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28/09/23 06:21 AM IST

India Ageing Report 2023

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  • UNFPA (United Nations Population Fund) India, in collaboration with the International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS), unveiled the highly anticipated "India Ageing Report 2023."
Major Findings
  • The India Ageing Report 2023 represents a thorough review of the living conditions and welfare of older individuals in India. It leverages the latest data available from the Longitudinal Ageing Survey in India (LASI), 2017–18, Census of India, Population Projections by the Government of India (2011–2036) .
  • The number of elderly will also be higher in proportion to the number of children aged 0-14 years.
  • The number of working age people in the age group of 15-59 years will decrease.
  • Also, women will live longer than men, due to which the number of older women will be more than older men. A large number of them will be rural women.
  • Population statistics usually refer to the population aged 60 or 65 years and above as ‘old’.
  • The percentage of the elderly in India has been increasing rapidly in recent years and this trend is likely to continue in the coming decades as well.
  • As of July 1, 2022, the number of people above 60 years of age, that is, the elderly, in India was 149 million, which was 10.5 per cent of India’s population.
  • By 2050, 20.8 per cent or 347 million Indians will be senior citizens. This number will reach over 36 per cent by century-end.
  • In 1991, there were 930 elderly women per 1,000 men, according to the report. After this, the ratio started to change and will continue to do so. The report estimates that by 2031, there will be 951 men for 1,078 women.
  • According to the report, in India, a man aged 60 years can live another 18.3 years, while women can live 19 years.
  • Apart from this, it also depends on the different life expectancy of the states. In Kerala and Himachal Pradesh, women can be up to 4 years more than men.
  • The report has expressed concern that since the life expectancy of women in India will be longer than that of men, the number of widowed women will be considerable. For this, attention has to be paid to social and economic policies.
Source- DTE

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