gte mso 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style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormalCxSpFirst"><strong><em><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Notes:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><br /></span></em></strong><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black"><br /><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Youth dependency ratio (%): a measure showingthe number of youth dependants (aged 0–14) to the total population (aged15–64).</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black"><br /><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Old-age dependency ratio (%): population aged 65years or over to the population aged 15–64.</span><br /><br /><strong><em><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">More links on Universal Old Age Pension:</span></em></strong></span></p><p style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black"><br /><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">DIGNITY FOR THE ELDERLY: JOIN THE CAMPAIGN,</span><br /></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><a href="https://im4change.in/news-alert/dignity-for-the-elderly-join-the-campaign-14893.html" target="_blank" title="https://im4change.in/news-alert/dignity-for-the-elderly-join-the-campaign-14893.html" target="_blank">http://www.im4change.org/news-alert/dignity-for-the-elderl<br />y-join-the-campaign-14893.html</a><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: black; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white"> </span></span><span style="color: black"><br /><br /></span><a href="http://pensionparishad.org/pension/" target="_blank" title="http://pensionparishad.org/pension/" target="_blank">http://pensionparishad.org/pension/</a><span style="color: black"><br /><br /><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Notes from the Pension Parishad held at TISS,</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><a href="http://pensionparishad.org/pension/resources/Notes-%20Pension%20Parishad%20-%20TISS-%20April%20,2012.pdf" target="_blank" title="http://pensionparishad.org/pension/resources/Notes-%20Pension%20Parishad%20-%20TISS-%20April%20,2012.pdf" target="_blank">http://pensionparishad.org/pension/resources/Notes-%20Pens<br />ion%20Parishad%20-%20TISS-%20April%20,2012.pdf</a><span style="color: black"><br /><br /></span><a href="http://pensionparishad.org/pension/resources/Consensus%20during%20the%20Pension%20Parishad%20at%20TISS,%202-3%20April,%202012.pdf" target="_blank" title="http://pensionparishad.org/pension/resources/Consensus%20during%20the%20Pension%20Parishad%20at%20TISS,%202-3%20April,%202012.pdf" target="_blank">http://pensionparishad.org/pension/resources/Consensus%20d<br />uring%20the%20Pension%20Parishad%20at%20TISS,%202-3%20Apri<br />l,%202012.pdf</a><span style="color: black"><br /><br /><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Old age blues-Sreelatha Menon, The BusinessStandard, 6 May, 2012,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><a href="http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/sreelatha-menon-old-age-blues/473503/" target="_blank" title="http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/sreelatha-menon-old-age-blues/473503/" target="_blank">http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/sreelatha-meno<br />n-old-age-blues/473503/</a><span style="color: black"><br /><br /><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Elderly people to stage dharna-K Balchand, TheHindu, 4 May, 2012, </span></span><a href="http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article3384811.ece" target="_blank" title="http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article3384811.ece" target="_blank">http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article3384811.ece</a><span style="color: black"><br /><br /><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Universal old age pension sought for elderlycitizens, The Asian Age, 4 May, 2012,</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><a href="http://www.asianage.com/india/universal-old-age-pension-sought-elderly-citizens-963" target="_blank" title="http://www.asianage.com/india/universal-old-age-pension-sought-elderly-citizens-963" target="_blank">http://www.asianage.com/india/universal-old-age-pension-so<br />ught-elderly-citizens-963</a><span style="color: black"><br /><br /><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Universal Pension Demanded for Elderly, 4 May,2012,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><a href="http://beyondheadlines.in/2012/05/universal-pension-demanded-for-elderly/" target="_blank" title="http://beyondheadlines.in/2012/05/universal-pension-demanded-for-elderly/" target="_blank">http://beyondheadlines.in/2012/05/universal-pension-demand<br />ed-for-elderly/</a><span style="color: black"><br /><br /><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Aruna Roy seeks universal pension rights forelderly-Puja Bhattacharjee, Governance Now, 4 May, 2012,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><a href="http://www.governancenow.com/news/regular-story/aruna-roy-seeks-universal-pension-rights-elderly" target="_blank" title="http://www.governancenow.com/news/regular-story/aruna-roy-seeks-universal-pension-rights-elderly" target="_blank">http://www.governancenow.com/news/regular-story/aruna-roy-<br />seeks-universal-pension-rights-elderly</a><span style="color: black"><br /><br /><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Unorganized Workers' Social Security Act, 2008,</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><a href="http://labour.nic.in/act/acts/Unorganised-workers-social-security-act-2008.pdf" target="_blank" title="http://labour.nic.in/act/acts/Unorganised-workers-social-security-act-2008.pdf" target="_blank">http://labour.nic.in/act/acts/Unorganised-workers-social-s<br />ecurity-act-2008.pdf</a><span style="color: black"><br /><br /><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Aruna Roy, RTI activist from MKSS interviewed byDanish Raza,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><a href="https://im4change.in/interviews/aruna-roy-rti-activist-from-mkss-interviewed-by-danish-raza-15007.html" target="_blank" title="https://im4change.in/interviews/aruna-roy-rti-activist-from-mkss-interviewed-by-danish-raza-15007.html" target="_blank">http://www.im4change.org/interviews/aruna-roy-rti-activist<br />-from-mkss-interviewed-by-danish-raza-15007.html</a><span style="color: black"><br /><br /><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">For a universal old-age pension plan-PrabhatPatnaik,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><a href="https://im4change.in/rural-news-update/for-a-universal-old-age-pension-plan-prabhat-patnaik-15064.html" target="_blank" title="https://im4change.in/rural-news-update/for-a-universal-old-age-pension-plan-prabhat-patnaik-15064.html" target="_blank">http://www.im4change.org/rural-news-update/for-a-universal<br />-old-age-pension-plan-prabhat-patnaik-15064.html</a><span style="color: black"><br /><br /><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Pratibha backs demand for expanding old agepension scheme,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><a href="https://im4change.in/rural-news-update/pratibha-backs-demand-for-expanding-old-age-pension-scheme-15067.html" target="_blank" title="https://im4change.in/rural-news-update/pratibha-backs-demand-for-expanding-old-age-pension-scheme-15067.html" target="_blank">http://www.im4change.org/rural-news-update/pratibha-backs-<br />demand-for-expanding-old-age-pension-scheme-15067.html</a><span style="color: black; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white"> </span></span></p> <br /></div> </font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td 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The ILO report &ldquo;World Social Security Report 2010/11: Providing coverage in times of crisis and beyond&rdquo; puts India&rsquo;s social security coverage in perspective of its peers. (the report can be accessed at <a href="http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---dgreports/---dcomm/---publ/documents/publication/wcms_146566.pdf">http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---dgreports/---dcomm/---publ/documents/publication/wcms_146566.pdf</a>.&nbsp; India is not only nearly at the bottom of the chart, all its national and state-level schemes are able to cover only one fourth of its elderly. For more details please refer to im4change news alert (<a href="../news-alert/dignity-for-the-elderly-join-the-campaign-14893.html">http://www.im4change.org/news-alert/dignity-for-the-elderly-join-the-campaign-14893.html</a>). <br /> </div> <div align="justify"> &nbsp; </div> <div align="justify"> <strong>Old-age pensioners (all ages) as a proportion of the elderly population in various countries, latest available year (percentages)</strong> <br /> </div> <div align="justify"> <img src="tinymce/uploaded/Pension%20coverage%20of%20the%20elderly.bmp" alt="Pension coverage of the elderly" /> <br /> </div> <div align="justify"> &nbsp; </div> <div align="justify"> While the campaign for the dignity of the elderly goes on, the following bullet points, taken from the ILO report, give you an idea of the enormity of the problem as well its benefits for the country&rsquo;s well being. The Table given above also show which countries fall at the top and bottom ends of the pension graph. For more details please go through the links below.&nbsp; The Key findings from this ILO report is available at:<br /> <a href="../law-justice/disaster-relief-30.html?pgno=3">http://www.im4change.org/law-justice/disaster-relief-30.html?pgno=3<br /> </a><br /> <em>Some of the most striking observations by the above-mentioned ILO report are:<br /> </em> <br /> * In India, public social security expenditure excluding health expenditure (as % of GDP) was 3.10 percent in 2005 <em>(see Table 25. Public social security expenditure, Statistical Annex Part B ILO report) </em>as compared to 4.08 percent in China during 2006, 12.30 percent in Japan during 2005, 21.4 percent in France during 2005, 9.6 percent in Brazil during 2001 and 9.7 percent in Canada during 2005.<br /> <br /> * Over 60 per cent of the elderly now live in countries classified by the United Nations as &ldquo;less developed&rdquo;. In 2050 the elderly in &quot;less developed&quot; countries will constitute nearly 80 per cent of the world&rsquo;s elderly population. Sixty per cent of them will be living in Asia, with over half in just two countries: China and India. These developing and ageing societies have to do something urgently to ensure the right to retirement in dignity and social security to their elderly members.<br /> <br /> * India&rsquo;s National Old-Age Pension Scheme, financed by central and state resources, reaches one-fourth of all the elderly: about half of pensioners who live in poverty (see the table).<br /> <br /> * The old age dependency ratio <em>(see Table 1: Demographic trends: Dependency ratios, Statistical Annex Part A ILO report) </em>in India is predicted to rise over the years: 7.0 in 2000, 7.4 in 2005, 7.7 in 2010, 12.2 in 2030 and 20.2 in 2050. However, the youth dependency ratio is expected to decline over the years: 57.7 in 2000, 53.1 in 2005, 47.9 in 2010, 33.1 in 2030 and 26.8 in 2050. 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mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;} </style> <![endif]--> <p style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormalCxSpFirst"> <strong><em><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Notes:<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span><br /> </span></em></strong><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black"><br /> <span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Youth dependency ratio (%): a measure showing the number of youth dependants (aged 0&ndash;14) to the total population (aged 15&ndash;64).</span></span> </p> <p style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black"><br /> <span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Old-age dependency ratio (%): population aged 65 years or over to the population aged 15&ndash;64.</span><br /> <br /> <strong><em><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">More links on Universal Old Age Pension:</span></em></strong></span> </p> <p style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black"><br /> <span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">DIGNITY FOR THE ELDERLY: JOIN THE CAMPAIGN,</span><br /> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><a href="../news-alert/dignity-for-the-elderly-join-the-campaign-14893.