• Dr. Rajendra Prasad

Populations of Senior citizens are growing rapidly all over the world. On one hand, longer living years has contributed to the proportion of old age persons to overall population, while on the other hand, composition of modernization and globalization have brought a drastic change in the traditional family structure. As a result, senior citizens are confronting many socio-economic problems in family and society. Further, Government of India as well as the state of Punjab has formulated a number of social security schemes to deal with the socioeconomic issues concerning to senior citizens. The aim of these schemes has been to provide social and economic security to the senior citizens. The study has tried to understand the major challenges faced by senior citizens to avail the benefits of social security schemes.

Senior citizens, Social security, Beneficiary, Pension scheme, Satisfaction, Expenditure pattern

"A STUDY OF IMPLEMENTATION OF SOCIAL SECURITY SCHEMES AND ACCESSIBILITY PROBLEMS FOR SENIOR CITIZENS", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.11, Issue 10, page no.e738-e745, October-2024, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2410480.pdf

"A STUDY OF IMPLEMENTATION OF SOCIAL SECURITY SCHEMES AND ACCESSIBILITY PROBLEMS FOR SENIOR CITIZENS", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.11, Issue 10, page no. ppe738-e745, October-2024, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2410480.pdf