Awareness and utilization of various social security schemes/ facilities by geriatrics in Haryana

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Ashma (Department of Extension Education and Communication Management Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, Haryana)
Manju Dahiya (Department of Extension Education and Communication Management Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, Haryana)

Aging is a natural process which worldwide affects all the human beings. The major event in life of an individual includes birth, infancy, adolescence, adulthood and elderly. Due to economic well-being and better health care facilities, increase the life expectancy of human beings. Global estimates indicate that geriatrics has been increasing steadily. This is called population aging. Aged segment has its own economic, health and assistance related problems in association with very low literacy level. About 60-75 percent of geriatrics are financially dependent on others, especially their children. The Indira Gandhi National Old Age Pension system is a major source of income for the elderly. The present study focuses on awareness and utilization of various social security schemes/ facilities, rights and laws by geriatrics .Hisar and Nuh districts of Haryana state was selected purposively in which total of two hundred respondents from two districts was interviewed randomly. The results indicated that in Nuh, majority of respondents (94.0 % each) were aware of rights to justice and rights to freedom and in Hisar also, Majority of respondents (98.0% each) were aware about right to freedom and right to justice, right against exploitation (96.0%). In Hisar, awareness was more than Nuh about these rights. Cent per cent geriatrics were aware and utilized old age pension in both the districts.