Supreme Court has asked Centre to update its National Policy on Older Persons that envisages state support to them to ensure financial and food security, health care, shelter and other needs. The social justice bench comprising justices Madan B Lokur and UU Lalit yesterday said that the National Policy on Older Persons (NPOP) is 15 years old, and it needs to be updated. It said that revisiting the 1999 NPOP has become necessary in the wake of the enactment of the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007.<br/> <br/>The court expressed dissatisfaction over the reply filed by the Social Justice and Empowerment Ministry and said that it had not disclosed the steps taken so far for setting up old age homes.<br/><br/>Earlier, the apex court had issued notice to the Centre on a PIL seeking setting up of old age homes with basic health care facilities in every district of the country.<br/><br/>The PIL, filed by advocate Sanjeeb Panigrahi, said that senior citizens were being deprived of their rights and sought directions to initiate appropriate steps to carry out a survey of old age homes across the country.