About 100 living in old age homes in Jammu, none in Kashmir

About 100 people, mostly male, are living in four old age homes in Jammu region while there is none in the Kashmir valley, Minister Incharge Social Welfare Sajjad Gani Lone told the Legislative Council.Mr Gani replied to a question by Naresh Kumar Gupta. The Minister said the state has law relating to maintenance and welfare of parents and senior Citizens Act 2014 and efforts are afoot for its implementation.He said,”provision for establishment of two old age homes by the government has been kept one in each (Kashmir-Jammu) division with intake…

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