Heatwaves have become one of the most lethal and least acknowledged consequences of climate change in India. What was once an occasional extreme is now a defining feature of India’s seasonal climate,...
India’s coastal regions, stretching thousands of kilometers, are on the frontlines of a creeping environmental crisis—saltwater intrusion. Unlike cyclones or tsunamis, this is a disaster that doesn’t...
Heatwaves in India have evolved from seasonal anomalies to one of the country’s most pressing climate emergencies. While the meteorological understanding of heatwaves has advanced significantly, facil...
With the Asian population ageing at a rapid rate and the youth no longer being able to substantively provide for the older segment, measures assuring the elderly of basic financial and healthcare prov...
With ageing population no longer being a feature unique to developed nations, India confronts problems of the elderly from myriad yet-to-be addressed perspectives.
Pension schemes followed in countries such as Japan, the United States, Norway, Denmark and Germany are essentially social insurance programmes, where contribution determines the pension emoluments po...
Resource constraints and shifting priorities are impacting monetary transfers to the elderly. Hence, their economic security needs to be ensured through improved welfare schemes.
With the Asian population ageing at a rapid rate and the youth no longer being able to substantively provide for the older segment, measures assuring the elderly of basic financial and healthcare provisions need to be put in place.
With ageing population no longer being a feature unique to developed nations, India confronts problems of the elderly from myriad yet-to-be addressed perspectives.
Pension schemes followed in countries such as Japan, the United States, Norway, Denmark and Germany are essentially social insurance programmes, where contribution determines the pension emoluments post retirement.
