Q.What programmes has the government adopted to help elderly people and poor and destitute women?

Alongside its employment and food programmes, the government runs dedicated social-security schemes for those who cannot support themselves through work. …

To help elderly people and poor and destitute women, the government has adopted social-security programmes for specific vulnerable groups:

1. National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP) — a central-government programme under which elderly people who have no one to take care of them are given a pension to sustain themselves. …