FSCT Wins P.L. Menon Memorial Carrom Tournament
Beats last year's winner PVN Colony in finals of the annual carrom tournament to make the cut The Forum for Senior Citizens of Tarnaka conducted the P.L. Memorial Rolling Carrom Tournament on March 11-13 th with participation by teams from seven Day Care Centers. Each team played two singles and one double match. Last year finalist PVN Colony was beaten by the team from FSCT with a straight 3-0 score. Results: Winner 2018 FSCT. Sri J. Satyanarayana, Sri P Satya Prasad, Sri K. Manohar Reddy and Sri Y Vinayak Rao. Runner Up 2018: PVN Col…
'Mindset Change Needed for Encroachment-free Footpaths', Scientist
A mindset change among people and administrators, orchestrated by the media, NGOs and social organisations, was essential for encroachment free footpaths in the country, Professor B.R. Sant, a retired scientist, who has steadied the subject in-depth said. He was delivering the guest lecture at the monthly meeting of the Forum for Senior Citizens of Tarnaka (FSCT) on March 24 th . He spoke at length on the prevailing state of footpaths and explained the hardships being faced by pedestrians. Categorising encroachers into three categories - stree…
Good News for Senior Citizens in the Union Budget
The Budget 2018 provided much needed relief. Here is a brief listing of the features in the Senior Citizens Budget: For income tax purposes, any citizen with age of 60 years or more is considered as senior citizen. Rs 50,000 Tax exemption on Interest Income from Fixed Deposits and Recurring Deposits u/s 80TTB: The interest rates had come down drastically in last few years and most senior citizens depend on fixed deposits for their regular income. The tax exemption of Rs 50,000 interest income from Post office or Banks under section 80TTB is…
Senior Citizen News
Forum for Senior Citizens Tarnaka The monthly meeting held on 17.02.2018 was earmarked for Swachh Sarveskshan, involving SCOTRWA, Yoga class and GHMC officials. The audience was addressed by the Dy. Commissioner, Sri. Ravi Kumar, Dr. Venkatraman, AMO, and K. Tirupathaiah, Project officer UCD. This was followed by live demonstration on Vermi domestic compost (in the houses) by Smt. Aruna Shekar, expert in Waste Management. It was attended by more than 50 members and the ladies in particular had interaction with Aruna Shekar. Sri. N.S.Prasad p…
Senior Citizens' Activities
Tanuku Senior Citizens Welfare Association ( A.P.) The Association conducted weekly mobile medical camps for the patients who cannot move out, on 17 th , 24 th , 31 st of December, 2017 and on 7 th and 4 th of January of 2018. over 170 patients were examined in and around Tanuku, covering Mandapaka, Peravali and Velpuru villages. They have also distributed medicines donated by the daughters of late Sri. N. Ranga Rao garu to the poor people. Conducted medical camp on 17/12/17 at their premises where in 43 patients were checked for diab…
A Village shows the way to taking care of its elders
By Prof. C.V.Raghavulu The people of Cherukumilli village of Akiveedu mandal in West Godavari district have shown what it means to be a caring community through their care for the citizens of the village in their sunset years. In a unique initiative that has been on since 2007, the village has been taking care of its senior citizens who are alone and without any support by providing them with two square meals a day. Well settled people hailing from the village and now living in far off places like Hyderabad, Bangalore, Visakhapatnam and the U…
GHMC for senior citizens' role in Swach Sarvekshan
GHMC Commissioner Dr B. Janardhan Reddy has urged senior citizens in the city to prevail upon residents in their respective colonies to participate in keeping their environs clean and to participate in the Swach Programmes of the GHMC. “Senior citizens have an important role to play in educated residents in colonies and apartment complexes on issues like waste segregation and help GHMC in its Swach Sarvekshan drive,” the Commissioner said addressing representatives of various senior citizen associations in the twin cities on December 29. The m…
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