78% of the elderly who have retired said they were neither receiving nor expected to receive a pension, found an @IIPSMumbai survey of >72,000 adults aged 45 and above btwn April 2017 & Dec 2018. More than half (51%) the men & 22% women were still working. Thread:
A higher proportion of women (89%) & those living in rural areas (86%) said they were not receiving pensions compared to their male (74%) & urban counterparts (57%). Only 8.6% of those over 60 years said they were covered by some work-related pension and 6% by the provident fund
About 54% of the elderly with more than 10 years of schooling said they received pension, compared to 4% of those with no schooling. A third (33%) of the people from the richest quintile said they received pension compared to 9% of the poorest
Inadequate pensions mean that the elderly have little choice but to work, we reported in 2017. If given an adequate pension, nearly half of the elderly respondents of a 2016 survey in Rajasthan said they would work less (23%) or not work at all (25%)
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Our 2019 investigation found how red tape and official apathy left nearly 200,000 senior citizens struggling for survival in the national capital:
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Read the full @IIPSMumbai report here: iipsindia.ac.in/sites/default/…
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