Thursday, June 27, 2013

Concessions for senior citizens in Airlines - consolidated article from ART

Following is an article from another website. Seems to be somewhat out
of date. Can someone correct the write up and give current details?
(for instance Air India has withdrawn such facilities.
Incidentally please go through ART website - meant for retirees that
too academicians
Vyasamoorthy
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Concessions for Senior Citizens

Travel

Senior Citizens are considered to be the most honorable persons
because they have lots of experience in different walks of life. They
have worked all the year from childhood to the age for the development
of the nation as well as the community. Therefore they are given
several benefits in every field of work including Health Care,
Financial assistance, Travel benefits etc. Hence they are also offered
senior citizen flight discounts by airline companies such as Jet
Airways, Air India, Kingfisher, Spicejet etc. They can get this
discount on flight tickets through Senior citizen concession flight
ticket. But some airline companies do not offer discount on flight
tickets as their fares are competitive as they claim so

Senior citizen flight discount in India offered for the people who are
65 years or more older. If you are 65 years or above then you can take
benefit of senior citizen concession flight ticket for all domestic
flights. All taxes and surcharge are applicable as an Adult passenger.

The discounted senior citizen flight tickets can be issued through any
of the respective airline ticketing offices or any of their authorized
Travel Agents. To avail this senior citizen discounted flight ticket,
you will have to fill a 'Concession Form'. After you filled the form,
you will need to submit it along with a photograph and proof of age.


Air India:

Eligibility: A Senior citizen of Indian Nationality, permanently
residing in India and should have attained the age of 63 years on the
date of commencement of journey.

Required Documents: Any valid Photo ID with date of birth e.g.,
Voter's ID card, Passport, Driving license, senior citizens ID card
issued by Air India etc.

Discount: 50% of Basic fare of normal economy class fare

Travel: Any sector within India

Ticket Validity: 1 Year from date of issue

Advance Purchase: Not required. Ticket can be purchased any time

Date/Flight change: Change permitted up to 1 hr before scheduled
departure of the flight against a change fee of Rs.500 per coupon.
Revalidation of No-show ticket, permitted against change fee of
Rs.1000 per coupon.

Refund: If ticket cancelled up to 1 hr before scheduled departure of
the flight, refund fee of Rs.500 per coupon applies. For No-show
ticket, refund fee of Rs.1500 per coupon applies.


jetkonnect:

Senior Citizens (65 years and above) are entitled for concession on
basic adult fare in Economy class, on all domestic sectors operated by
JetKonnect. To avail of this concession, you have to fill the
"Concession Form" and submit it along with a photograph and proof of
age. This discounted fare can either be issued through any of the
JetKonnect ticketing offices or any of it authorized Travel Agents.
All taxes are paid as applicable to an Adult guest. Senior Citizen's
concession forms are available with your local Travel Agent, any
JetKonnect offices. This concession is available subject to applicable
terms and conditions. Note: Foreign nationals need not fill up a
Concession Form or apply for an Identity Card, but can avail of the
Senior Citizen concession simply on production of proof of birth (e.g.
Government issued Photo ID, Passport).



Kingfisher:

Kingfisher Airlines offers special concession for senior citizens, all
guests above the age of 65 yrs are entitled for 50% discount on base
fare in Kingfisher First and Kingfisher Class on select RBD's*.

Offer Details :

1.

Fares will be applicable on domestic and international routes of
Kingfisher Airlines on Kingfisher First and Kingfisher Class.

2.

Fares are applicable for all Senior Citizens above 65years of age
holding a valid identity card showing the age proof.

3.

These bookings can be made through Airport Ticketing Office's/City
Ticketing Office's.

4.

Guest can reserve one-way or round trip confirmed tickets on these
select RBD's at the time of purchase by showing their age proof.

5.

Guest will have to produce the valid identity card during the time of
reservation and check-in for verification purpose along with proof of
age (e.g. Passport, Pan Card, Driving License).



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Source:
http://www.art.farookcollege.ac.in/home/concessions-for-senior-citizens

POsted in: http://seniorcitizensdiscounts.blogspot.in/ on 27th June 2013


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Dr P Vyasamoorthy
30 Gruhalakshmi Colony Secunderabad 500015 Ph 040-27846631 / 9490804278

My mind is numb and blank

Sterling Resorts - 15% discount - Till Dec 20, 2013

MUMBAI, MARCH 7:

HelpAge India has joined hands with vacation ownership and leisure
hospitality company Sterling Holidays to offer the 'AdvantAge Card'
for senior citizens. The card is designed to facilitating access to
holidays, wellness programmes and shopping for senior citizens at a
discount.

Sterling Holidays said that the initiative would help the 50-plus age
group avail holidays at 19 Sterling resorts across India, and special
tariffs on stay and member privileges on food.

According to the Sterling Holidays Web site, senior citizens can avail
a 15 per cent discount on stay at the resorts.

The offer is valid until December 20 this year.

