Volume : V, Issue : IV, April - 2015

Reflection of Rural Elderly Women on Welfare Schemes: Expectations and Reality

R. Gurumoorthy, Dr. D. Thirumalraja

Abstract :

 The state and central governments old age schemes are gender neutral but in reality the rural aged 

women are the victims due to lack of economic support, poor health condition and lack of moral support 
than men. Hence, this research has been intensely analyzed the welfare programmes which are implemented by central 
and state governments. Dindigul district, Nillakottai taluk, Silukkuvarpatti village has been selected as a study area, 50 
samples were selected from universe by using simple random sampling. Based on the following board objectives structured interview schedule has been used for data collection; 
• To study the socio–economic background of the rural elderly women, 
• To assess the level of awareness of welfare schemes for rural elderly, 
• To evaluate the role of welfare schemes supporting to rural elderly and 
• To analyse the reflection of rural elderly women on welfare schemes

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Article: Download PDF   DOI : 10.36106/ijar  

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R. Gurumoorthy, Dr. D. Thirumalraja Reflection of Rural Elderly Women on Welfare Schemes: Expectations and Reality Indian Journal of Applied Research, Vol.5, Issue : 4 April 2015


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