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">http://www.im4change.org/news-alert/dignity-for-the-elderly-join-the-campaign-14893.html</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: black; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">&nbsp;</span></span><span style="color: black"><br /> <br /> </span><a href="http://pensionparishad.org/pension/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">http://pensionparishad.org/pension/</span></a><span style="color: black"><br /> <br /> <span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Notes from the Pension Parishad held at TISS,</span></span></span> </p> <p style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><a href="http://pensionparishad.org/pension/resources/Notes-%20Pension%20Parishad%20-%20TISS-%20April%20,2012.pdf" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">http://pensionparishad.org/pension/resources/Notes-%20Pension%20Parishad%20-%20TISS-%20April%20,2012.pdf</span></a><span style="color: black"><br /> <br /> </span><a href="http://pensionparishad.org/pension/resources/Consensus%20during%20the%20Pension%20Parishad%20at%20TISS,%202-3%20April,%202012.pdf" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">http://pensionparishad.org/pension/resources/Consensus%20during%20the%20Pension%20Parishad%20at%20TISS,%202-3%20April,%202012.pdf</span></a><span style="color: black"><br /> <br /> <span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Old age blues-Sreelatha Menon, The Business Standard, 6 May, 2012,<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></span></span></span> </p> <p style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><a href="http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/sreelatha-menon-old-age-blues/473503/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/sreelatha-menon-old-age-blues/473503/</span></a><span style="color: black"><br /> <br /> <span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Elderly people to stage dharna-K Balchand, The Hindu, 4 May, 2012, </span></span><a href="http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article3384811.ece" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article3384811.ece</span></a><span style="color: black"><br /> <br /> <span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Universal old age pension sought for elderly citizens, The Asian Age, 4 May, 2012,</span></span></span> </p> <p style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><a href="http://www.asianage.com/india/universal-old-age-pension-sought-elderly-citizens-963" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">http://www.asianage.com/india/universal-old-age-pension-sought-elderly-citizens-963</span></a><span style="color: black"><br /> <br /> <span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Universal Pension Demanded for Elderly, 4 May, 2012,<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></span></span></span> </p> <p style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><a href="http://beyondheadlines.in/2012/05/universal-pension-demanded-for-elderly/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">http://beyondheadlines.in/2012/05/universal-pension-demanded-for-elderly/</span></a><span style="color: black"><br /> <br /> <span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Aruna Roy seeks universal pension rights for elderly-Puja Bhattacharjee, Governance Now, 4 May, 2012,<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></span></span><a href="http://www.governancenow.com/news/regular-story/aruna-roy-seeks-universal-pension-rights-elderly" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">http://www.governancenow.com/news/regular-story/aruna-roy-seeks-universal-pension-rights-elderly</span></a><span style="color: black"><br /> <br /> <span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Unorganized Workers' Social Security Act, 2008,</span></span></span> </p> <p style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><a href="http://labour.nic.in/act/acts/Unorganised-workers-social-security-act-2008.pdf" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">http://labour.nic.in/act/acts/Unorganised-workers-social-security-act-2008.pdf</span></a><span style="color: black"><br /> <br /> <span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Aruna Roy, RTI activist from MKSS interviewed by Danish Raza,<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></span></span><a href="../interviews/aruna-roy-rti-activist-from-mkss-interviewed-by-danish-raza-15007.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">http://www.im4change.org/interviews/aruna-roy-rti-activist-from-mkss-interviewed-by-danish-raza-15007.html</span></a><span style="color: black"><br /> <br /> <span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">For a universal old-age pension plan-Prabhat Patnaik,<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></span></span><a href="../rural-news-update/for-a-universal-old-age-pension-plan-prabhat-patnaik-15064.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">http://www.im4change.org/rural-news-update/for-a-universal-old-age-pension-plan-prabhat-patnaik-15064.html</span></a><span style="color: black"><br /> <br /> <span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Pratibha backs demand for expanding old age pension scheme,<span 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The ILO report &ldquo;World Social Security Report 2010/11: Providing coverage in...', 'disp' => '<br /><div align="justify">Just in case our friends in the media were looking for more evidence, a new ILO report clinches the connection between old age pension and a country&rsquo;s well being. The ILO report &ldquo;World Social Security Report 2010/11: Providing coverage in times of crisis and beyond&rdquo; puts India&rsquo;s social security coverage in perspective of its peers. (the report can be accessed at <a href="http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---dgreports/---dcomm/---publ/documents/publication/wcms_146566.pdf" title="http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---dgreports/---dcomm/---publ/documents/publication/wcms_146566.pdf">http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---dgreports/---dc<br />omm/---publ/documents/publication/wcms_146566.pdf</a>.&nbsp; India is not only nearly at the bottom of the chart, all its national and state-level schemes are able to cover only one fourth of its elderly. For more details please refer to im4change news alert (<a href="https://im4change.in/news-alert/dignity-for-the-elderly-join-the-campaign-14893.html" title="https://im4change.in/news-alert/dignity-for-the-elderly-join-the-campaign-14893.html">http://www.im4change.org/news-alert/dignity-for-the-elderl<br />y-join-the-campaign-14893.html</a>). <br /></div><div align="justify">&nbsp;</div><div align="justify"><strong>Old-age pensioners (all ages) as a proportion of the elderly population in various countries, latest available year (percentages)</strong> <br /></div><div align="justify"><img src="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Pension%20coverage%20of%20the%20elderly.bmp" alt="Pension coverage of the elderly" /> <br /></div><div align="justify">&nbsp;</div><div align="justify">While the campaign for the dignity of the elderly goes on, the following bullet points, taken from the ILO report, give you an idea of the enormity of the problem as well its benefits for the country&rsquo;s well being. The Table given above also show which countries fall at the top and bottom ends of the pension graph. For more details please go through the links below.&nbsp; The Key findings from this ILO report is available at:<br /><a href="https://im4change.in/law-justice/disaster-relief-30.html?pgno=3" title="https://im4change.in/law-justice/disaster-relief-30.html?pgno=3">http://www.im4change.org/law-justice/disaster-relief-30.ht<br />ml?pgno=3</a><br /><em>Some of the most striking observations by the above-mentioned ILO report are:<br /></em><br />* In India, public social security expenditure excluding health expenditure (as % of GDP) was 3.10 percent in 2005 <em>(see Table 25. Public social security expenditure, Statistical Annex Part B ILO report) </em>as compared to 4.08 percent in China during 2006, 12.30 percent in Japan during 2005, 21.4 percent in France during 2005, 9.6 percent in Brazil during 2001 and 9.7 percent in Canada during 2005.<br /><br />* Over 60 per cent of the elderly now live in countries classified by the United Nations as &ldquo;less developed&rdquo;. In 2050 the elderly in &quot;less developed&quot; countries will constitute nearly 80 per cent of the world&rsquo;s elderly population. Sixty per cent of them will be living in Asia, with over half in just two countries: China and India. These developing and ageing societies have to do something urgently to ensure the right to retirement in dignity and social security to their elderly members.<br /><br />* India&rsquo;s National Old-Age Pension Scheme, financed by central and state resources, reaches one-fourth of all the elderly: about half of pensioners who live in poverty (see the table).<br /><br />* The old age dependency ratio <em>(see Table 1: Demographic trends: Dependency ratios, Statistical Annex Part A ILO report) </em>in India is predicted to rise over the years: 7.0 in 2000, 7.4 in 2005, 7.7 in 2010, 12.2 in 2030 and 20.2 in 2050. However, the youth dependency ratio is expected to decline over the years: 57.7 in 2000, 53.1 in 2005, 47.9 in 2010, 33.1 in 2030 and 26.8 in 2050. Hence, the notion of youngistan is clearly a myth. <br /><br />* Population over 60 years as % of total population <em>(see Table 2: Demographic trends: Ageing, Statistical Annex Part A ILO report) </em>is expected to rise in India over the years: 6.7 in 2000, 7.0 in 2005, 7.5 in 2010, 12.4 in 2030 and 19.6 in 2050. &nbsp;<br /><br />* Population over 80 years as % of total population <em>(see Table 2: Demographic trends: Ageing, Statistical Annex Part A ILO report) </em>is expected to rise in India over the years: 0.5 in 2000, 0.6 in 2005, 0.7 in 2010, 1.2 in 2030 and 2.6 in 2050. &nbsp;<br /></div><div align="justify">&nbsp;</div><div align="justify"><!--[if gte mso 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style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormalCxSpFirst"><strong><em><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Notes:<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span><br /></span></em></strong><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black"><br /><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Youth dependency ratio (%): a measure showingthe number of youth dependants (aged 0&ndash;14) to the total population (aged15&ndash;64).</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black"><br /><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Old-age dependency ratio (%): population aged 65years or over to the population aged 15&ndash;64.</span><br /><br /><strong><em><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">More links on Universal Old Age Pension:</span></em></strong></span></p><p style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black"><br /><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">DIGNITY FOR THE ELDERLY: JOIN THE CAMPAIGN,</span><br /></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><a href="https://im4change.in/news-alert/dignity-for-the-elderly-join-the-campaign-14893.html" target="_blank" title="https://im4change.in/news-alert/dignity-for-the-elderly-join-the-campaign-14893.html" target="_blank">http://www.im4change.org/news-alert/dignity-for-the-elderl<br />y-join-the-campaign-14893.html</a><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: black; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">&nbsp;</span></span><span style="color: black"><br /><br /></span><a href="http://pensionparishad.org/pension/" target="_blank" title="http://pensionparishad.org/pension/" target="_blank">http://pensionparishad.org/pension/</a><span style="color: black"><br /><br /><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Notes from the Pension Parishad held at TISS,</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><a href="http://pensionparishad.org/pension/resources/Notes-%20Pension%20Parishad%20-%20TISS-%20April%20,2012.pdf" target="_blank" title="http://pensionparishad.org/pension/resources/Notes-%20Pension%20Parishad%20-%20TISS-%20April%20,2012.pdf" target="_blank">http://pensionparishad.org/pension/resources/Notes-%20Pens<br />ion%20Parishad%20-%20TISS-%20April%20,2012.pdf</a><span style="color: black"><br /><br /></span><a href="http://pensionparishad.org/pension/resources/Consensus%20during%20the%20Pension%20Parishad%20at%20TISS,%202-3%20April,%202012.pdf" target="_blank" title="http://pensionparishad.org/pension/resources/Consensus%20during%20the%20Pension%20Parishad%20at%20TISS,%202-3%20April,%202012.pdf" target="_blank">http://pensionparishad.org/pension/resources/Consensus%20d<br />uring%20the%20Pension%20Parishad%20at%20TISS,%202-3%20Apri<br />l,%202012.pdf</a><span style="color: black"><br /><br /><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Old age blues-Sreelatha Menon, The BusinessStandard, 6 May, 2012,<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><a href="http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/sreelatha-menon-old-age-blues/473503/" target="_blank" title="http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/sreelatha-menon-old-age-blues/473503/" target="_blank">http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/sreelatha-meno<br />n-old-age-blues/473503/</a><span style="color: black"><br /><br /><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Elderly people to stage dharna-K Balchand, TheHindu, 4 May, 2012, </span></span><a href="http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article3384811.ece" target="_blank" title="http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article3384811.ece" target="_blank">http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article3384811.ece</a><span style="color: black"><br /><br /><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Universal old age pension sought for elderlycitizens, The Asian Age, 4 May, 2012,</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><a href="http://www.asianage.com/india/universal-old-age-pension-sought-elderly-citizens-963" target="_blank" title="http://www.asianage.com/india/universal-old-age-pension-sought-elderly-citizens-963" target="_blank">http://www.asianage.com/india/universal-old-age-pension-so<br />ught-elderly-citizens-963</a><span style="color: black"><br /><br /><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Universal Pension Demanded for Elderly, 4 May,2012,<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><a href="http://beyondheadlines.in/2012/05/universal-pension-demanded-for-elderly/" target="_blank" title="http://beyondheadlines.in/2012/05/universal-pension-demanded-for-elderly/" target="_blank">http://beyondheadlines.in/2012/05/universal-pension-demand<br />ed-for-elderly/</a><span style="color: black"><br /><br /><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Aruna Roy seeks universal pension rights forelderly-Puja Bhattacharjee, Governance Now, 4 May, 2012,<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></span></span><a