The State government will carry out a census to determine the elderly population in Kerala and prepare a databank on senior citizens, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said here on Monday.
The exercise would be undertaken on the lines of the disability census conducted in 2015, he told a meeting convened to review various welfare schemes by government departments.
Mr. Vijayan said the government was also planning to prepare a database on the functioning of orphanages and homes for the destitute and the elderly. The services of anganwadi workers would be utilised for the purpose.
