Government Prepares Law to Bar Non-Compliant Family Members from Public Services Over Elder Care Neglect

Kathmandu. The government is preparing to enact a law that would disqualify individuals from accessing public services if they fail to fulfill their duties toward ensuring a dignified life for senior citizens within their families.

Secretary of the Ministry of Women, Children and Senior Citizens, Shraddha Shrestha, provided this information while speaking at a meeting of the Public Policy and Delegated Legislation Committee held at Singha Durbar on Sunday. She informed that the government is preparing to address the family responsibility towards senior citizens through a national policy, act, or regulation to ensure it is legally and policy-wise secured.

She stated that the government's policy is to connect the transfer of intergenerational knowledge, skills, and experience with social development linked to production and productivity to ensure the right of senior citizens to live with dignity.

She further mentioned that the forthcoming National Policy on Senior Citizens will incorporate national guidelines for intergenerational transfer and the utilization of the knowledge, skills, and experience of senior citizens.