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Senior citizens, know your rights and privileges

Helpage India's comprehensive guide lists an array of benefits extended to the elderly -- from constitutional provisions and pensions to travel concessions. Read on...
PLANNINGRETIREMENT  
Focus on returns
Deena Karz
 
In retirement, you need your income stream to keep pace with inflation  
Strike the Right Balance
U. K. Sinha
 
After providing for regular income, invest both in debt and equity options  
Help your parents plan retirement
Pankaj Anup Toppo
 

Tracking investments, or paying taxes becomes difficult with age. So, children have to get into the role of advisors to help parents steer their retirement funds in the right direction  
Make your funds last
Pankaj Anup Toppo and Bridget S. Leena
 
Take the worry out of your twilight years. Here are five strategies that make it easy for your retirement corpus to outlive you  
§ Keeping Wealth Healthy
§ Going Ahead in Reverse Gear 
§ Investment Bouquet
 
The art of ageing: on their own in the twilight
Sunita Abraham
 
The Mongias sold their house and moved to a senior citizens' home as their children live abroad and advancing age had made it difficult for them to live alone. Here's a financial plan for them.  
§ Makeover
 
At the doorstep of life’s defining moments
Udayan Ray
 
Yashwant Kumar Singh’s life is at the crossroads, what with the impending marriages of his children, the heart ailment of his wife and his retirement. In this new regular feature, Outlook Money does a financial makeover with a customised gameplan for him.  
§ Makeover
 
Plan now, retire rich
Monika Halan
 
Your retirement countdown and accumulation strategies from the 20s through the 50s.  
§ Countdown to Retirement: Your Timetable for the 20s, 30s, 40s, and 50s
§ Asset Allocation
 
EXPERTSPEAK  
‘20 million people were ready to join the scheme’
Monika Halan and Sunil Dhawan
 
There are four investment options under the New Pension Scheme— from all-gilt to 50% in equities  
Should Pension Funds Invest in Equity?
Udayan Ray
 
One of the key proposals of the new pension scheme is that pension funds can invest in equity. Experts debate the wisdom of this move.  
FINANCINGRETIREMENT  
Learning to live
Sree Ram R.
 
A new way to source funds for the elderly  
Onward bound in reverse gear
Pankaj Anup Toppo
 
Reverse mortgage, when it becomes a reality, will enable senior citizens in need of cash to unlock the value of their house, even as they continue to live in it  
§ How Stars Earn Stripes
 
A Penny For Your Pension
Narayan Krishnamurthy
 
Superannuation trusts definitely deserve a place in your retirement plan, with or without the FBT exemption.  
LIVING IN RETIREMENT  
Moving Ahead
Sunil Dhawan
 
Appointment of NPS fund managers begins  
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