href="http://www.governancenow.com/news/regular-story/aruna-roy-seeks-universal-pension-rights-elderly" target="_blank" title="http://www.governancenow.com/news/regular-story/aruna-roy-seeks-universal-pension-rights-elderly" target="_blank">http://www.governancenow.com/news/regular-story/aruna-roy-<br />seeks-universal-pension-rights-elderly</a><span style="color: black"><br /><br /><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Unorganized Workers' Social Security Act, 2008,</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><a href="http://labour.nic.in/act/acts/Unorganised-workers-social-security-act-2008.pdf" target="_blank" title="http://labour.nic.in/act/acts/Unorganised-workers-social-security-act-2008.pdf" target="_blank">http://labour.nic.in/act/acts/Unorganised-workers-social-s<br />ecurity-act-2008.pdf</a><span style="color: black"><br /><br /><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Aruna Roy, RTI activist from MKSS interviewed byDanish Raza,<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></span></span><a href="https://im4change.in/interviews/aruna-roy-rti-activist-from-mkss-interviewed-by-danish-raza-15007.html" target="_blank" title="https://im4change.in/interviews/aruna-roy-rti-activist-from-mkss-interviewed-by-danish-raza-15007.html" target="_blank">http://www.im4change.org/interviews/aruna-roy-rti-activist<br />-from-mkss-interviewed-by-danish-raza-15007.html</a><span style="color: black"><br /><br /><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">For a universal old-age pension plan-PrabhatPatnaik,<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></span></span><a href="https://im4change.in/rural-news-update/for-a-universal-old-age-pension-plan-prabhat-patnaik-15064.html" target="_blank" title="https://im4change.in/rural-news-update/for-a-universal-old-age-pension-plan-prabhat-patnaik-15064.html" target="_blank">http://www.im4change.org/rural-news-update/for-a-universal<br />-old-age-pension-plan-prabhat-patnaik-15064.html</a><span style="color: black"><br /><br /><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Pratibha backs demand for expanding old agepension scheme,<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></span></span><a href="https://im4change.in/rural-news-update/pratibha-backs-demand-for-expanding-old-age-pension-scheme-15067.html" target="_blank" title="https://im4change.in/rural-news-update/pratibha-backs-demand-for-expanding-old-age-pension-scheme-15067.html" target="_blank">http://www.im4change.org/rural-news-update/pratibha-backs-<br />demand-for-expanding-old-age-pension-scheme-15067.html</a><span style="color: black; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">&nbsp;</span></span></p>&nbsp;<br /></div>', 'lang' => 'English', 'SITE_URL' => 'https://im4change.in/', 'site_title' => 'im4change', 'adminprix' => 'admin' ] $article_current = object(App\Model\Entity\Article) { 'id' => (int) 14959, 'title' => 'MORE EVIDENCE ON THE NEED FOR OLD-AGE PENSION', 'subheading' => '', 'description' => '<br /> <div align="justify"> Just in case our friends in the media were looking for more evidence, a new ILO report clinches the connection between old age pension and a country&rsquo;s well being. The ILO report &ldquo;World Social Security Report 2010/11: Providing coverage in times of crisis and beyond&rdquo; puts India&rsquo;s social security coverage in perspective of its peers. (the report can be accessed at <a href="http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---dgreports/---dcomm/---publ/documents/publication/wcms_146566.pdf">http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---dgreports/---dcomm/---publ/documents/publication/wcms_146566.pdf</a>.&nbsp; India is not only nearly at the bottom of the chart, all its national and state-level schemes are able to cover only one fourth of its elderly. For more details please refer to im4change news alert (<a href="../news-alert/dignity-for-the-elderly-join-the-campaign-14893.html">http://www.im4change.org/news-alert/dignity-for-the-elderly-join-the-campaign-14893.html</a>). <br /> </div> <div align="justify"> &nbsp; </div> <div align="justify"> <strong>Old-age pensioners (all ages) as a proportion of the elderly population in various countries, latest available year (percentages)</strong> <br /> </div> <div align="justify"> <img src="tinymce/uploaded/Pension%20coverage%20of%20the%20elderly.bmp" alt="Pension coverage of the elderly" /> <br /> </div> <div align="justify"> &nbsp; </div> <div align="justify"> While the campaign for the dignity of the elderly goes on, the following bullet points, taken from the ILO report, give you an idea of the enormity of the problem as well its benefits for the country&rsquo;s well being. The Table given above also show which countries fall at the top and bottom ends of the pension graph. For more details please go through the links below.&nbsp; The Key findings from this ILO report is available at:<br /> <a href="../law-justice/disaster-relief-30.html?pgno=3">http://www.im4change.org/law-justice/disaster-relief-30.html?pgno=3<br /> </a><br /> <em>Some of the most striking observations by the above-mentioned ILO report are:<br /> </em> <br /> * In India, public social security expenditure excluding health expenditure (as % of GDP) was 3.10 percent in 2005 <em>(see Table 25. Public social security expenditure, Statistical Annex Part B ILO report) </em>as compared to 4.08 percent in China during 2006, 12.30 percent in Japan during 2005, 21.4 percent in France during 2005, 9.6 percent in Brazil during 2001 and 9.7 percent in Canada during 2005.<br /> <br /> * Over 60 per cent of the elderly now live in countries classified by the United Nations as &ldquo;less developed&rdquo;. In 2050 the elderly in &quot;less developed&quot; countries will constitute nearly 80 per cent of the world&rsquo;s elderly population. Sixty per cent of them will be living in Asia, with over half in just two countries: China and India. These developing and ageing societies have to do something urgently to ensure the right to retirement in dignity and social security to their elderly members.<br /> <br /> * India&rsquo;s National Old-Age Pension Scheme, financed by central and state resources, reaches one-fourth of all the elderly: about half of pensioners who live in poverty (see the table).<br /> <br /> * The old age dependency ratio <em>(see Table 1: Demographic trends: Dependency ratios, Statistical Annex Part A ILO report) </em>in India is predicted to rise over the years: 7.0 in 2000, 7.4 in 2005, 7.7 in 2010, 12.2 in 2030 and 20.2 in 2050. However, the youth dependency ratio is expected to decline over the years: 57.7 in 2000, 53.1 in 2005, 47.9 in 2010, 33.1 in 2030 and 26.8 in 2050. Hence, the notion of youngistan is clearly a myth. <br /> <br /> * Population over 60 years as % of total population <em>(see Table 2: Demographic trends: Ageing, Statistical Annex Part A ILO report) </em>is expected to rise in India over the years: 6.7 in 2000, 7.0 in 2005, 7.5 in 2010, 12.4 in 2030 and 19.6 in 2050. &nbsp;<br /> <br /> * Population over 80 years as % of total population <em>(see Table 2: Demographic trends: Ageing, Statistical Annex Part A ILO report) </em>is expected to rise in India over the years: 0.5 in 2000, 0.6 in 2005, 0.7 in 2010, 1.2 in 2030 and 2.6 in 2050. &nbsp;<br /> </div> <div align="justify"> &nbsp; </div> <div align="justify"> <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:TrackMoves/> <w:TrackFormatting/> <w:PunctuationKerning/> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> 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mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;} </style> <![endif]--> <p style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormalCxSpFirst"> <strong><em><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Notes:<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span><br /> </span></em></strong><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black"><br /> <span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Youth dependency ratio (%): a measure showing the number of youth dependants (aged 0&ndash;14) to the total population (aged 15&ndash;64).</span></span> </p> <p style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black"><br /> <span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Old-age dependency ratio (%): population aged 65 years or over to the population aged 15&ndash;64.</span><br /> <br /> <strong><em><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">More links on Universal Old Age Pension:</span></em></strong></span> </p> <p style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black"><br /> <span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">DIGNITY FOR THE ELDERLY: JOIN THE CAMPAIGN,</span><br /> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><a href="../news-alert/dignity-for-the-elderly-join-the-campaign-14893.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">http://www.im4change.org/news-alert/dignity-for-the-elderly-join-the-campaign-14893.html</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: black; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">&nbsp;</span></span><span style="color: black"><br /> <br /> </span><a href="http://pensionparishad.org/pension/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">http://pensionparishad.org/pension/</span></a><span style="color: black"><br /> <br /> <span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Notes from the Pension Parishad held at TISS,</span></span></span> </p> <p style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><a href="http://pensionparishad.org/pension/resources/Notes-%20Pension%20Parishad%20-%20TISS-%20April%20,2012.pdf" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">http://pensionparishad.org/pension/resources/Notes-%20Pension%20Parishad%20-%20TISS-%20April%20,2012.pdf</span></a><span style="color: black"><br /> <br /> </span><a href="http://pensionparishad.org/pension/resources/Consensus%20during%20the%20Pension%20Parishad%20at%20TISS,%202-3%20April,%202012.pdf" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">http://pensionparishad.org/pension/resources/Consensus%20during%20the%20Pension%20Parishad%20at%20TISS,%202-3%20April,%202012.pdf</span></a><span style="color: black"><br /> <br /> <span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Old age blues-Sreelatha Menon, The Business Standard, 6 May, 2012,<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></span></span></span> </p> <p style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><a href="http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/sreelatha-menon-old-age-blues/473503/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/sreelatha-menon-old-age-blues/473503/</span></a><span style="color: black"><br /> <br /> <span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Elderly people to stage dharna-K Balchand, The Hindu, 4 May, 2012, </span></span><a href="http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article3384811.ece" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article3384811.ece</span></a><span style="color: black"><br /> <br /> <span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Universal old age pension sought for elderly citizens, The Asian Age, 4 May, 2012,</span></span></span> </p> <p style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><a href="http://www.asianage.com/india/universal-old-age-pension-sought-elderly-citizens-963" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">http://www.asianage.com/india/universal-old-age-pension-sought-elderly-citizens-963</span></a><span style="color: black"><br /> <br /> <span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Universal Pension Demanded for Elderly, 4 May, 2012,<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></span></span></span> </p> <p style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><a href="http://beyondheadlines.in/2012/05/universal-pension-demanded-for-elderly/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">http://beyondheadlines.in/2012/05/universal-pension-demanded-for-elderly/</span></a><span style="color: black"><br /> <br /> <span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Aruna Roy seeks universal pension rights for elderly-Puja Bhattacharjee, Governance Now, 4 May, 2012,<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></span></span><a href="http://www.governancenow.com/news/regular-story/aruna-roy-seeks-universal-pension-rights-elderly" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">http://www.governancenow.com/news/regular-story/aruna-roy-seeks-universal-pension-rights-elderly</span></a><span style="color: black"><br /> <br /> <span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Unorganized Workers' Social Security Act, 2008,</span></span></span> </p> <p style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><a href="http://labour.nic.in/act/acts/Unorganised-workers-social-security-act-2008.pdf" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">http://labour.nic.in/act/acts/Unorganised-workers-social-security-act-2008.pdf</span></a><span style="color: black"><br /> <br /> <span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Aruna Roy, RTI activist from MKSS interviewed by Danish Raza,<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></span></span><a href="../interviews/aruna-roy-rti-activist-from-mkss-interviewed-by-danish-raza-15007.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">http://www.im4change.org/interviews/aruna-roy-rti-activist-from-mkss-interviewed-by-danish-raza-15007.html</span></a><span style="color: black"><br /> <br /> <span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">For a universal old-age pension plan-Prabhat Patnaik,<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></span></span><a href="../rural-news-update/for-a-universal-old-age-pension-plan-prabhat-patnaik-15064.