Under the efficient management of Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann, the Punjab Government is repeatedly working for the welfare of each part of the state. Taking a step ahead in the identical route, Social Security, Women, and Child Development Minister Dr. Baljit Kaur held a gathering of the Raj Parishad constituted underneath Senior Citizens Rules 2012, Rule 24 of the Care and Welfare of Parents and Elderly in the present day at Punjab Civil Secretariat-1, Sector-1 in Chandigarh.
Speaking about this, Cabinet Minister Dr. Baljit Kaur stated {that a} detailed dialogue was held with the Department of Health and Family Welfare, Department of Information and Public Relations, and Department of Home Affairs and Justice concerning varied calls for of senior residents. The Minister acknowledged that the principle calls for of the senior residents are to extend the old-age pension for senior residents, contemplating inflation, to open old-age properties in each district of the state of Punjab, to offer free well being companies for the aged in authorities well being establishments, to make sure the welfare of oldsters and the aged and to totally implement The Care 2007 Act within the state of Punjab. Additionally, the implementation of the Protection of Life and Property Act, spreading consciousness about Government guidelines for aged care amongst Government workplaces, society and households, making a separate directorate for senior residents, and addressing the calls for for formulating a state coverage for aged welfare and establishing a helpline quantity (14567) for senior residents had been mentioned.
Dr. Baljit Kaur emphasised that the aged are our beneficial capital, and it’s our ethical accountability to handle them. The Punjab Government, led by Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann, is repeatedly working for his or her welfare.
During the assembly, the minister assured the affiliation’s representatives that their authentic calls for could be addressed by corresponding with the involved departments.
On this Occasion, Special Chief Secretary of Social Security, Women and Child Development, Mrs. Raji P. Shrivastava, Director of Social Security, Women and Child Development Department, Mrs. Madhvi Kataria, Director of Information and Public Relations Department, S. Bhupinder Singh, Additional Director of Social Security, Women and Child Development Department, S. Charanjit Singh and Deputy Director of Health and Family Welfare Department, Dr. Daljit Singh had been current.