A DEVELOPMENT AND ENVIRONMENT FORTNIGHTLY 120 ` RICE P OU Y SSUE 19&20, NO. 130-131 I and VOL. 19, RAPHY G . 1-15 & 16-30, 2019,. 1-15 APR GEO Ageing INDIA ▀ AGEING AND INTERGENERATIONAL TRANSFER ▀ ELDER ABUSE ▀ LIVING ARRANGEMENTS OF THE ELDERLY ▀ NATIONAL POLICY FOR OLDER PEOPLE ▀ AGEING AND POVERTY IN URBAN INDIA PARI Strengthening Democracy NEW DELHI, INDIA LONDON, The U. K. 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60 Elder Abuse in India: Emerging Evidences Ravi Durga Prasad & Srinivas Goli T V Sekher India confronts problems associated with an ageing population It is imperative to check the pervasiveness of elder abuse and from myriad and yet-to-be addressed perspectives. disrespect in India with appropriate steps. 16 Pension Schemes across the World 68 National Policy for Older Persons in India Staff Reporter Mala Kapur Shankardass Pension schemes in Japan, the United States, Norway, Denmark India’s national policy for older persons—in effect since and Germany are essentially social insurance programmes. 1999—faces a number of challenges. 20 Ageing and Intergenerational Transfer in India: INDIA OUTDOORS A Household Perspective 74 A Trek to Rupin Pass K S James S Srinivasan Resource constraints and shifting priorities impact monetary Travelogue of a septuagenarian narrating his adventurous transfers to the aged. Hence, welfare schemes must ensure their trekking experience. economic security. INNOVATION REPORT 26 Living Arrangements among the Elderly 80 Food Waste Management S Irudaya Rajan & S Sunitha Maitri Thakur, Kristina Widell, Guro Møen Tveit Changing fertility rates, life expectancy and lifestyles have & Rasa Slizyte adversely affected the living arrangements of the elderly in A team of researchers manage food wastage through India. sustainable innovation carried out as part of the Indo-Norwegian exchange programme. 32 Ageing and Poverty in Urban India Vandana Desai Urgent steps need to be taken for the elderly to tackle issues arising from illiteracy, poverty, age and gender bias, informal employment and poor social security. IN CONVERSATION WITH MATHEW CHERIAN The Chief Executive Officer, HelpAge India. 42 Employment Scenario among the Elderly in India Swati Sachdev 38 Envisioning a Kinder World Scheduled tribes and castes as well as other backward classes engaged in the primary sector constitute a large section of the working elderly population. FIRST REPORT 49 Working out of Choice IN BRIEF Shireen Saxena & Sulagna Chattopadhyay 2 Letters; 3 Editor’s Note; 19 World Age Profile; Biographical sketches of four octogenarians were prepared to 37 Term Power; 67 Term Power Rating; understand factors influencing post-retirement work choices. 84 Books & Websites. Expert Panel B Meenakumari Ajit Tyagi Rasik Ravindra Saraswati Raju Former Chairperson, Air Vice Marshal (Retd) Geologist and Former Professor, CSRD, National Biodiversity Former DG, IMD, Secretary General, Jawaharlal Nehru Authority, Chennai. New Delhi. 36 IGC, New Delhi. University, New Delhi. Prithvish Nag B Sengupta Sachidanand Sinha D Mukhopadhyay Former Vice Chancellor, Former Member Secretary, Professor, CSRD, Chief Executive MG Kashi Vidyapeeth, Central Pollution Control Jawaharlal Nehru ACRA, Varanasi. Board, New Delhi. University, New Delhi. Noida, U. P. March, 16-31, 2019. Vol 19. Issue 18 No. 129: G’nY is a must for those interested in staying abreast of developments and research in the field of science and social sciences in India. The monsoon special issue titled, ‘Rain Predictions’, discusses aspects of the Indian monsoon and GEOGRAPHY AND YOU phenomena relating to climate change, El Nino/ La Nina and drought. EDITOR The articles always refer to data from authentic sources. The Indian SULAGNA CHATTOPADHYAY Meteorological Department was cited in many articles in the last issue. GUEST EDITOR The well-written content and neatly drawn diagrams help with easy SARASWATI RAJU understanding.—NIKHIL GUPTA via customer feedback. 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