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IMPACT ASSESSMENT   OF  MADRID INTERNATIONAL PLAN OF ACTION ON AGEING IN INDIA  (2011/2012)  - A   NATIONAL STUDY By AGEWELL RESEARCH & ADVOCACY CENTRE (For Needs & Rights of Older Persons)                                                                                                BACKGROUND                                 The Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing (MIPAA) was adopted at the Second World Assembly on Ageing in April 2002. It marks a turning point in how governments should address ageing issues with a theme “society for all ages”. “Society for all ages” was the theme for the 1999 International Year of Older Persons, contained four dimensions: individual lifelong development; multigenerational relationships; the interrelationship between population ageing and development; and the situation of older persons. The MIPAA-2002 offers a bold new agenda for handling the issue of ageing in the 21 st century.  It focuses on three priority areas: older p