Chandigarh:  Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh, Mizoram and Chandigarh lead the first national rankings on the Quality of Life for Elderly Index. This was released on Wednesday by the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister.

The Index was created by the Institute for Competitiveness to assess the challenge of ageing in India and determine the preparedness of states to deal with a rising elderly population.

The Index on Quality of Life for Elderly 2021 represents a beginning in taking the first step in establishing a complete understanding of the elderly population around India’s States and Union territories. It observes 45 different indicators across four key domains identified as being of utmost importance for older people, namely Financial Well-being, Social Well-being, Health System, and Income Security.

The report state that India will be growing older, with persons above the age of 65 becoming the fastest-growing age group by 2050. Greying is not very rapid in India, as only 8.6 pc of its population are elderly. However, by 2050 the elderly population will grow by three times to 319 million, accounting for 19.5 pc of the total population,  the report point out.

Rajasthan is the top scorer with an elderly population of more than 5 million in the aged states category defined as states. While,  Himachal Pradesh a little below to 5 million population and Mizoram leads in the North Eastern States category and Chandigarh among all UTs.

“India is often portrayed as a young society, with a consequent demographic dividend. But, as with every country that goes through a fast process of demographic transition, India also has a greying cum ageing problem,” said Chairman, Economic Advisory Council to the PM Bibek Debroy.

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In the incident, an HRTC bus, a truck and some other vehicles were reportedly hit by the landslide.
The driver of the bus was reportedly thrown out of the vehicle due to the impact of the slide. The driver is in a state of shock and is undergoing treatment at a local hospital, authorities said.
Following the information, the Kinnaur DC and SP are on their way to the landslide spot, which is about 70 km from district headquarters Reckong Peo.
Shocking videos of the horrendous incident went viral on social media. The teams of Army, ITBP, police and Home Guard officials are enrolled in the rescue operation but it is yet to ascertain that how many number of vehicles were trapped in the slide and causalities were yet to be ascertained.
As per the information, there were around 25 passengers in the bus. The rescue operation has also been hampered as shooting stones are still rolling down the hill, said, Local MLA Jagat Singh Negi said adding one person has been rescued.
Meanwhile, the bus was on its way from Rampur to Nichhar when the tragedy struck.
The SP confirmed that the landslide had occurred and
On July 25, nine persons were killed and three others injured after heavy boulders fell on a tempo traveller carrying 11 persons near Batseri on the Sangla-Chitkul road. Nine persons were killed and two injured.

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