Quality of Life for Elderly Index

Quality of Life for Elderly Index

Context:

  • Dr Bibek Debroy, Chairman of the Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council, released the Quality of Life for Elderly Index (EAC-PM). The Index was established at the request of EAC-PM by the Institute for Competitiveness, and it focuses light on an area that is typically overlooked: problems experienced by the elderly.
  • The research examines regional patterns of ageing in India’s states and analyses the country’s overall ageing situation. The paper goes into greater detail about India’s efforts to improve the well-being of its ageing population.

About:

Quality of Life for Elderly Index:

  • The Index framework has eight sub-pillars: Economic Empowerment, Educational Attainment & Employment, Social Status, Physical Security, Basic Health, Psychological Wellbeing, Social Security, and Enabling Environment, with four pillars: Financial Well-being, Social Well-being, Health System, and Income Security.

  • This indicator broadens our understanding of India’s senior population’s demands and opportunities. It extends much beyond the adequacy of pensions and other types of economic support, which, while important, often limits policy thinking and debate regarding the needs of this demographic.

  • The index emphasises that investing in young people’s health, education, and employment today is the best approach to enhance the lives of current and future generations of older people.

The following are some of the report’s key points:

  • The highest national average, 66.97, is found in the Health System pillar, followed by 62.34 in Social Well-being. Financial Well-Being receives a score of 44.7, which is decreased by 21 States’ poor performance in the Education Attainment & Employment pillar, indicating room for improvement.

  • States have performed particularly poorly in the Income Security pillar, since more than half of them have a score below the national average, i.e., 33.03, the lowest of all the pillars. These pillar-by-pillar studies assist States in assessing the state of the ageing population and identifying gaps that impede their growth.

  • Rajasthan and Himachal Pradesh had the highest scores in both Aged and the Relatively Aged States. The top-scoring regions in the Union Territory and North-East States category are Chandigarh and Mizoram. The term “Aged States” refers to states having a population of over 5 million elderly people, and “Relatively Aged States” refers to states with a population of fewer than 5 million senior people.

Source: PIB

Syllabus: GS 2(Vulnerable Sections)

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