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">http://www.im4change.org/rural-news-update/for-a-universal-old-age-pension-plan-prabhat-patnaik-15064.html</span></a><span style="color: black"><br /> <br /> <span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Pratibha backs demand for expanding old age pension scheme,<span 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The ILO report &ldquo;World Social Security Report 2010/11: Providing coverage in...' $disp = '<br /><div align="justify">Just in case our friends in the media were looking for more evidence, a new ILO report clinches the connection between old age pension and a country&rsquo;s well being. The ILO report &ldquo;World Social Security Report 2010/11: Providing coverage in times of crisis and beyond&rdquo; puts India&rsquo;s social security coverage in perspective of its peers. (the report can be accessed at <a href="http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---dgreports/---dcomm/---publ/documents/publication/wcms_146566.pdf" title="http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---dgreports/---dcomm/---publ/documents/publication/wcms_146566.pdf">http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---dgreports/---dc<br />omm/---publ/documents/publication/wcms_146566.pdf</a>.&nbsp; India is not only nearly at the bottom of the chart, all its national and state-level schemes are able to cover only one fourth of its elderly. For more details please refer to im4change news alert (<a href="https://im4change.in/news-alert/dignity-for-the-elderly-join-the-campaign-14893.html" title="https://im4change.in/news-alert/dignity-for-the-elderly-join-the-campaign-14893.html">http://www.im4change.org/news-alert/dignity-for-the-elderl<br />y-join-the-campaign-14893.html</a>). <br /></div><div align="justify">&nbsp;</div><div align="justify"><strong>Old-age pensioners (all ages) as a proportion of the elderly population in various countries, latest available year (percentages)</strong> <br /></div><div align="justify"><img src="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Pension%20coverage%20of%20the%20elderly.bmp" alt="Pension coverage of the elderly" /> <br /></div><div align="justify">&nbsp;</div><div align="justify">While the campaign for the dignity of the elderly goes on, the following bullet points, taken from the ILO report, give you an idea of the enormity of the problem as well its benefits for the country&rsquo;s well being. The Table given above also show which countries fall at the top and bottom ends of the pension graph. For more details please go through the links below.&nbsp; The Key findings from this ILO report is available at:<br /><a href="https://im4change.in/law-justice/disaster-relief-30.html?pgno=3" title="https://im4change.in/law-justice/disaster-relief-30.html?pgno=3">http://www.im4change.org/law-justice/disaster-relief-30.ht<br />ml?pgno=3</a><br /><em>Some of the most striking observations by the above-mentioned ILO report are:<br /></em><br />* In India, public social security expenditure excluding health expenditure (as % of GDP) was 3.10 percent in 2005 <em>(see Table 25. Public social security expenditure, Statistical Annex Part B ILO report) </em>as compared to 4.08 percent in China during 2006, 12.30 percent in Japan during 2005, 21.4 percent in France during 2005, 9.6 percent in Brazil during 2001 and 9.7 percent in Canada during 2005.<br /><br />* Over 60 per cent of the elderly now live in countries classified by the United Nations as &ldquo;less developed&rdquo;. In 2050 the elderly in &quot;less developed&quot; countries will constitute nearly 80 per cent of the world&rsquo;s elderly population. Sixty per cent of them will be living in Asia, with over half in just two countries: China and India. These developing and ageing societies have to do something urgently to ensure the right to retirement in dignity and social security to their elderly members.<br /><br />* India&rsquo;s National Old-Age Pension Scheme, financed by central and state resources, reaches one-fourth of all the elderly: about half of pensioners who live in poverty (see the table).<br /><br />* The old age dependency ratio <em>(see Table 1: Demographic trends: Dependency ratios, Statistical Annex Part A ILO report) </em>in India is predicted to rise over the years: 7.0 in 2000, 7.4 in 2005, 7.7 in 2010, 12.2 in 2030 and 20.2 in 2050. However, the youth dependency ratio is expected to decline over the years: 57.7 in 2000, 53.1 in 2005, 47.9 in 2010, 33.1 in 2030 and 26.8 in 2050. Hence, the notion of youngistan is clearly a myth. <br /><br />* Population over 60 years as % of total population <em>(see Table 2: Demographic trends: Ageing, Statistical Annex Part A ILO report) </em>is expected to rise in India over the years: 6.7 in 2000, 7.0 in 2005, 7.5 in 2010, 12.4 in 2030 and 19.6 in 2050. &nbsp;<br /><br />* Population over 80 years as % of total population <em>(see Table 2: Demographic trends: Ageing, Statistical Annex Part A ILO report) </em>is expected to rise in India over the years: 0.5 in 2000, 0.6 in 2005, 0.7 in 2010, 1.2 in 2030 and 2.6 in 2050. &nbsp;<br /></div><div align="justify">&nbsp;</div><div align="justify"><!--[if gte mso 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style="color: black"><br /><br /><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Elderly people to stage dharna-K Balchand, TheHindu, 4 May, 2012, </span></span><a href="http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article3384811.ece" target="_blank" title="http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article3384811.ece" target="_blank">http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article3384811.ece</a><span style="color: black"><br /><br /><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Universal old age pension sought for elderlycitizens, The Asian Age, 4 May, 2012,</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><a href="http://www.asianage.com/india/universal-old-age-pension-sought-elderly-citizens-963" target="_blank" title="http://www.asianage.com/india/universal-old-age-pension-sought-elderly-citizens-963" target="_blank">http://www.asianage.com/india/universal-old-age-pension-so<br />ught-elderly-citizens-963</a><span style="color: black"><br /><br /><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Universal Pension Demanded for Elderly, 4 May,2012,<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><a href="http://beyondheadlines.in/2012/05/universal-pension-demanded-for-elderly/" target="_blank" title="http://beyondheadlines.in/2012/05/universal-pension-demanded-for-elderly/" target="_blank">http://beyondheadlines.in/2012/05/universal-pension-demand<br />ed-for-elderly/</a><span style="color: black"><br /><br /><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Aruna Roy seeks universal pension rights forelderly-Puja Bhattacharjee, Governance Now, 4 May, 2012,<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></span></span><a href="http://www.governancenow.com/news/regular-story/aruna-roy-seeks-universal-pension-rights-elderly" target="_blank" title="http://www.governancenow.com/news/regular-story/aruna-roy-seeks-universal-pension-rights-elderly" target="_blank">http://www.governancenow.com/news/regular-story/aruna-roy-<br />seeks-universal-pension-rights-elderly</a><span style="color: black"><br /><br /><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Unorganized Workers' Social Security Act, 2008,</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><a href="http://labour.nic.in/act/acts/Unorganised-workers-social-security-act-2008.pdf" target="_blank" title="http://labour.nic.in/act/acts/Unorganised-workers-social-security-act-2008.pdf" target="_blank">http://labour.nic.in/act/acts/Unorganised-workers-social-s<br />ecurity-act-2008.pdf</a><span style="color: black"><br /><br /><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Aruna Roy, RTI activist from MKSS interviewed byDanish Raza,<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></span></span><a href="https://im4change.in/interviews/aruna-roy-rti-activist-from-mkss-interviewed-by-danish-raza-15007.html" target="_blank" title="https://im4change.in/interviews/aruna-roy-rti-activist-from-mkss-interviewed-by-danish-raza-15007.html" target="_blank">http://www.im4change.org/interviews/aruna-roy-rti-activist<br />-from-mkss-interviewed-by-danish-raza-15007.html</a><span style="color: black"><br /><br /><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">For a universal old-age pension plan-PrabhatPatnaik,<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></span></span><a href="https://im4change.in/rural-news-update/for-a-universal-old-age-pension-plan-prabhat-patnaik-15064.html" target="_blank" title="https://im4change.in/rural-news-update/for-a-universal-old-age-pension-plan-prabhat-patnaik-15064.html" target="_blank">http://www.im4change.org/rural-news-update/for-a-universal<br />-old-age-pension-plan-prabhat-patnaik-15064.html</a><span style="color: black"><br /><br /><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Pratibha backs demand for expanding old agepension scheme,<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></span></span><a href="https://im4change.in/rural-news-update/pratibha-backs-demand-for-expanding-old-age-pension-scheme-15067.html" target="_blank" title="https://im4change.in/rural-news-update/pratibha-backs-demand-for-expanding-old-age-pension-scheme-15067.html" target="_blank">http://www.im4change.org/rural-news-update/pratibha-backs-<br />demand-for-expanding-old-age-pension-scheme-15067.html</a><span style="color: black; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">&nbsp;</span></span></p>&nbsp;<br /></div>' $lang = 'English' $SITE_URL = 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The ILO report “World Social Security Report 2010/11: Providing coverage in times of crisis and beyond” puts India’s social security coverage in perspective of its peers. (the report can be accessed at <a href="http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---dgreports/---dcomm/---publ/documents/publication/wcms_146566.pdf" title="http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---dgreports/---dcomm/---publ/documents/publication/wcms_146566.pdf">http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---dgreports/---dc<br />omm/---publ/documents/publication/wcms_146566.pdf</a>. India is not only nearly at the bottom of the chart, all its national and state-level schemes are able to cover only one fourth of its elderly. For more details please refer to im4change news alert (<a href="https://im4change.in/news-alert/dignity-for-the-elderly-join-the-campaign-14893.html" title="https://im4change.in/news-alert/dignity-for-the-elderly-join-the-campaign-14893.html">http://www.im4change.org/news-alert/dignity-for-the-elderl<br />y-join-the-campaign-14893.html</a>). <br /></div><div align="justify"> </div><div align="justify"><strong>Old-age pensioners (all ages) as a proportion of the elderly population in various countries, latest available year (percentages)</strong> <br /></div><div align="justify"><img src="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Pension%20coverage%20of%20the%20elderly.bmp" alt="Pension coverage of the elderly" /> <br /></div><div align="justify"> </div><div align="justify">While the campaign for the dignity of the elderly goes on, the following bullet points, taken from the ILO report, give you an idea of the enormity of the problem as well its benefits for the country’s well being. The Table given above also show which countries fall at the top and bottom ends of the pension graph. For more details please go through the links below. The Key findings from this ILO report is available at:<br /><a href="https://im4change.in/law-justice/disaster-relief-30.html?pgno=3" title="https://im4change.in/law-justice/disaster-relief-30.html?pgno=3">http://www.im4change.org/law-justice/disaster-relief-30.ht<br />ml?pgno=3</a><br /><em>Some of the most striking observations by the above-mentioned ILO report are:<br /></em><br />* In India, public social security expenditure excluding health expenditure (as % of GDP) was 3.10 percent in 2005 <em>(see Table 25. Public social security expenditure, Statistical Annex Part B ILO report) </em>as compared to 4.08 percent in China during 2006, 12.30 percent in Japan during 2005, 21.4 percent in France during 2005, 9.6 percent in Brazil during 2001 and 9.7 percent in Canada during 2005.<br /><br />* Over 60 per cent of the elderly now live in countries classified by the United Nations as “less developed”. In 2050 the elderly in "less developed" countries will constitute nearly 80 per cent of the world’s elderly population. Sixty per cent of them will be living in Asia, with over half in just two countries: China and India. These developing and ageing societies have to do something urgently to ensure the right to retirement in dignity and social security to their elderly members.<br /><br />* India’s National Old-Age Pension Scheme, financed by central and state resources, reaches one-fourth of all the elderly: about half of pensioners who live in poverty (see the table).<br /><br />* The old age dependency ratio <em>(see Table 1: Demographic trends: Dependency ratios, Statistical Annex Part A ILO report) </em>in India is predicted to rise over the years: 7.0 in 2000, 7.4 in 2005, 7.7 in 2010, 12.2 in 2030 and 20.2 in 2050. However, the youth dependency ratio is expected to decline over the years: 57.7 in 2000, 53.1 in 2005, 47.9 in 2010, 33.1 in 2030 and 26.8 in 2050. Hence, the notion of youngistan is clearly a myth. <br /><br />* Population over 60 years as % of total population <em>(see Table 2: Demographic trends: Ageing, Statistical Annex Part A ILO report) </em>is expected to rise in India over the years: 6.7 in 2000, 7.0 in 2005, 7.5 in 2010, 12.4 in 2030 and 19.6 in 2050. <br /><br />* Population over 80 years as % of total population <em>(see Table 2: Demographic trends: Ageing, Statistical Annex Part A ILO report) </em>is expected to rise in India over the years: 0.5 in 2000, 0.6 in 2005, 0.7 in 2010, 1.2 in 2030 and 2.6 in 2050. <br /></div><div align="justify"> </div><div align="justify"><!