Rules to Protect Elders Notified (INDIA)

By Ajitha Karthikeyan,

TNN

7 January 2010

CHENNAI:    Moving a step ahead in geriatric care, the state government has notified rules for the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior 

Citizens Act, 2007, becoming the ninth state in the country to enforce the Central legislation. As per the rules framed by the state, those who neglect their aged parents or fail to provide for their upkeep will have to face imprisonment up to three months or a penalty of Rs 5,000 or both.

Though the Act, aimed at addressing the disturbing trend of children abandoning their parents and providing a speedy and inexpensive legal framework to grant maintenance to senior citizens, was notified in the state gazette in September 2008, it had taken more than a year for the rules to be framed and notified.

The law says children — the term includes son, daughter, grandson and grand-daughter who are not minors — are liable to provide maintenance to their parents, both biological and adoptive. Maintenance is defined as providing for food, clothing, residence and medical attendance and treatment. 


Abridged
SOURCE:     The Times of India
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