Caring for Our Elders Institutional Responses UNFPA INDIA AGEING REPORT 2023 Chapter 4 describes BPS as CBO i.e;Comunity Based Organization
UNFPA publication 2002 SITUATION AND VOICES / THE OLDER POOR AND EXCLUDED IN SOUTH AFRICA AND INDIA -Extract of page 108
Bharat Pensioner’s Samaj headquartered at
New Delhi is an All India feder[1]ation of pensioners’
associations. It functions as a nodal point for pension[1]ers
supported by central and state governments and quasi-governmental
organizations. It highlights the difficulties faced by pensioners and other
senior citizens at various forums and strives to resolve the grievances of its
members by negotiating with appropriate authorities. It holds periodic seminars
and conferences to focus on the problems of pensioners and other elderly
citizens.The Samaj helps the needy pensioners through a benev[1]olent fund created
with contributions from its well-to-do pensioner mem[1]bers.
All pensioners are eligible to become members of these organisations.
CHAPTER 4
KINDLY NOTE THE DETAILS ABOUT MEMBERSHIP ETC OF BPS GIVEN IN THIS REPORT ARE AS ON SEPTEMBER 2020
Response from Community-Based Organizations-Chapter 4
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