iNJUSTICE TO POOR SENIORS IN THE CURRENT BUDGET

It is very strange that in a  country where millions of poor elders do not get any pension at all or get between Rs 500 -1000 a month, the income tax paying pensioners complain after every budget’s presentation that,  their saving capacity  gets dwindled due to new indirect taxes  and yet, exemption limit is not raised  .The Federations of the Senior Citizens Associations have been demanding, for along time , a  universal pension of Rs 2000 to all the poor seniors in India to enable them to meet their basic needs and to live with dignity in their sunset years without being abused by their caretakers, who are also poor. This demand is socially justifiable and economically possible . Hence,  the present  government can some how mobilise  resources to meet this demand , because poverty in old age is very cruel and painful .