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Centre asks banks to depute doorstep executives to help bedridden pensioners submit life certificates

New Delhi, Sep 27 (PTI) The Centre has asked all pension disbursing banks to depute doorstep executives to help bedridden and hospitalised pensioners submit their life certificates. An order issued by the Department of Pension and Pensioners’ Welfare (DoPPW) also asked all banks to create awareness about the convenience of obtaining the life certificate digitally by using the face authentication technology by super senior pensioners (those aged 80 and above). All pensioners have to give a life certificate (proof that they are alive) annually to continue receiving pension. There are about 69.76 lakh central government pensioners. In view of the

Young India will turn into rapidly ageing society in coming decades: UNFPA

New Delhi, Sep 27 (PTI) Elderly population in India is expanding at an unprecedented rate and could surpass the children’s population by mid-century, a new UNFPA report said, underlining that the young India will turn into a rapidly ageing society in the coming decades. India has one of the highest populations of adolescents and young people in the world. At the national level, the share of the elderly (60+ years) population is projected to increase from 10.1 per cent in 2021 to 15 per cent in 2036 to 20.8 per cent in 2050, according to the UNFPA’s ‘India Ageing Report

India ageing report 2023 unveils insights into elderly care challenges and solutions

New Delhi [India], September 27 (ANI): United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) India, in collaboration with the International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS), has unveiled the much-anticipated “India Ageing Report 2023.” This comprehensive report delves into the challenges, opportunities, and institutional responses surrounding elderly care in India as the nation undergoes a significant demographic shift towards an ageing population, read the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment press release. The joint release of the report took place with Saurabh Garg, Secretary, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, and Andrea M Wojnar, UNFPA India Representative and Country Director Bhutan, emphasizing the importance

Researchers discover impact of parental relatedness on type 2 diabetes, other common diseases

Researchers discover impact of parental relatedness on type 2 diabetes, other common diseases

Washington [US], September 26 (ANI): According to a recent study, close family marriages, or consanguinity, may raise the chance of developing common conditions including type 2 diabetes and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). In order to investigate the association between autozygosity, a measure of genetic relatedness between an individual’s parents, and the prevalence of common diseases, researchers from the Wellcome Sanger Institute and their collaborators at Queen Mary University of London used a novel method that minimises confounding resulting from sociocultural factors. The Genes & Health cohort, which includes British people of Pakistani and Bangladeshi ancestry as well as those with

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