--[if gte mso 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style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormalCxSpFirst"><strong><em><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Notes:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><br /></span></em></strong><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black"><br /><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Youth dependency ratio (%): a measure showingthe number of youth dependants (aged 0–14) to the total population (aged15–64).</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black"><br /><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Old-age dependency ratio (%): population aged 65years or over to the population aged 15–64.</span><br /><br /><strong><em><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">More links on Universal Old Age Pension:</span></em></strong></span></p><p style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black"><br /><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">DIGNITY FOR THE ELDERLY: JOIN THE CAMPAIGN,</span><br /></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><a href="https://im4change.in/news-alert/dignity-for-the-elderly-join-the-campaign-14893.html" target="_blank" title="https://im4change.in/news-alert/dignity-for-the-elderly-join-the-campaign-14893.html" target="_blank">http://www.im4change.org/news-alert/dignity-for-the-elderl<br />y-join-the-campaign-14893.html</a><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: black; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white"> </span></span><span style="color: black"><br /><br /></span><a href="http://pensionparishad.org/pension/" target="_blank" title="http://pensionparishad.org/pension/" target="_blank">http://pensionparishad.org/pension/</a><span style="color: black"><br /><br /><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Notes from the Pension Parishad held at TISS,</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><a href="http://pensionparishad.org/pension/resources/Notes-%20Pension%20Parishad%20-%20TISS-%20April%20,2012.pdf" target="_blank" title="http://pensionparishad.org/pension/resources/Notes-%20Pension%20Parishad%20-%20TISS-%20April%20,2012.pdf" target="_blank">http://pensionparishad.org/pension/resources/Notes-%20Pens<br />ion%20Parishad%20-%20TISS-%20April%20,2012.pdf</a><span style="color: black"><br /><br /></span><a href="http://pensionparishad.org/pension/resources/Consensus%20during%20the%20Pension%20Parishad%20at%20TISS,%202-3%20April,%202012.pdf" target="_blank" title="http://pensionparishad.org/pension/resources/Consensus%20during%20the%20Pension%20Parishad%20at%20TISS,%202-3%20April,%202012.pdf" target="_blank">http://pensionparishad.org/pension/resources/Consensus%20d<br />uring%20the%20Pension%20Parishad%20at%20TISS,%202-3%20Apri<br />l,%202012.pdf</a><span style="color: black"><br /><br /><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Old age blues-Sreelatha Menon, The BusinessStandard, 6 May, 2012,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><a href="http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/sreelatha-menon-old-age-blues/473503/" target="_blank" title="http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/sreelatha-menon-old-age-blues/473503/" target="_blank">http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/sreelatha-meno<br />n-old-age-blues/473503/</a><span style="color: black"><br /><br /><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Elderly people to stage dharna-K Balchand, TheHindu, 4 May, 2012, </span></span><a href="http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article3384811.ece" target="_blank" title="http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article3384811.ece" target="_blank">http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article3384811.ece</a><span style="color: black"><br /><br /><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Universal old age pension sought for elderlycitizens, The Asian Age, 4 May, 2012,</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><a href="http://www.asianage.com/india/universal-old-age-pension-sought-elderly-citizens-963" target="_blank" title="http://www.asianage.com/india/universal-old-age-pension-sought-elderly-citizens-963" target="_blank">http://www.asianage.com/india/universal-old-age-pension-so<br />ught-elderly-citizens-963</a><span style="color: black"><br /><br /><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Universal Pension Demanded for Elderly, 4 May,2012,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><a href="http://beyondheadlines.in/2012/05/universal-pension-demanded-for-elderly/" target="_blank" title="http://beyondheadlines.in/2012/05/universal-pension-demanded-for-elderly/" target="_blank">http://beyondheadlines.in/2012/05/universal-pension-demand<br />ed-for-elderly/</a><span style="color: black"><br /><br /><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Aruna Roy seeks universal pension rights forelderly-Puja Bhattacharjee, Governance Now, 4 May, 2012,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><a href="http://www.governancenow.com/news/regular-story/aruna-roy-seeks-universal-pension-rights-elderly" target="_blank" title="http://www.governancenow.com/news/regular-story/aruna-roy-seeks-universal-pension-rights-elderly" target="_blank">http://www.governancenow.com/news/regular-story/aruna-roy-<br />seeks-universal-pension-rights-elderly</a><span style="color: black"><br /><br /><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Unorganized Workers' Social Security Act, 2008,</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><a href="http://labour.nic.in/act/acts/Unorganised-workers-social-security-act-2008.pdf" target="_blank" title="http://labour.nic.in/act/acts/Unorganised-workers-social-security-act-2008.pdf" target="_blank">http://labour.nic.in/act/acts/Unorganised-workers-social-s<br />ecurity-act-2008.pdf</a><span style="color: black"><br /><br /><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Aruna Roy, RTI activist from MKSS interviewed byDanish Raza,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><a href="https://im4change.in/interviews/aruna-roy-rti-activist-from-mkss-interviewed-by-danish-raza-15007.html" target="_blank" title="https://im4change.in/interviews/aruna-roy-rti-activist-from-mkss-interviewed-by-danish-raza-15007.html" target="_blank">http://www.im4change.org/interviews/aruna-roy-rti-activist<br />-from-mkss-interviewed-by-danish-raza-15007.html</a><span style="color: black"><br /><br /><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">For a universal old-age pension plan-PrabhatPatnaik,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><a href="https://im4change.in/rural-news-update/for-a-universal-old-age-pension-plan-prabhat-patnaik-15064.html" target="_blank" title="https://im4change.in/rural-news-update/for-a-universal-old-age-pension-plan-prabhat-patnaik-15064.html" target="_blank">http://www.im4change.org/rural-news-update/for-a-universal<br />-old-age-pension-plan-prabhat-patnaik-15064.html</a><span style="color: black"><br /><br /><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Pratibha backs demand for expanding old agepension scheme,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><a href="https://im4change.in/rural-news-update/pratibha-backs-demand-for-expanding-old-age-pension-scheme-15067.html" target="_blank" title="https://im4change.in/rural-news-update/pratibha-backs-demand-for-expanding-old-age-pension-scheme-15067.html" target="_blank">http://www.im4change.org/rural-news-update/pratibha-backs-<br />demand-for-expanding-old-age-pension-scheme-15067.html</a><span style="color: black; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white"> </span></span></p> <br /></div> </font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td 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India is not only nearly at the bottom of the chart, all its national and state-level schemes are able to cover only one fourth of its elderly. For more details please refer to im4change news alert (<a href="../news-alert/dignity-for-the-elderly-join-the-campaign-14893.html">http://www.im4change.org/news-alert/dignity-for-the-elderly-join-the-campaign-14893.html</a>). <br /> </div> <div align="justify"> </div> <div align="justify"> <strong>Old-age pensioners (all ages) as a proportion of the elderly population in various countries, latest available year (percentages)</strong> <br /> </div> <div align="justify"> <img src="tinymce/uploaded/Pension%20coverage%20of%20the%20elderly.bmp" alt="Pension coverage of the elderly" /> <br /> </div> <div align="justify"> </div> <div align="justify"> While the campaign for the dignity of the elderly goes on, the following bullet points, taken from the ILO report, give you an idea of the enormity of the problem as well its benefits for the country’s well being. The Table given above also show which countries fall at the top and bottom ends of the pension graph. For more details please go through the links below. The Key findings from this ILO report is available at:<br /> <a href="../law-justice/disaster-relief-30.html?pgno=3">http://www.im4change.org/law-justice/disaster-relief-30.html?pgno=3<br /> </a><br /> <em>Some of the most striking observations by the above-mentioned ILO report are:<br /> </em> <br /> * In India, public social security expenditure excluding health expenditure (as % of GDP) was 3.10 percent in 2005 <em>(see Table 25. Public social security expenditure, Statistical Annex Part B ILO report) </em>as compared to 4.08 percent in China during 2006, 12.30 percent in Japan during 2005, 21.4 percent in France during 2005, 9.6 percent in Brazil during 2001 and 9.7 percent in Canada during 2005.<br /> <br /> * Over 60 per cent of the elderly now live in countries classified by the United Nations as “less developed”. In 2050 the elderly in "less developed" countries will constitute nearly 80 per cent of the world’s elderly population. Sixty per cent of them will be living in Asia, with over half in just two countries: China and India. These developing and ageing societies have to do something urgently to ensure the right to retirement in dignity and social security to their elderly members.<br /> <br /> * India’s National Old-Age Pension Scheme, financed by central and state resources, reaches one-fourth of all the elderly: about half of pensioners who live in poverty (see the table).<br /> <br /> * The old age dependency ratio <em>(see Table 1: Demographic trends: Dependency ratios, Statistical Annex Part A ILO report) </em>in India is predicted to rise over the years: 7.0 in 2000, 7.4 in 2005, 7.7 in 2010, 12.2 in 2030 and 20.2 in 2050. However, the youth dependency ratio is expected to decline over the years: 57.7 in 2000, 53.1 in 2005, 47.9 in 2010, 33.1 in 2030 and 26.8 in 2050. Hence, the notion of youngistan is clearly a myth. <br /> <br /> * Population over 60 years as % of total population <em>(see Table 2: Demographic trends: Ageing, Statistical Annex Part A ILO report) </em>is expected to rise in India over the years: 6.7 in 2000, 7.0 in 2005, 7.5 in 2010, 12.4 in 2030 and 19.6 in 2050. <br /> <br /> * Population over 80 years as % of total population <em>(see Table 2: Demographic trends: Ageing, Statistical Annex Part A ILO report) </em>is expected to rise in India over the years: 0.5 in 2000, 0.6 in 2005, 0.7 in 2010, 1.2 in 2030 and 2.6 in 2050. <br /> </div> <div align="justify"> </div> <div align="justify"> <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:TrackMoves/> <w:TrackFormatting/> <w:PunctuationKerning/> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> 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<strong><em><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Notes:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><br /> </span></em></strong><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black"><br /> <span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Youth dependency ratio (%): a measure showing the number of youth dependants (aged 0–14) to the total population (aged 15–64).</span></span> </p> <p style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black"><br /> <span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Old-age dependency ratio (%): population aged 65 years or over to the population aged 15–64.</span><br /> <br /> <strong><em><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">More links on Universal Old Age Pension:</span></em></strong></span> </p> <p style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black"><br /> <span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">DIGNITY FOR THE ELDERLY: JOIN THE CAMPAIGN,</span><br /> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><a href="../news-alert/dignity-for-the-elderly-join-the-campaign-14893.