Japan is offering discount on funerals, know why

Japan is offering discount on funerals, know why
In order to prevent the accidents, Japan has introduced a new rule under which drivers aged 75 or older must pass driving tests when renewing their licences

News StalkerMar 22, 2017

It may sound quite bizarre, Japan is asking its senior citizens to give up driving and in return, they are being offered discounts in their funerals. In a bid to prevent accidents caused by ageing motorists, aged people are being encouraged to give up driving. There has been a rise in the incidents of fatal accidents involving elderly drivers.

In order to prevent the accidents, Japan has introduced a new rule under which drivers aged 75 or older must pass driving tests when renewing their licences.

A funeral service company in central Japan, Aichi Prefecture has started offering a 15 per cent discount to elderly drivers who give up their licences. The discount applies not just when the drivers who give up their licences die but also when their close family members die. The elderly drivers can save a minimum of 56,000 yen (USD700).

Japan has a population which is growing old fast and approximately 4.8 million people aged 75 or more have a licence.

Earlier in November 2016, a six-year-old boy died and 11 others were injured after an 87-year-old driver's truck rammed children walking to school in Yokohama, Tokyo.

Police in Aichi also started offering a ramen noodle discount to elderly drivers who give up their licences.


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Tirtha Darshan Scheme for Senior Citizens in Haryana/- GovInfo.me

​This Haryana govt scheme of pilgrimage for senior citizens is unique.

It serves both BPL and above BPL seniors. ​

​The latter bear 30% of cost and the rest is from govt. For BPL it is entirely free.

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Tirtha Darshan Scheme for Senior Citizens in Haryana/
ByMayur MahajanPosted on March 21, 2017
 
    
Every person has a desire to visit pilgrimage place at least once in life in India, but this desire is not fulfilled because of some difficulties such as financial problem, to overcome this problem Chief Minister of Haryana Manohar Lal Khattar  announced new scheme on 6 March 2017 called Tirtha Darshan Scheme for senior citizens. This scheme implemented by the Haryana Tourism Corporation Limited in the state. Under tirtha darshan scheme, senior citizens above 60 years of age will be able to go on a pilgrimage within the country on the government expenses. In this scheme, government  provide free of cost tour to religious places to senior citizens belonging to BPL (below poverty line) & for senior citizens belonging to non-BPL families, the government  would bear 70 per cent of the cost and remaining 30% would be paid by the beneficiary. A maximum 250 senior citizens will be taken to specific destinations every year by the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation. Government has sent pilgrim under the package of Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) to religious places. The tour packages in this scheme include journey in sleeper class by chartered train and night accommodation on multi-sharing basis

Benefits of Tirtha Darshan Scheme for Senior Citizens:

Government provide free of cost tour to religious places for senior citizens belonging to BPL families
For non-BPL families, government will bear 70 per cent of the cost and remaining 30% would be paid by the beneficiary
In case of a couple, the expenses of the spouse belonging to BPL family also covered on state government expenses
Eligibility criteria for Tirtha Darshan Scheme for Senior Citizens:

Applicant should be the resident of Haryana state
Senior citizens above 60 years of age are eligible for this scheme
Senior citizens belonging to BPL families are eligible for this scheme on government expenses
Senior citizens belonging to non BPL families are also eligible for this scheme. But, applicant should have to pay 30% of total tour cost & 70% cost bear by the government
Documents required for Tirtha Darshan Scheme for Senior Citizens:

Aadhaar card
Age proof certificate
BPL card if applicable
Passport size photos
How to apply for Tirtha Darshan Scheme for Senior Citizens:

Application form for this scheme will be available at Tehsil office , collector office or Deputy Commissioner office
Applicant should fill application form and attached all the necessary documents
Once fill the form, submit it to the Tehsil office, collector office or Deputy Commissioner office in related district/Taluka in Haryana
The senior citizens will be selected for the pilgrimage on the basis of draw of lots
Selection of pilgrims will be made by a district committee headed by the deputy commissioner
Contact Details:

Department of Tourism, Government of Haryana, SCO 17-19, Sector 17-B, Chandigarh, 160017
: 0172-2702955-56
Fax : 0172-2703185, 0172-2702783
E-mail : haryanatourism@gmail.com
References & Details:

For more details about Tirtha Darshan scheme for senior citizens visit: http://haryanatourism.gov.in/showpage.aspx?contentid=6411
 
http://govinfo.me/tirtha-darshan-scheme-senior-citizens-haryana/

Narendra Modi government to launch 'Rashtriya Vayoshri Yojna' for senior citizens - The Financial Express

Narendra Modi government to launch 'Rashtriya Vayoshri Yojna' for senior citizens

Senior citizens, living below the poverty line, will now get for free assistive devices like hearing aids and wheelchairs under the government's Rs 477 crore scheme which is

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set to be rolled out next week.

By: PTI | New Delhi | Published: March 19, 2017

 A similar camp will be organised on March 26 in Madhya Pradesh's Ujjain district. (IE)

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Senior citizens, living below the poverty line, will now get for free assistive devices like hearing aids and wheelchairs under the government's Rs 477 crore scheme which is set to be rolled out next week. The proposed 'Rashtriya Vayoshri Yojna' will be launched at a camp in Andhra Pradesh's Nellore district on March 25 by Union Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Thaawarchand Gehlot and Information and Broadcasting Minister M Venkaiah Naidu.

A similar camp will be organised on March 26 in Madhya Pradesh's Ujjain district. "The aim of the scheme is to bring the older people from the economically weaker sections into active life and build an aged-friendly society by providing them with devices to maintain near normalcy in morbidity," said a senior official in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.

The government has set a target of distributing assistive living devices among 2,000 identified beneficiaries for free in each camp, he added.

"Following this, the camps will be organised in two districts of each state for the whole year. The Minister, in December last year, had written to all the chief ministers to identify the beneficiaries in those districts," the official said.


The devices to be distributed among the beneficiaries will be of high quality and conform to the standards laid down by the Bureau of Indian Standards.
He said that to avail the facilities under the scheme, a beneficiary should be of at least 60 years and will have to be certified by competent authority as a person living below the poverty line.
According to the official, the department had suggested three names for the scheme out of which the Prime Minister's Office has given nod to 'Rashtriya Vayoshri Yojna'.
The scheme aims to address the disabilities like low vision, hearing impairment, loss of teeth and locomotor disability.
The beneficiaries will get walkers, crutches, wheelchairs, tripods, spectacles, hearing aids and dentures among others.
"The government wanted to roll out the scheme in January, but had to postpone it in view of the assembly elections in five states," he said.
There are 10.38 crore senior citizens in the country as per the Census of 2011 and 5.2 per cent of them suffer from some sort of old age-related disability.
"It is projected that the number of senior citizens will increase to around 173 million by 2026," the official added.

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