The increasing elderly population in India faces numerous challenges, highlighting the need for a comprehensive policy framework to manage this demographic transition. Analyse.

Scenario: elderly population around 18% of population, which will spike around 20% by 2041, when demographic dividend will fall. (Census 2011). Challenges faced by elderly population: (1) Lack of access to core economy and linked healthcare facilities. (2) Mental stress, loneliness, memory loss and other psychological issues. (3) Rising guardian families and increasing their burden, sudden falls on volunteer-based state for welfare. (4) Access to old age health challenges like hearing aids, free transplants, cataracts, subsidies, mobility etc require these facilities at mass scale.

Need for comprehensive policy to manage demographic transition. (1) Comprehensive policy is to address elderly, will ensure their right to health (Article 21) and core interesting accessibility to healthcare. (2) Investing in core economy as well as health infrastructure to fulfill the need structured gap. (3) Voluntary adoption to focus on old age care and building reliability for better facilities for elderly population. (4) Development of healthcare facilities and core economy will reduce dependence on families (high out of pocket expenditure). This comprehensive policy to manage challenges of increasing old age population will ensure right to dignity like and thus inclusive growth.