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People in old age suffer from various physical problems. They sometimes suffer from declining mental abilities. Thus this section of the population falls among the vulnerable section of society. Those unemployed or previously employed in the organized sector suffer from an added problem of financial insecurity in old age due to the absence of pension in old age. This often makes them dependent on their families for economic support. Those who come from poor families Many a time fail to get that economic support from their families due to limited source of family income. Thus the poor older persons often suffer from the lack of proper health care services, food, and other necessities for healthy living. Thus to help the poor elderly, the Indira Gandhi National Old Age Pension Scheme was started on 15th August 1995 to provide them some social security by State. Under this, a noncontributory pension is provided to the older persons in BPL households through cash transfers. This paper tries to study the impact and the loopholes in the implementation of the pension in the state of Tripura.

Old Age Pension, unorganized sector, social security