Question: International Day of Older Persons is celebrated on-
(a) 29 September
(b) 3 October
(c) 1 October
(d) 30 September
Ans: (c)
Related facts:
- On 1 October 2016; International Day of Older Persons was celebrated across the world.
- On December 14, 1990 the United Nations General Assembly voted to establish October 1 as the International Day of Older Persons as recorded in Resolution 45/106.
- On this occasion President of India Pranab Mukharjee presented the National Awards for Senior Citizens“Vayoshreshtha Samman-2016” to eminent senior citizens and institutions in recognition of their service towards the cause of elderly persons, especially indigent senior citizens.
- Vayoshreshtha Samman is a Scheme of National Awards instituted by the Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment (D/o Social Justice & Empowerment) initially in 2005 and was upgraded to the status of National Awards in 2013.
- The segment of our population that is aged above 60 years, numbers about ten and half crores.
- Of these, 5.1 crore are male and 5.3 crores are female.
- Current projections indicate that by the year 2026, the number of senior citizens, male and female, will be 8.4 and 8.8 crores respectively i.e. a total of 10 percent of our population.
Reference:
http://www.un.org/en/events/olderpersonsday/
http://www.un.org/en/events/olderpersonsday/background.shtml
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