Problems of the Aged in Unorganised Sector

749 Majority activities age pension scheme aged persons agencies of socialization Aging and Society application form approximately assistance attributed basic needs beneficiaries Chandigarh changes concluded contribution of pension D'Souza Delhi dependent destitute disability earn economic status effects of pension elderly poor faced family members feeling female pensioners found that majority getting pension Government Grade health problem illiterate inability Indian society kinsmen living look Male Female Total male pensioners mass media media of communication meet their basic needs and problems needy persons old age pension older Panjab University payee pension amount Pensioners Sex pensioners under study pensioners were engaged perceive positive contribution percentage physical ponse postal present study programmes purdah received recipients of old regard role rural-urban background sanctioning authorities scheduled castes simple random sampling sioners Social Welfare sources TABLE Taking into account tion Total Male unorganised sector Upto urban areas voluntary organisations widow younger