Abstract

Abuse against Senior Citizens is a universal issue and most of the governments are in the process of prevention of all kinds of those activities and protection of elderly rights. India is no exception to this. Right from ancient times, rulers as well as law makers had been tackling these issues as effectively as possible. In modern India too, the Constitution Of India, Indian Penal Code, Criminal Procedure Code , Senior Citizen act 2007, National Policy of Older Persons, 1999 were promulgated for protection of elderly And many welfare schemes are being implemented by Central and state governments in India presently. The types of violence are physical, mental, financial and social harassments. Many times, these harassments are not reported due to ignorance and lack of knowledge or lack of support system to the elderly. Even reported incidents sometimes are not being treated seriously as ought to be. This paper is a comprehensive study of all protective measure in a single nut shell and could be a ready reference for all the stakeholders in their relevant domains.

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