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">http://www.im4change.org/news-alert/dignity-for-the-elderly-join-the-campaign-14893.html</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: black; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white"> </span></span><span style="color: black"><br /> <br /> </span><a href="http://pensionparishad.org/pension/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">http://pensionparishad.org/pension/</span></a><span style="color: black"><br /> <br /> <span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Notes from the Pension Parishad held at TISS,</span></span></span> </p> <p style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><a href="http://pensionparishad.org/pension/resources/Notes-%20Pension%20Parishad%20-%20TISS-%20April%20,2012.pdf" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">http://pensionparishad.org/pension/resources/Notes-%20Pension%20Parishad%20-%20TISS-%20April%20,2012.pdf</span></a><span style="color: black"><br /> <br /> </span><a href="http://pensionparishad.org/pension/resources/Consensus%20during%20the%20Pension%20Parishad%20at%20TISS,%202-3%20April,%202012.pdf" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">http://pensionparishad.org/pension/resources/Consensus%20during%20the%20Pension%20Parishad%20at%20TISS,%202-3%20April,%202012.pdf</span></a><span style="color: black"><br /> <br /> <span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Old age blues-Sreelatha Menon, The Business Standard, 6 May, 2012,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span> </p> <p style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><a href="http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/sreelatha-menon-old-age-blues/473503/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/sreelatha-menon-old-age-blues/473503/</span></a><span style="color: black"><br /> <br /> <span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Elderly people to stage dharna-K Balchand, The Hindu, 4 May, 2012, </span></span><a href="http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article3384811.ece" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article3384811.ece</span></a><span style="color: black"><br /> <br /> <span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Universal old age pension sought for elderly citizens, The Asian Age, 4 May, 2012,</span></span></span> </p> <p style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><a href="http://www.asianage.com/india/universal-old-age-pension-sought-elderly-citizens-963" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">http://www.asianage.com/india/universal-old-age-pension-sought-elderly-citizens-963</span></a><span style="color: black"><br /> <br /> <span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Universal Pension Demanded for Elderly, 4 May, 2012,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span> </p> <p style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><a href="http://beyondheadlines.in/2012/05/universal-pension-demanded-for-elderly/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">http://beyondheadlines.in/2012/05/universal-pension-demanded-for-elderly/</span></a><span style="color: black"><br /> <br /> <span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Aruna Roy seeks universal pension rights for elderly-Puja Bhattacharjee, Governance Now, 4 May, 2012,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><a href="http://www.governancenow.com/news/regular-story/aruna-roy-seeks-universal-pension-rights-elderly" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">http://www.governancenow.com/news/regular-story/aruna-roy-seeks-universal-pension-rights-elderly</span></a><span style="color: black"><br /> <br /> <span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Unorganized Workers' Social Security Act, 2008,</span></span></span> </p> <p style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><a href="http://labour.nic.in/act/acts/Unorganised-workers-social-security-act-2008.pdf" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">http://labour.nic.in/act/acts/Unorganised-workers-social-security-act-2008.pdf</span></a><span style="color: black"><br /> <br /> <span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Aruna Roy, RTI activist from MKSS interviewed by Danish Raza,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><a 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The ILO report “World Social Security Report 2010/11: Providing coverage in...', 'disp' => '<br /><div align="justify">Just in case our friends in the media were looking for more evidence, a new ILO report clinches the connection between old age pension and a country’s well being. The ILO report “World Social Security Report 2010/11: Providing coverage in times of crisis and beyond” puts India’s social security coverage in perspective of its peers. (the report can be accessed at <a href="http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---dgreports/---dcomm/---publ/documents/publication/wcms_146566.pdf" title="http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---dgreports/---dcomm/---publ/documents/publication/wcms_146566.pdf">http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---dgreports/---dc<br />omm/---publ/documents/publication/wcms_146566.pdf</a>. India is not only nearly at the bottom of the chart, all its national and state-level schemes are able to cover only one fourth of its elderly. For more details please refer to im4change news alert (<a href="https://im4change.in/news-alert/dignity-for-the-elderly-join-the-campaign-14893.html" title="https://im4change.in/news-alert/dignity-for-the-elderly-join-the-campaign-14893.html">http://www.im4change.org/news-alert/dignity-for-the-elderl<br />y-join-the-campaign-14893.html</a>). <br /></div><div align="justify"> </div><div align="justify"><strong>Old-age pensioners (all ages) as a proportion of the elderly population in various countries, latest available year (percentages)</strong> <br /></div><div align="justify"><img src="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Pension%20coverage%20of%20the%20elderly.bmp" alt="Pension coverage of the elderly" /> <br /></div><div align="justify"> </div><div align="justify">While the campaign for the dignity of the elderly goes on, the following bullet points, taken from the ILO report, give you an idea of the enormity of the problem as well its benefits for the country’s well being. The Table given above also show which countries fall at the top and bottom ends of the pension graph. For more details please go through the links below. The Key findings from this ILO report is available at:<br /><a href="https://im4change.in/law-justice/disaster-relief-30.html?pgno=3" title="https://im4change.in/law-justice/disaster-relief-30.html?pgno=3">http://www.im4change.org/law-justice/disaster-relief-30.ht<br />ml?pgno=3</a><br /><em>Some of the most striking observations by the above-mentioned ILO report are:<br /></em><br />* In India, public social security expenditure excluding health expenditure (as % of GDP) was 3.10 percent in 2005 <em>(see Table 25. Public social security expenditure, Statistical Annex Part B ILO report) </em>as compared to 4.08 percent in China during 2006, 12.30 percent in Japan during 2005, 21.4 percent in France during 2005, 9.6 percent in Brazil during 2001 and 9.7 percent in Canada during 2005.<br /><br />* Over 60 per cent of the elderly now live in countries classified by the United Nations as “less developed”. In 2050 the elderly in "less developed" countries will constitute nearly 80 per cent of the world’s elderly population. Sixty per cent of them will be living in Asia, with over half in just two countries: China and India. These developing and ageing societies have to do something urgently to ensure the right to retirement in dignity and social security to their elderly members.<br /><br />* India’s National Old-Age Pension Scheme, financed by central and state resources, reaches one-fourth of all the elderly: about half of pensioners who live in poverty (see the table).<br /><br />* The old age dependency ratio <em>(see Table 1: Demographic trends: Dependency ratios, Statistical Annex Part A ILO report) </em>in India is predicted to rise over the years: 7.0 in 2000, 7.4 in 2005, 7.7 in 2010, 12.2 in 2030 and 20.2 in 2050. However, the youth dependency ratio is expected to decline over the years: 57.7 in 2000, 53.1 in 2005, 47.9 in 2010, 33.1 in 2030 and 26.8 in 2050. Hence, the notion of youngistan is clearly a myth. <br /><br />* Population over 60 years as % of total population <em>(see Table 2: Demographic trends: Ageing, Statistical Annex Part A ILO report) </em>is expected to rise in India over the years: 6.7 in 2000, 7.0 in 2005, 7.5 in 2010, 12.4 in 2030 and 19.6 in 2050. <br /><br />* Population over 80 years as % of total population <em>(see Table 2: Demographic trends: Ageing, Statistical Annex Part A ILO report) </em>is expected to rise in India over the years: 0.5 in 2000, 0.6 in 2005, 0.7 in 2010, 1.2 in 2030 and 2.6 in 2050. <br /></div><div align="justify"> </div><div align="justify"><!--[if gte mso 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style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormalCxSpFirst"><strong><em><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Notes:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><br /></span></em></strong><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black"><br /><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Youth dependency ratio (%): a measure showingthe number of youth dependants (aged 0–14) to the total population (aged15–64).</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black"><br /><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Old-age dependency ratio (%): population aged 65years or over to the population aged 15–64.</span><br /><br /><strong><em><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">More links on Universal Old Age Pension:</span></em></strong></span></p><p style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black"><br /><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">DIGNITY FOR THE ELDERLY: JOIN THE CAMPAIGN,</span><br /></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><a href="https://im4change.in/news-alert/dignity-for-the-elderly-join-the-campaign-14893.html" target="_blank" title="https://im4change.in/news-alert/dignity-for-the-elderly-join-the-campaign-14893.html" target="_blank">http://www.im4change.org/news-alert/dignity-for-the-elderl<br />y-join-the-campaign-14893.html</a><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: black; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white"> </span></span><span style="color: black"><br /><br /></span><a href="http://pensionparishad.org/pension/" target="_blank" title="http://pensionparishad.org/pension/" target="_blank">http://pensionparishad.org/pension/</a><span style="color: black"><br /><br /><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Notes from the Pension Parishad held at TISS,</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><a href="http://pensionparishad.org/pension/resources/Notes-%20Pension%20Parishad%20-%20TISS-%20April%20,2012.pdf" target="_blank" title="http://pensionparishad.org/pension/resources/Notes-%20Pension%20Parishad%20-%20TISS-%20April%20,2012.pdf" target="_blank">http://pensionparishad.org/pension/resources/Notes-%20Pens<br />ion%20Parishad%20-%20TISS-%20April%20,2012.pdf</a><span style="color: black"><br /><br /></span><a href="http://pensionparishad.org/pension/resources/Consensus%20during%20the%20Pension%20Parishad%20at%20TISS,%202-3%20April,%202012.pdf" target="_blank" title="http://pensionparishad.org/pension/resources/Consensus%20during%20the%20Pension%20Parishad%20at%20TISS,%202-3%20April,%202012.pdf" target="_blank">http://pensionparishad.org/pension/resources/Consensus%20d<br />uring%20the%20Pension%20Parishad%20at%20TISS,%202-3%20Apri<br />l,%202012.pdf</a><span style="color: black"><br /><br /><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Old age blues-Sreelatha Menon, The BusinessStandard, 6 May, 2012,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><a href="http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/sreelatha-menon-old-age-blues/473503/" target="_blank" title="http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/sreelatha-menon-old-age-blues/473503/" target="_blank">http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/sreelatha-meno<br />n-old-age-blues/473503/</a><span style="color: black"><br /><br /><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Elderly people to stage dharna-K Balchand, TheHindu, 4 May, 2012, </span></span><a href="http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article3384811.ece" target="_blank" title="http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article3384811.ece" target="_blank">http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article3384811.ece</a><span style="color: black"><br /><br /><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Universal old age pension sought for elderlycitizens, The Asian Age, 4 May, 2012,</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><a href="http://www.asianage.com/india/universal-old-age-pension-sought-elderly-citizens-963" target="_blank" title="http://www.asianage.com/india/universal-old-age-pension-sought-elderly-citizens-963" target="_blank">http://www.asianage.com/india/universal-old-age-pension-so<br />ught-elderly-citizens-963</a><span style="color: black"><br /><br /><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Universal Pension Demanded for Elderly, 4 May,2012,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><a href="http://beyondheadlines.in/2012/05/universal-pension-demanded-for-elderly/" target="_blank" title="http://beyondheadlines.in/2012/05/universal-pension-demanded-for-elderly/" target="_blank">http://beyondheadlines.in/2012/05/universal-pension-demand<br />ed-for-elderly/</a><span style="color: black"><br /><br /><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Aruna Roy seeks universal pension rights forelderly-Puja Bhattacharjee, Governance Now, 4 May, 2012,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><a href="http://www.governancenow.com/news/regular-story/aruna-roy-seeks-universal-pension-rights-elderly" target="_blank" title="http://www.governancenow.com/news/regular-story/aruna-roy-seeks-universal-pension-rights-elderly" target="_blank">http://www.governancenow.com/news/regular-story/aruna-roy-<br />seeks-universal-pension-rights-elderly</a><span style="color: black"><br /><br /><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Unorganized Workers' Social Security Act, 2008,</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><a href="http://labour.nic.in/act/acts/Unorganised-workers-social-security-act-2008.pdf" target="_blank" title="http://labour.nic.in/act/acts/Unorganised-workers-social-security-act-2008.pdf" target="_blank">http://labour.nic.in/act/acts/Unorganised-workers-social-s<br />ecurity-act-2008.pdf</a><span style="color: black"><br /><br /><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Aruna Roy, RTI activist from MKSS interviewed byDanish Raza,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><a