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The primary tax benefit on health insurance comes under Section 80D. It allows deductions for premiums paid for yourself, your spouse, dependent children, and parents. For self, spouse, and children, you can claim up to ₹25,000 a year. Add parents to the policy, and you get another ₹25,000. If either parent is a senior citizen, this second limit rises to ₹50,000. (Express Photo)

Health Insurance Tax Benefits: What Counts & What Doesn’t

December 23, 2025 6:58 pm

With healthcare costs rising faster than incomes, adequate cover is essential for financial security, as a serious illness or hospitalisation can quickly erode years of savings.

The MPs questioned the government and sought reasons for not reinstating the concessions extended to senior citizens.

Ashwini Vaishnaw responds to questions over reinstating concessions for senior citizens in railways

August 01, 2025 3:58 pm

Indian Railways subsidy 2025: Despite the pandemic ended, the Ministry of Railways has not yet reinstated the concession for senior citizens. The issue has been raised multiple times by Members of Parliament, urging the government to bring back the benefit.

Learn why senior citizens might faint in the bathroom and how to prevent it with expert tips

Senior citizens must never do this while taking a bath

June 20, 2025 5:40 pm

According to Dr Manisha Arora, Director of Internal Medicine at CK Birla Hospital, Delhi, understanding how to approach bathing routines and recognising potential causes of fainting can save lives and enhance safety for older adults

After Kanpur, Gorakhpur gets day care centre for elderly, 15 more in pipeline

May 13, 2025 5:06 am

Officials said that the centres would provide health checkups, physiotherapy sessions, and doctors' consultations

The Senior Citizens Act allows parents (age 60 and above) who are unable to maintain themselves “from his own earning or property owned by him” to file a suit for maintenance against their children or relatives (legal heirs).

Can senior citizens evict their children or relatives from their property? Here’s what SC held

April 03, 2025 3:19 pm

The 2007 Senior Citizens Act establishes dedicated tribunals to hear such suits, along with appellate tribunals to hear challenges to any orders passed.

Maha Kumbh Haryana CM Nayab Singh Saini in blue kurta

Haryana to take senior citizens to Maha Kumbh

January 16, 2025 10:40 pm

Eligible elderly citizens aged 60 and above are already being sent to Ayodhya for the darshan of Ram Lalla, the Haryana government said in a press release.