Social Justice and Empowerment Ministry will hold a two-day 'National Conference on Ageing' in New Delhi next month. A senior official from the Ministry said that the Conference will be aiming to empower senior citizens and take stock of the social, financial and health issues faced by them.

He said, the Conference will bring together representatives of all state governments, key union ministries, organisations working in this sector and several imminent citizens to dwell upon the issues faced by senior citizens. The conference has been divided into four themes concerning older persons.

The themes decided for the conference- planned for the first week of November- are Social and Economic Security of Older Persons, Health care, Family and Community Care, and focus on Special Elderly Groups consisting of senior citizens above 80 years.

The Conference will be inaugurated by Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Mukul Wasnik who will also chair the final round of discussion on the second day.