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45-Day Care Leave for Elderly Parents Raised in Rajya Sabha During Zero Hour India’s rapidly ageing population entered the centre of parliamentary debate on Friday, February 6, 2026 , when Sumitra Balmik  raised a demand in the Rajya Sabha  for mandatory 45-day care leave for elderly parents  in both government and private sectors . Raising the issue during Zero Hour , Ms. Balmik framed the demand not as a welfare concession, but as a structural necessity for a country underg

Population projections estimate 20% of the country will be senior citizens by 2047; discussions focus on how the draft policy should...