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The MAINTENANCE AND WELFARE OF PARENTS AND SENIOR CITIZENS ACT 2007 implements obligations of:

Aonly inheritance (cf. Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act 2007) (cf. Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act 2007)
Bonly retirement (cf. Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act 2007) (cf. Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act 2007)
Conly employment (cf. Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act 2007) (cf. Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act 2007)
DCHILDREN to PROVIDE MAINTENANCE to elderly parents (and elderly persons without children to relatives who would inherit), through Tribunals; establishment of OLD AGE HOMES
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Correct answer: D. CHILDREN to PROVIDE MAINTENANCE to elderly parents (and elderly persons without children to relatives who would inherit), through Tribunals; establishment of OLD AGE HOMES
1. The Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act 2007 was enacted to ensure social security for elderly persons. 2. KEY PROVISIONS: 3. (i) CHILDREN — including adopted children — have a STATUTORY OBLIGATION to maintain their parents. 4. (ii) Where a senior citizen has no children, relatives who would inherit are liable. 5. (iii) MAINTENANCE TRIBUNALS at sub-divisional level — speedy adjudication (90 days). 6. (iv) Maintenance amount up to Rs 10,000 per month. 7. (v) State governments to establish OLD AGE HOMES (minimum 1 per district). 8. (vi) Section 23: if a senior citizen has transferred property in expectation of being maintained, and the transferee fails to provide maintenance, the transfer may be VOIDED. 9. Hence option B is correct. _Source: International HR Treaties + Indian Constitutional Jurisprudence — Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act 2007_
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