{"id":84828,"date":"2019-10-03T17:19:36","date_gmt":"2019-10-03T11:49:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/factly.forumias.com\/?p=10631"},"modified":"2019-10-03T17:19:36","modified_gmt":"2019-10-03T11:49:36","slug":"international-day-for-older-persons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/international-day-for-older-persons\/","title":{"rendered":"International Day for Older Persons"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong> The\nPresident of India Shri Ram Nath Kovind has conferred the \u201cVayoshreshtha\nSamman-2019\u201d to mark \u2018International Day of older Persons\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About Vayoshreshtha\nSamman<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment\ndecided in the year 2005 to confer Vayoshreshtha Sammans to eminent senior\ncitizens and Institutions in recognition for their service to elderly persons,\nespecially indigent senior citizens.<\/li><li>The \u201cVayoshrestha Samman\u201d was elevated to the level\nof national awards in 2013. It is conferred every year in thirteen categories. The\nAwards are given to institutions\/organisations\/individuals from any part of the\ncountry.<\/li><li>These awards are presented as part of the\ncelebration of the International Day of Older Persons (IDOP).<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Additional\nInformation:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>International Day of\nOlder Persons (IDOP):<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>It is celebrated every year on 1<sup>st<\/sup> of\nOctober. The United Nations General Assembly designated 1<sup>st<\/sup> October\nthe International Day of Older Persons in 1990.<\/li><li>The day aims to raise awareness about the issues\naffecting the elderly and emphasises the need to ensure people can grow old\nwith dignity.<\/li><li>The theme of the 2019 IDOP is <strong>\u201cThe Journey to Age Equality\u201d.<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: The President of India Shri Ram Nath Kovind has conferred the \u201cVayoshreshtha Samman-2019\u201d to mark \u2018International Day of older Persons\u2019. Facts: About Vayoshreshtha Samman The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment decided in the year 2005 to confer Vayoshreshtha Sammans to eminent senior citizens and Institutions in recognition for their service to elderly persons,&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/international-day-for-older-persons\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">International Day for Older Persons<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[956],"tags":[1925],"class_list":["post-84828","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-schemes-and-programs","tag-international-day-for-older-persons","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704811126},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84828","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\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84828"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84828\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84828"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}