href="https://im4change.in/interviews/aruna-roy-rti-activist-from-mkss-interviewed-by-danish-raza-15007.html" target="_blank" title="https://im4change.in/interviews/aruna-roy-rti-activist-from-mkss-interviewed-by-danish-raza-15007.html" target="_blank">http://www.im4change.org/interviews/aruna-roy-rti-activist<br />-from-mkss-interviewed-by-danish-raza-15007.html</a><span style="color: black"><br /><br /><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">For a universal old-age pension plan-PrabhatPatnaik,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><a href="https://im4change.in/rural-news-update/for-a-universal-old-age-pension-plan-prabhat-patnaik-15064.html" target="_blank" title="https://im4change.in/rural-news-update/for-a-universal-old-age-pension-plan-prabhat-patnaik-15064.html" target="_blank">http://www.im4change.org/rural-news-update/for-a-universal<br />-old-age-pension-plan-prabhat-patnaik-15064.html</a><span style="color: black"><br /><br /><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Pratibha backs demand for expanding old agepension scheme,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><a href="https://im4change.in/rural-news-update/pratibha-backs-demand-for-expanding-old-age-pension-scheme-15067.html" target="_blank" title="https://im4change.in/rural-news-update/pratibha-backs-demand-for-expanding-old-age-pension-scheme-15067.html" target="_blank">http://www.im4change.org/rural-news-update/pratibha-backs-<br />demand-for-expanding-old-age-pension-scheme-15067.html</a><span style="color: black; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white"> </span></span></p> <br /></div>', 'lang' => 'English', 'SITE_URL' => 'https://im4change.in/', 'site_title' => 'im4change', 'adminprix' => 'admin' ] $article_current = object(App\Model\Entity\Article) { 'id' => (int) 14959, 'title' => 'MORE EVIDENCE ON THE NEED FOR OLD-AGE PENSION', 'subheading' => '', 'description' => '<br /> <div align="justify"> Just in case our friends in the media were looking for more evidence, a new ILO report clinches the connection between old age pension and a country’s well being. The ILO report “World Social Security Report 2010/11: Providing coverage in times of crisis and beyond” puts India’s social security coverage in perspective of its peers. (the report can be accessed at <a href="http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---dgreports/---dcomm/---publ/documents/publication/wcms_146566.pdf">http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---dgreports/---dcomm/---publ/documents/publication/wcms_146566.pdf</a>. India is not only nearly at the bottom of the chart, all its national and state-level schemes are able to cover only one fourth of its elderly. For more details please refer to im4change news alert (<a href="../news-alert/dignity-for-the-elderly-join-the-campaign-14893.html">http://www.im4change.org/news-alert/dignity-for-the-elderly-join-the-campaign-14893.html</a>). <br /> </div> <div align="justify"> </div> <div align="justify"> <strong>Old-age pensioners (all ages) as a proportion of the elderly population in various countries, latest available year (percentages)</strong> <br /> </div> <div align="justify"> <img src="tinymce/uploaded/Pension%20coverage%20of%20the%20elderly.bmp" alt="Pension coverage of the elderly" /> <br /> </div> <div align="justify"> </div> <div align="justify"> While the campaign for the dignity of the elderly goes on, the following bullet points, taken from the ILO report, give you an idea of the enormity of the problem as well its benefits for the country’s well being. The Table given above also show which countries fall at the top and bottom ends of the pension graph. For more details please go through the links below. The Key findings from this ILO report is available at:<br /> <a href="../law-justice/disaster-relief-30.html?pgno=3">http://www.im4change.org/law-justice/disaster-relief-30.html?pgno=3<br /> </a><br /> <em>Some of the most striking observations by the above-mentioned ILO report are:<br /> </em> <br /> * In India, public social security expenditure excluding health expenditure (as % of GDP) was 3.10 percent in 2005 <em>(see Table 25. Public social security expenditure, Statistical Annex Part B ILO report) </em>as compared to 4.08 percent in China during 2006, 12.30 percent in Japan during 2005, 21.4 percent in France during 2005, 9.6 percent in Brazil during 2001 and 9.7 percent in Canada during 2005.<br /> <br /> * Over 60 per cent of the elderly now live in countries classified by the United Nations as “less developed”. In 2050 the elderly in "less developed" countries will constitute nearly 80 per cent of the world’s elderly population. Sixty per cent of them will be living in Asia, with over half in just two countries: China and India. These developing and ageing societies have to do something urgently to ensure the right to retirement in dignity and social security to their elderly members.<br /> <br /> * India’s National Old-Age Pension Scheme, financed by central and state resources, reaches one-fourth of all the elderly: about half of pensioners who live in poverty (see the table).<br /> <br /> * The old age dependency ratio <em>(see Table 1: Demographic trends: Dependency ratios, Statistical Annex Part A ILO report) </em>in India is predicted to rise over the years: 7.0 in 2000, 7.4 in 2005, 7.7 in 2010, 12.2 in 2030 and 20.2 in 2050. However, the youth dependency ratio is expected to decline over the years: 57.7 in 2000, 53.1 in 2005, 47.9 in 2010, 33.1 in 2030 and 26.8 in 2050. Hence, the notion of youngistan is clearly a myth. <br /> <br /> * Population over 60 years as % of total population <em>(see Table 2: Demographic trends: Ageing, Statistical Annex Part A ILO report) </em>is expected to rise in India over the years: 6.7 in 2000, 7.0 in 2005, 7.5 in 2010, 12.4 in 2030 and 19.6 in 2050. <br /> <br /> * Population over 80 years as % of total population <em>(see Table 2: Demographic trends: Ageing, Statistical Annex Part A ILO report) </em>is expected to rise in India over the years: 0.5 in 2000, 0.6 in 2005, 0.7 in 2010, 1.2 in 2030 and 2.6 in 2050. <br /> </div> <div align="justify"> </div> <div align="justify"> <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:TrackMoves/> <w:TrackFormatting/> <w:PunctuationKerning/> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> 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<strong><em><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Notes:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><br /> </span></em></strong><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black"><br /> <span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Youth dependency ratio (%): a measure showing the number of youth dependants (aged 0–14) to the total population (aged 15–64).</span></span> </p> <p style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black"><br /> <span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Old-age dependency ratio (%): population aged 65 years or over to the population aged 15–64.</span><br /> <br /> <strong><em><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">More links on Universal Old Age Pension:</span></em></strong></span> </p> <p style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black"><br /> <span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">DIGNITY FOR THE ELDERLY: JOIN THE CAMPAIGN,</span><br /> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><a href="../news-alert/dignity-for-the-elderly-join-the-campaign-14893.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">http://www.im4change.org/news-alert/dignity-for-the-elderly-join-the-campaign-14893.html</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: black; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white"> </span></span><span style="color: black"><br /> <br /> </span><a href="http://pensionparishad.org/pension/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">http://pensionparishad.org/pension/</span></a><span style="color: black"><br /> <br /> <span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Notes from the Pension Parishad held at TISS,</span></span></span> </p> <p style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><a href="http://pensionparishad.org/pension/resources/Notes-%20Pension%20Parishad%20-%20TISS-%20April%20,2012.pdf" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">http://pensionparishad.org/pension/resources/Notes-%20Pension%20Parishad%20-%20TISS-%20April%20,2012.pdf</span></a><span style="color: black"><br /> <br /> </span><a href="http://pensionparishad.org/pension/resources/Consensus%20during%20the%20Pension%20Parishad%20at%20TISS,%202-3%20April,%202012.pdf" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">http://pensionparishad.org/pension/resources/Consensus%20during%20the%20Pension%20Parishad%20at%20TISS,%202-3%20April,%202012.pdf</span></a><span style="color: black"><br /> <br /> <span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Old age blues-Sreelatha Menon, The Business Standard, 6 May, 2012,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span> </p> <p style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><a href="http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/sreelatha-menon-old-age-blues/473503/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/sreelatha-menon-old-age-blues/473503/</span></a><span style="color: black"><br /> <br /> <span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Elderly people to stage dharna-K Balchand, The Hindu, 4 May, 2012, </span></span><a href="http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article3384811.ece" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article3384811.ece</span></a><span style="color: black"><br /> <br /> <span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Universal old age pension sought for elderly citizens, The Asian Age, 4 May, 2012,</span></span></span> </p> <p style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><a href="http://www.asianage.com/india/universal-old-age-pension-sought-elderly-citizens-963" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">http://www.asianage.com/india/universal-old-age-pension-sought-elderly-citizens-963</span></a><span style="color: black"><br /> <br /> <span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Universal Pension Demanded for Elderly, 4 May, 2012,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span> </p> <p style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><a href="http://beyondheadlines.in/2012/05/universal-pension-demanded-for-elderly/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">http://beyondheadlines.in/2012/05/universal-pension-demanded-for-elderly/</span></a><span style="color: black"><br /> <br /> <span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Aruna Roy seeks universal pension rights for elderly-Puja Bhattacharjee, Governance Now, 4 May, 2012,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><a href="http://www.governancenow.com/news/regular-story/aruna-roy-seeks-universal-pension-rights-elderly" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">http://www.governancenow.com/news/regular-story/aruna-roy-seeks-universal-pension-rights-elderly</span></a><span style="color: black"><br /> <br /> <span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Unorganized Workers' Social Security Act, 2008,</span></span></span> </p> <p style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><a href="http://labour.nic.in/act/acts/Unorganised-workers-social-security-act-2008.pdf" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">http://labour.nic.in/act/acts/Unorganised-workers-social-security-act-2008.pdf</span></a><span style="color: black"><br /> <br /> <span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Aruna Roy, RTI activist from MKSS interviewed by Danish Raza,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><a href="../interviews/aruna-roy-rti-activist-from-mkss-interviewed-by-danish-raza-15007.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">http://www.im4change.org/interviews/aruna-roy-rti-activist-from-mkss-interviewed-by-danish-raza-15007.html</span></a><span style="color: black"><br /> <br /> <span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">For a universal old-age pension plan-Prabhat Patnaik,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><a href="../rural-news-update/for-a-universal-old-age-pension-plan-prabhat-patnaik-15064.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">http://www.im4change.org/rural-news-update/for-a-universal-old-age-pension-plan-prabhat-patnaik-15064.html</span></a><span style="color: black"><br /> <br /> <span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Pratibha backs demand for expanding old age pension scheme,<span 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The ILO report “World Social Security Report 2010/11: Providing coverage in...' $disp = '<br /><div align="justify">Just in case our friends in the media were looking for more evidence, a new ILO report clinches the connection between old age pension and a country’s well being. The ILO report “World Social Security Report 2010/11: Providing coverage in times of crisis and beyond” puts India’s social security coverage in perspective of its peers. (the report can be accessed at <a href="http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---dgreports/---dcomm/---publ/documents/publication/wcms_146566.pdf" title="http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---dgreports/---dcomm/---publ/documents/publication/wcms_146566.pdf">http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---dgreports/---dc<br />omm/---publ/documents/publication/wcms_146566.pdf</a>. India is not only nearly at the bottom of the chart, all its national and state-level schemes are able to cover only one fourth of its elderly. For more details please refer to im4change news alert (<a href="https://im4change.in/news-alert/dignity-for-the-elderly-join-the-campaign-14893.html" title="https://im4change.in/news-alert/dignity-for-the-elderly-join-the-campaign-14893.html">http://www.im4change.org/news-alert/dignity-for-the-elderl<br />y-join-the-campaign-14893.html</a>). <br /></div><div align="justify"> </div><div align="justify"><strong>Old-age pensioners (all ages) as a proportion of the elderly population in various countries, latest available year (percentages)</strong> <br /></div><div align="justify"><img src="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Pension%20coverage%20of%20the%20elderly.bmp" alt="Pension coverage of the elderly" /> <br /></div><div align="justify"> </div><div align="justify">While the campaign for the dignity of the elderly goes on, the following bullet points, taken from the ILO report, give you an idea of the enormity of the problem as well its benefits for the country’s well being. The Table given above also show which countries fall at the top and bottom ends of the pension graph. For more details please go through the links below. The Key findings from this ILO report is available at:<br /><a href="https://im4change.in/law-justice/disaster-relief-30.html?pgno=3" title="https://im4change.in/law-justice/disaster-relief-30.html?pgno=3">http://www.im4change.org/law-justice/disaster-relief-30.ht<br />ml?pgno=3</a><br /><em>Some of the most striking observations by the above-mentioned ILO report are:<br /></em><br />* In India, public social security expenditure excluding health expenditure (as % of GDP) was 3.10 percent in 2005 <em>(see Table 25. Public social security expenditure, Statistical Annex Part B ILO report) </em>as compared to 4.08 percent in China during 2006, 12.30 percent in Japan during 2005, 21.4 percent in France during 2005, 9.6 percent in Brazil during 2001 and 9.7 percent in Canada during 2005.