Shreyas.hsbellagavi: The country has 42.35 senior Lakh residents who live below the poverty line, but the government does not run a single shelter house for parents.
According to the 2011 population survey, the total number of senior residents over 60 years old was 57.91 lakh.
This shows that 73% of the elderly population Karnataka is released.
They received a monthly pension from the state government and all have a bpl card.
Poverty statistics are available during the winter session in the BELOGIVA in December.
The data was presented in response to MLC Tejaswini Gowda concerns about senior citizens.
The citizens also at risk of experiencing domestic violence, according to research.
The state has recorded 2,193 cases of domestic violence in the past two years.
Some activists say that the number is higher because many cases like that are not reported.
The state government has established a special district-free line (1000) for elderly people to be contacted at problems in troubled.
Some parents are vulnerable because they live alone, which makes them target for robbers and others.
According to MLC Tejaswini Gowda, it is the country’s obligation to care for less capable parents.
It is sad that more than 70% of senior citizens do not have enough money to live in, he teases “NGOs are not responsible to people and if something goes wrong, they are enough to wash their hands.
With more than 70% in poverty if the government takes responsibility They, then the issue of elders can be resolved so far because the government-managed institution is bound by transparency, “he said.