Kathmandu, March 2: President Bidya Devi Bhandari has said that the government was introducing a law that would require children to allocate 10 per cent of their income for their parents.
Addressing the conclusion session of the nation tour programme organised by the Manmohan Academy in the capital on Wednesday, the President shared that she came to know that the Ministry of women, children and social affairs was drafting a law in this regard. “Also being introduced is a provision where only 75 per cent of the parental property would be shared among the heirs while 25 per cent would continue to remain in the parents’ name,” the President said.
The President also appealed to all to help revive the Nepali tradition of three generations living together instead of the increasing trend of leaving the elderly at the old age home. She emphasized that the infrastructure including roads should be elderly, children and disabled friendly.
Academy Chair and MP Bharat Mohan Adhikari, Rastrakabi Madhav Prasad Ghimire, culture expert Satya Mohan Joshi and historian Gyanmani Nepal called for more respect and recognition to the elderly and their life experiences.
The academy had taken 129 elderly citizens on a tour of major sites of the country from February 22 to 28. RSS
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