(This article was published on March 7, 2013)

Keywords: HelpAge India, vacation ownership, leisure hospitality,
Sterling Holidays, AdvantAge Card, senior citizens,
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Dr P Vyasamoorthy
30 Gruhalakshmi Colony Secunderabad 500015 Ph 040-27846631 / 9490804278

My mind is numb and blank

Wednesday, June 19, 2013

orissa - sops for senior citizens.

Rs 200 per year for blankets Rs 100 for buying umbrella (June 2013)
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With elections less than a year away, Odisha is witnessing an interesting sop opera with Chief Minister, Naveen Patnaik doling out largesse to almost every section of the voters. After Rs.1 kg rice, free bicycles and free blankets, it is now the turn of free mobile phones for farmers.

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Among the other populist decisions of the government have been payment of Rs.200 to each elderly, widow and disabled persons once a year as winter assistance to buy blankets and provision of Rs.100 for around 37 lakh people for buying umbrellas. The umbrella scheme initially meant for pension holders in rural areas has also been expanded to urban areas and would now also benefit the physically challenged, widows, destitutes and senior citizens.


Read more at: http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/naveen-patnaik-distributes-free-mobile-handsets-to-around-5000-farmers/1/284028.html

Dr P Vyasamoorthy
30 Gruhalakshmi Colony Secunderabad 500015 Ph 040-27846631 / 9490804278

No expectations; No judgement - Live lightly

Colours for all (Fine arts course free)

This news will be of interest to senior citizens in Delhi who have the motivation to learn fine arts but do not have enough to pay for it. Third age learning.
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Colours for all

RANA SIDDIQUI ZAMAN
An institute of fine arts in Delhi is open to students from all walks of life and any age.

Over 100 artists, of all age groups, from pre-teen to those who have witnessed 80 summers, watched their labour of love mounted on the walls of All India Fine Arts and Crafts Society while their mentor, a 40-year-old Ashwini Kumar Prithviwasi, heaved a sigh of relief. No media glare, no interviews and no 'celebrity' to inaugurate this annual grand show of 300-400 artworks spread in four galleries at the prestigious, albeit quiet venue in Central Delhi, yet the participants' glee reflected through their non-stop chit chat.

They are the students of Delhi's only private institute of fine arts which does not stop giving admission to students on the basis of their qualification, financial status, age, gender, religion or nationality. Welcome to Delhi Collage of Arts which celebrated its 10 anniversary with students from all walks of life ageing from 8 to 86, and of various nationalities.

The institute gets approximately 200 students every year – from the disadvantaged sections to those who don't want to devote four years to art colleges, from school/college dropouts to home makers, from school teachers to prosperous men and women who could never enrol for lack of required qualification in government institutes, time or any other circumstances.

According to the students' skill, passion and time constraints, the course, too gives them ample opportunities to pick and choose from eight different timings of the day, at six different campuses across Delhi and Dehra Dun, and period from one month to two years. The course duration from four hours daily to twice a week to once a week, further helps seekers enrol themselves. The course comprises two wings, junior wing from the age 8 to 13, and senior wing from 14 to any age. The course content includes painting , sketching, printmaking, ceramics, sculpture, design, craft, photography and calligraphy, apart from applied art (industrial, graphic design, etc.), "in microscopic details", as Ashwini insists.

A trained fine arts student from College of Art, Delhi University, and a passionate photographer, Ashwini had sentimental reasons for starting this institute. "I come from a financially feeble background. As a student I used to get only 25 paisa as my pocket money; that, too, in 1988. Even this pocket money used to make a hole in my father's pocket and once he said it meekly too. I returned that pocket money to him and decided to make my own living. I started white-washing and while studying in the College of Art, I realised how much it required to get admission in a government college and how non-creative the courses were. Hence, with my own money I started this institute with one student for a fee of only Rs. 100."

Delhi Collage of Arts now has state-of-the art facilities for its students – from fully air-conditioned interiors to wifi and camera surveillance campuses. This year he has introduced video conferencing classes through which he can teach in all six campuses at one time sitting at his main Uttam Nagar branch. He has also initiated online admissions in which with thumb machines, attendance is marked.

Though the institute fee is Rs. 1.6 lakh for a year, physically challenged and senior citizens are taught for free. "Each of my campus has five students who study for free, that makes it 30 every year. This is a part of my CSR activity," Ashwini says who runs Collage of Art with his "own money", and even buys his students' few works every year when they hold their shows.

How does such institute which is not recognised hold any value? "My students get jobs easily as they are highly skilled though they may not be decorated with degrees. Have you ever asked any chef his qualification when you go for good food in a restaurant?" he retorts.

A drummer, guitarist, a music aficionado and traveller, Ashwini doesn't stop here. His institute bestows ten B.C. Sanyal (Late legendary painter) and nine Life Time Achievement Awards to distinguished artists every year.
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http://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/art/colours-for-all/article4827256.ece



Dr P Vyasamoorthy
30 Gruhalakshmi Colony Secunderabad 500015 Ph 040-27846631 / 9490804278

No expectations; No judgement - Live lightly

Monday, June 17, 2013

Apollo OPD in Noida offers free pick up / drop back + concessions to seniors

An exclusive OPD service, complimentary pick up and drop facility and
discounted consultation fee are among the latest offerings for senior
citizens by the Apollo Hospital, Noida, an official said Sunday.

