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State Council of Senior Citizens to be formed to advise government

Special Correspondent

CHENNAI: A State Council of Senior Citizens will be formed to advise the government on effective implementation of the Tamil Nadu Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act.

It will be chaired by the Chief Secretary and comprise heads of various government departments and seven non-official members nominated by the government.

Further, district committees will be formed under the chairmanship of the District Collector to ensure implementation at that level.

Laying down the rules for the Act, the government, in a gazette notification, declared that it was the duty of the Collector to monitor and oversee the working of old age homes in the district, so as to ensure that they conformed to standards.

Each Collector, along with the district’s Superintendent of Police, would have to ensure that the life and property of senior citizens of the district were protected and that they were able to live with security and dignity.

Under the rules, each police station will be required to maintain up-to-date list of senior citizens living within its jurisdiction, especially those who are living by themselves.

A representative of the police station, along with a social worker or volunteer, is required to visit such senior citizens at regular intervals of at least once a month; apart from rendering assistance as soon as a request is made.

The SP must submit a monthly report about the status of crimes against senior citizens.

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