Poverty target programs for the elderly in India with special reference to National Old Age Pension Scheme, 1995

Type Journal Article - Chronic Poverty Research Centre Working Paper
Title Poverty target programs for the elderly in India with special reference to National Old Age Pension Scheme, 1995
Author(s)
Issue 2008-09
Publication (Day/Month/Year) 2006
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Abstract
This paper looks into various aspects of the old age pension debate and related policies in India. In the analysis that follows, we address issues such as: the identity of the drivers of change; the political context in which many of these policies emerged; the intrinsic relationship between poverty and old age problems; state ideology; and the design and implementation of related policies.

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