"We recognise the growing need for specialised health care for senior
citizens. In order to facilitate easy access to its Out-Patient
Department (OPD), the hospital would provide them complimentary pick
and drop facility within a radius of five km with pre-scheduled
appointments," the hospital official said at an event here.

In addition, discounted consultation, diagnostic and in-patient
service are also being offered, the official added.

According to Apollo, the new initiative would ensure that the senior
citizens are minimally dependent on others in accessing prompt and
quality medical attention.

"There is a fairly large population of senior citizens in the
district. It is overwhelming to see such initiatives which shall cater
to the healthcare needs of elderly," said Noida district magistrate
Kumar Ravi Kant, who was the guest of honour at the event.

A.K. Singhal, vice-president of Apollo, said: "The facility was a
culmination of the hospital's concerted efforts towards improving the
overall health and well-being of senior citizens."
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Source:
http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/apollo-hospital-offers-senior-citizens-only-opd-113061600310_1.html


Dr P Vyasamoorthy
30 Gruhalakshmi Colony Secunderabad 500015 Ph 040-27846631 / 9490804278

No expectations; No judgement - Live lightly

Thursday, June 13, 2013

Fwd: Looking after Elders. Free Pilgrimage Tours Rajasthan

Pl read this innovative way of Rajasthan govt in encouraging senior citizens.
hats off to cm gehlot
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JAIPUR, JUNE 12:

Rajasthan government today signed MoU with the Indian Railway Catering
and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) Ltd for a scheme which will see it
bear all the expenses for senior citizens to go on select pilgrimages.

Eleven pilgrimage centres have been selected in the first phase of the
scheme which is open to 25,000 applicants.

Applicants have to fill up a form available at all divisional
headquarters in the state with the last date for submission of the
same being July 1.

In case the number of applicants exceeds 25,000, a lottery would be
done to identify the final beneficiaries, officials said.

The duration of the trip is from five to eight days and selected
persons can visit any one pilgrimage centre out of those designated as
part of the scheme.

"Special trains will be available at each divisional headquarters to
ferry 1,000 people at a time. Medical services along with one
attendant will be there in each coach," an IRCTC official said after
the signing of the MoU.

Arrangements for meals, accommodation and road travel would be made by
the IRCTC for those availing the scheme.

People above 65 years of age will be allowed to take an attendant with
them while the state government will provide an attendant for every
group of 25 people.

The scheme had been announced by Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot in the
2013-14 budget.

Puri, Gaya, Rameswaram, Vaishno Devi, Tirupati, Varanasi, Amritsar,
Dwarkapuri, Bihar Sharif, Shirdi are among the pilgrim destinations
covered under the scheme.


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Wednesday, June 12, 2013

Free dentures for senior citizens Karnataka

Wednesday, June 12, 2013 10:22:41 AM (IST)

Bangalore: Smile please! Khadar introduces free dentures scheme for
senior citizens

Daijiworld Media Network – Bangalore (SP)

Bangalore, Jun 12: State health minister, U T Khadar, seems to be on
an announcement spree of beneficial measures to improve the quality of
life of the individuals. After giving rise to widespread debate by
announcing ban on use of gutkha and paan masala in the state recently,
Khadar has announced a scheme of providing free dentures to toothless
senior citizens free of cost.

"Senior citizens without teeth are unable to properly relish the
things of their choice. They also hesitate to let out a hearty laugh.
Therefore, the government will provide dentures to edentulous people
over 65 years of age free of cost. This measure is taken to ensure
that toothless people also are able to enjoy their food. This is a
little effort from the government's side to make the life a little
more comfortable amidst their advancing age," Khadar clarified.

The minister noted that most of the senior citizens suffer from dental
problems, and because of financial problems, they are unable to invest
on dentures. The health department will soon come out with a scheme to
supply dentures free of cost to these people," he said.

Nagu-Magu: Khadar further said that the health department will soon
implement a scheme titled 'Nagu-Magu', under which the postpartum
women are taken to their homes at government expense, safely and free
of cost.

He also wanted the health department to make an entry about the birth
of every child in the computers, and send reminders through cell phone
messages to mothers when the due dates of vaccinations draw nearer.

He also explained about an ambitious programme of the health
department,'104', under which people living in remote hamlets or hilly
terrain can get information about health and preliminary treatments
for ailments by calling the toll-free number, '104'. This number can
also be used to file complaints about the improper maintenance and
services at primary health centres, he added.
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Dr P Vyasamoorthy
30 Gruhalakshmi Colony Secunderabad 500015 Ph 040-27846631 / 9490804278

No expectations; No judgement - Live lightly

Saturday, June 1, 2013

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