<br /><br />* Over 60 per cent of the elderly now live in countries classified by the United Nations as “less developed”. In 2050 the elderly in "less developed" countries will constitute nearly 80 per cent of the world’s elderly population. Sixty per cent of them will be living in Asia, with over half in just two countries: China and India. These developing and ageing societies have to do something urgently to ensure the right to retirement in dignity and social security to their elderly members.<br /><br />* India’s National Old-Age Pension Scheme, financed by central and state resources, reaches one-fourth of all the elderly: about half of pensioners who live in poverty (see the table).<br /><br />* The old age dependency ratio <em>(see Table 1: Demographic trends: Dependency ratios, Statistical Annex Part A ILO report) </em>in India is predicted to rise over the years: 7.0 in 2000, 7.4 in 2005, 7.7 in 2010, 12.2 in 2030 and 20.2 in 2050. However, the youth dependency ratio is expected to decline over the years: 57.7 in 2000, 53.1 in 2005, 47.9 in 2010, 33.1 in 2030 and 26.8 in 2050. Hence, the notion of youngistan is clearly a myth. <br /><br />* Population over 60 years as % of total population <em>(see Table 2: Demographic trends: Ageing, Statistical Annex Part A ILO report) </em>is expected to rise in India over the years: 6.7 in 2000, 7.0 in 2005, 7.5 in 2010, 12.4 in 2030 and 19.6 in 2050. <br /><br />* Population over 80 years as % of total population <em>(see Table 2: Demographic trends: Ageing, Statistical Annex Part A ILO report) </em>is expected to rise in India over the years: 0.5 in 2000, 0.6 in 2005, 0.7 in 2010, 1.2 in 2030 and 2.6 in 2050. <br /></div><div align="justify"> </div><div align="justify"><!--[if gte mso 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style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormalCxSpFirst"><strong><em><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Notes:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><br /></span></em></strong><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black"><br /><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Youth dependency ratio (%): a measure showingthe number of youth dependants (aged 0–14) to the total population (aged15–64).</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black"><br /><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Old-age dependency ratio (%): population aged 65years or over to the population aged 15–64.</span><br /><br /><strong><em><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">More links on Universal Old Age Pension:</span></em></strong></span></p><p style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black"><br /><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">DIGNITY FOR THE ELDERLY: JOIN THE CAMPAIGN,</span><br /></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><a href="https://im4change.in/news-alert/dignity-for-the-elderly-join-the-campaign-14893.html" target="_blank" title="https://im4change.in/news-alert/dignity-for-the-elderly-join-the-campaign-14893.html" target="_blank">http://www.im4change.org/news-alert/dignity-for-the-elderl<br />y-join-the-campaign-14893.html</a><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: black; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white"> </span></span><span style="color: black"><br /><br /></span><a href="http://pensionparishad.org/pension/" target="_blank" title="http://pensionparishad.org/pension/" target="_blank">http://pensionparishad.org/pension/</a><span style="color: black"><br /><br /><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Notes from the Pension Parishad held at TISS,</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><a href="http://pensionparishad.org/pension/resources/Notes-%20Pension%20Parishad%20-%20TISS-%20April%20,2012.pdf" target="_blank" title="http://pensionparishad.org/pension/resources/Notes-%20Pension%20Parishad%20-%20TISS-%20April%20,2012.pdf" target="_blank">http://pensionparishad.org/pension/resources/Notes-%20Pens<br />ion%20Parishad%20-%20TISS-%20April%20,2012.pdf</a><span style="color: black"><br /><br /></span><a href="http://pensionparishad.org/pension/resources/Consensus%20during%20the%20Pension%20Parishad%20at%20TISS,%202-3%20April,%202012.pdf" target="_blank" title="http://pensionparishad.org/pension/resources/Consensus%20during%20the%20Pension%20Parishad%20at%20TISS,%202-3%20April,%202012.pdf" target="_blank">http://pensionparishad.org/pension/resources/Consensus%20d<br />uring%20the%20Pension%20Parishad%20at%20TISS,%202-3%20Apri<br />l,%202012.pdf</a><span style="color: black"><br /><br /><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Old age blues-Sreelatha Menon, The BusinessStandard, 6 May, 2012,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><a href="http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/sreelatha-menon-old-age-blues/473503/" target="_blank" title="http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/sreelatha-menon-old-age-blues/473503/" target="_blank">http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/sreelatha-meno<br />n-old-age-blues/473503/</a><span style="color: black"><br /><br /><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Elderly people to stage dharna-K Balchand, TheHindu, 4 May, 2012, </span></span><a href="http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article3384811.ece" target="_blank" title="http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article3384811.ece" target="_blank">http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article3384811.ece</a><span style="color: black"><br /><br /><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Universal old age pension sought for elderlycitizens, The Asian Age, 4 May, 2012,</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><a href="http://www.asianage.com/india/universal-old-age-pension-sought-elderly-citizens-963" target="_blank" title="http://www.asianage.com/india/universal-old-age-pension-sought-elderly-citizens-963" target="_blank">http://www.asianage.com/india/universal-old-age-pension-so<br />ught-elderly-citizens-963</a><span style="color: black"><br /><br /><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Universal Pension Demanded for Elderly, 4 May,2012,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><a href="http://beyondheadlines.in/2012/05/universal-pension-demanded-for-elderly/" target="_blank" title="http://beyondheadlines.in/2012/05/universal-pension-demanded-for-elderly/" target="_blank">http://beyondheadlines.in/2012/05/universal-pension-demand<br />ed-for-elderly/</a><span style="color: black"><br /><br /><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Aruna Roy seeks universal pension rights forelderly-Puja Bhattacharjee, Governance Now, 4 May, 2012,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><a href="http://www.governancenow.com/news/regular-story/aruna-roy-seeks-universal-pension-rights-elderly" target="_blank" title="http://www.governancenow.com/news/regular-story/aruna-roy-seeks-universal-pension-rights-elderly" target="_blank">http://www.governancenow.com/news/regular-story/aruna-roy-<br />seeks-universal-pension-rights-elderly</a><span style="color: black"><br /><br /><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Unorganized Workers' Social Security Act, 2008,</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><a href="http://labour.nic.in/act/acts/Unorganised-workers-social-security-act-2008.pdf" target="_blank" title="http://labour.nic.in/act/acts/Unorganised-workers-social-security-act-2008.pdf" target="_blank">http://labour.nic.in/act/acts/Unorganised-workers-social-s<br />ecurity-act-2008.pdf</a><span style="color: black"><br /><br /><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">Aruna Roy, RTI activist from MKSS interviewed byDanish Raza,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><a href="https://im4change.in/interviews/aruna-roy-rti-activist-from-mkss-interviewed-by-danish-raza-15007.html" target="_blank" title="https://im4change.in/interviews/aruna-roy-rti-activist-from-mkss-interviewed-by-danish-raza-15007.html" target="_blank">http://www.im4change.org/interviews/aruna-roy-rti-activist<br />-from-mkss-interviewed-by-danish-raza-15007.html</a><span style="color: black"><br /><br /><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">For a universal old-age pension plan-PrabhatPatnaik,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><a href="https://im4change.in/rural-news-update/for-a-universal-old-age-pension-plan-prabhat-patnaik-15064.html" target="_blank" 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MORE EVIDENCE ON THE NEED FOR OLD-AGE PENSION |
Just in case our friends in the media were looking for more evidence, a new ILO report clinches the connection between old age pension and a country’s well being. The ILO report “World Social Security Report 2010/11: Providing coverage in times of crisis and beyond” puts India’s social security coverage in perspective of its peers. (the report can be accessed at http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---dgreports/---dc omm/---publ/documents/publication/wcms_146566.pdf. India is not only nearly at the bottom of the chart, all its national and state-level schemes are able to cover only one fourth of its elderly. For more details please refer to im4change news alert (http://www.im4change.org/news-alert/dignity-for-the-elderl y-join-the-campaign-14893.html). Old-age pensioners (all ages) as a proportion of the elderly population in various countries, latest available year (percentages) ![]() While the campaign for the dignity of the elderly goes on, the following bullet points, taken from the ILO report, give you an idea of the enormity of the problem as well its benefits for the country’s well being. The Table given above also show which countries fall at the top and bottom ends of the pension graph. For more details please go through the links below. The Key findings from this ILO report is available at: http://www.im4change.org/law-justice/disaster-relief-30.ht ml?pgno=3 Some of the most striking observations by the above-mentioned ILO report are: * In India, public social security expenditure excluding health expenditure (as % of GDP) was 3.10 percent in 2005 (see Table 25. Public social security expenditure, Statistical Annex Part B ILO report) as compared to 4.08 percent in China during 2006, 12.30 percent in Japan during 2005, 21.4 percent in France during 2005, 9.6 percent in Brazil during 2001 and 9.7 percent in Canada during 2005. * Over 60 per cent of the elderly now live in countries classified by the United Nations as “less developed”. In 2050 the elderly in "less developed" countries will constitute nearly 80 per cent of the world’s elderly population. Sixty per cent of them will be living in Asia, with over half in just two countries: China and India. These developing and ageing societies have to do something urgently to ensure the right to retirement in dignity and social security to their elderly members. * India’s National Old-Age Pension Scheme, financed by central and state resources, reaches one-fourth of all the elderly: about half of pensioners who live in poverty (see the table). * The old age dependency ratio (see Table 1: Demographic trends: Dependency ratios, Statistical Annex Part A ILO report) in India is predicted to rise over the years: 7.0 in 2000, 7.4 in 2005, 7.7 in 2010, 12.2 in 2030 and 20.2 in 2050. However, the youth dependency ratio is expected to decline over the years: 57.7 in 2000, 53.1 in 2005, 47.9 in 2010, 33.1 in 2030 and 26.8 in 2050. Hence, the notion of youngistan is clearly a myth. * Population over 60 years as % of total population (see Table 2: Demographic trends: Ageing, Statistical Annex Part A ILO report) is expected to rise in India over the years: 6.7 in 2000, 7.0 in 2005, 7.5 in 2010, 12.4 in 2030 and 19.6 in 2050. * Population over 80 years as % of total population (see Table 2: Demographic trends: Ageing, Statistical Annex Part A ILO report) is expected to rise in India over the years: 0.5 in 2000, 0.6 in 2005, 0.7 in 2010, 1.2 in 2030 and 2.6 in 2050. Notes:
http://pensionparishad.org/pension/resources/Notes-%20Pens http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/sreelatha-meno http://www.asianage.com/india/universal-old-age-pension-so http://beyondheadlines.in/2012/05/universal-pension-demand http://labour.nic.in/act/acts/Unorganised-workers-social-s |