Senior citizens get maintenance rights in state
To ensure the dignity of elderly people, the UP
government has adopted the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior
Citizens Act, 2007, which gives legal rights to senior citizens for seeking
maintenance from their kin.
"The government has adopted the Act under which
parents and senior citizens have been given the legal right of
maintenance", said SP spokesperson Rajendra Chaudhary. As per the
provisions of the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007,
children of a senior citizen have the obligation to maintain them so that they
could lead normal life. For childless elderly persons, the onus of their
maintenance will lie on the relative who is in possession of their property or
who would inherit the same. The maximum monthly allowance will be specified by
the state government, Chaudhary said.
Under the Act, a provision of constituting a maintenance
authority under the chairmanship of sub-divisional magistrate has been made, he
said. Under the Act, parents and senior citizens would have the right to get
maintenance of maximum Rs 10,000 per month and district welfare officer would
be nominated as the maintenance officer.
The SP spokesperson said that along with the
setting up of old age homes, medical services would be provided to senior
citizens in the hospitals on priority. He said the government has launched Rani
Laxmibai pension scheme in which people living below poverty line would get a
monthly pension of Rs 400 payable in two half-yearly installments.
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