{"id":138016,"date":"2021-09-29T20:51:54","date_gmt":"2021-09-29T15:21:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=138016"},"modified":"2021-10-01T19:20:11","modified_gmt":"2021-10-01T13:50:11","slug":"countrys-first-pan-india-helpline-for-senior-citizens-elder-line-toll-free-no-14567","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/countrys-first-pan-india-helpline-for-senior-citizens-elder-line-toll-free-no-14567\/","title":{"rendered":"Country\u2019s first Pan-India helpline for senior citizens: Elder Line (Toll Free No- 14567)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
What is the News?<\/b><\/h5>\n

The government of India has <\/span>launched the first pan-India toll-free helpline–14567–for senior citizens called the \u2018Elder Line\u2019.<\/span><\/p>\n

What is the Elder Line?<\/b><\/h5>\n

Elder Line is the first pan-India toll-free helpline–14567–for senior citizens. It aims to provide free information and guidance<\/strong> on pension and legal issues, extend emotional support and intervene in cases of abuse.<\/span><\/p>\n

The intent is basically to provide senior citizens or their well-wishers with one platform to connect and share their concerns, get information and guidance on problems that they face on a day-to-day basis without having to struggle for it.<\/span><\/p>\n

Which Ministry has launched the Elder Line?<\/b><\/h5>\n

The Elder Line has been launched by the Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment<\/strong>. <\/span>Tata Trusts and National Stock Exchange (NSE) Foundation, as technical partners, are supporting the ministry in operationalising the Elder Line.<\/span><\/p>\n

To date, 17 states have opened the Elder Line in their respective geographies.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read more<\/strong>:\u00a0Kerala\u2019s \u201cBell of Faith Scheme\u201d for elderly<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
Why was the Elder Line helpline launched?<\/b><\/h5>\n

India is expected to have nearly 20% elderly population, i.e. over 300 million senior citizens by 2050. This is significant as many countries have a population less than this number.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

This age group faces various mental, emotional, financial, legal and physical challenges, and the pandemic has further exacerbated it.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Hence, taking cognisance of the growing need to support the elderlies in the country, the Government of India has launched the Elder Line.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read more<\/strong>: Elderly population in India \u2013 Explained, pointwise<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Source<\/b>: <\/span>This post is based on the article <\/span>\u201c<\/b>Country\u2019s first Pan-India helpline for senior citizens: Elder Line (Toll Free No- 14567)<\/b>\u201d <\/b>published in<\/span> PIB <\/b>on <\/span>28th Sep 2021.<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

What is the News? The government of India has launched the first pan-India toll-free helpline–14567–for senior citizens called the \u2018Elder Line\u2019. What is the Elder Line? Elder Line is the first pan-India toll-free helpline–14567–for senior citizens. It aims to provide free information and guidance on pension and legal issues, extend emotional support and intervene in… Continue reading Country\u2019s first Pan-India helpline for senior citizens: Elder Line (Toll Free No- 14567)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10317,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,956,9],"tags":[10064,8930,385,8829],"class_list":["post-138016","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-schemes-and-programs","category-public","tag-elder-line","tag-elderly-population","tag-population-and-associated-issues","tag-population-growth","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704715519},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138016","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=138016"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138016\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=138016"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=138016"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=138016"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}