The global demographic landscape is undergoing a notable transition, with societies becoming increasingly older. In the 20th century, population ageing as a concerning policy issue was largely ...

The report of the Sixteenth Finance Commission was made public as part of the budget papers presented to the Lok Sabha in early February. And the responses have been rather mixed and even muted. The ...

The Union Budget 2026–27 cements what has been a gradual trend in the making over the last decade—a shrinking welfare state and a reorientation of welfarism towards residual, market-mediated forms of ...

An increasing number of studies indicate that despite advancements in medicine and related technologies, and improving policy focus, there remains a noticeable gap in identifying unmet healthcare ...

Unlike the West, India faces the challenge of growing old before growing rich without universal safety nets. This acceleration unfolds amid pervasive informality and a distinct “retreat of the state” ...

The proportion of adults aged 60 and above is projected to increase from 8.6% (103 million) in 2011 to nearly 19.5% (319 million) by 2050, while those aged 45 and above will constitute around 40% (655 ...

Many low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) are undergoing rapid demographic transitions with declining mortality and fertility rates (Lee 2002). Consequently, there are fewer children available to ...

Sociological scholarship on India has demonstrated how the family continues to be the site where instrumental and intimate investments in generational relationships are actualised. Crucially, this ...

Global digitalisation trends in health and long-term care are shaped by a remarkably common storyline: that the combination of ageing populations and decreasing human and financial resources is ...

Evidence across the globe persistently shows that social support in terms of direct financial assistance from family, kin, and friends provides a strong protection against the progression of chronic ...

This raises concerns about women’s financial security, health, and well-being in later life. Ageing in India is profoundly gendered and shaped by structural inequalities accumulated over the course of ...

Perhaps the most notable demographic shift has been India’s population surpassing China, which had long been considered to be the most populous nation on the planet. A growing body of literature ...