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India Plans Law to Force Children to Care for Aging Parents: Report
Khaleej Times
July 2, 2005
NEW DELHI - India's government hopes to pass a law that will force children to take care of their elderly parents, a news report said on Saturday.
The Old Persons Bill will "compel the progeny to perform the responsibilities which they have toward their parents in their old age," The Times of India newspaper said, quoting from the bill's provisions.
If both houses of Parliament pass the legislation, it will pave the way for tribunals and set a six-month deadline for judges to try such cases, the newspaper said.
It said the bill will be brought before the legislature this year, but did not specify a date.
India's traditional family structure has been breaking up, with changing social mores and the advent of retirement homes across the country.
"The younger generation is increasingly unwilling to look after parents and provide them with food, shelter and emotional needs," the paper quoted Satita Prasad, the federal secretary for social justice, as saying.
Government officials at the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs could not be immediately reached for comment.
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