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Read the passage and answer the questions:
The trouble with ageing is inevitable. The truth about ageing in India is that we have not
yet built an adequate knowledge base to respond to its multifarious challenges. So says
the United Nations Population Fund in its recently released report on the Status of
Elderly in Select States of India. The focus of the study is on the seven states where the
aged population is larger than the national average. These are Tamil Nadu, Kerala,
Maharashtra, Odisha, Paschim Banga, Punjab and Himachal Pradesh. Three-fourths of
the elderly in India live in rural areas and bear the brunt of poverty, illiteracy, income
insecurity and inadequate healthcare. 60% of them are currently married and 75% live
with at least 1 of their children. But widowhood is over 50% among women, reflecting
greater longevity among females and gender specific concerns that arise on account of
ageing.
The survey also reports high levels of substance abuse with no significant variations
between rural and urban areas. On average, there is equal reliance on public and private
healthcare facilities while in Odisha and Punjab, there is noticeably greater dependence
on public and private care respectively. The economic burden incurred by the elderly to
make provision for healthcare is compounded by the fact that most of them have to
work to make both ends meet and enjoy no social protection to speak of.
There are major lessons from the survey for the rest of India. After all, the proportion of
the segment aged 60 years and above is projected to grow 360% by 2050 compared
with a mere 60% rate of increase in the overall population – a product of the decline in
fertility rates and the increase in longevity.
A rapid rise in the numbers of the elderly would impose additional responsibilities on an
ever-shrinking population in the working age and raise fresh social challenges in the
context of the ongoing nuclearisation of India’s traditional joint family.
In Western countries, economic development and accompanying socio-political
advancement preceded population, ageing, enabling better planning. India as with other
developing countries, finds itself having to balance the concerns of the elderly into
current growth imperatives. Conversely, investments in sound social protection and
public health and welfare policies for the country’s predominant population under 35
years would prove a most effective strategy to prepare communities to meet the
unfolding transition in the coming decades.
Short of such a proactive approach, there is a real risk of allowing today’s demographic
advantage to turn into tomorrow’s adversity.
a) On the basis of your reading the above passage, make notes on it using headings and
sub-headings. Use recognizable abbreviations wherever necessary. Also suggest a
suitable title to it.
b) Write a summary of the above passage in about 80 words

Answer 1

Answer:

It is not sure than ans i am not satisfi