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Ageing is a continuous, irreversible, and universal process that begins at conception and lasts until a person dies. However, the age at which one!s productive contribution declines and one tends to be economically dependent can probably be treated as the onset of the aged stage of life. During childhood years children depend on their parents and in the elderly years the elderly depend upon people younger than them, which are normal dependent states of living. Under the influence of industrialization, urbanization, technical and technological progress, education, and globalisation, Indian society is undergoing a fast shift. Since intergenerational links were a defining characteristic of the traditional family, they are eroding and changing the conventional beliefs and institutions. The concept of the nuclear family disturbed the conventional social cycle, violating a thousand-year-old Indian norm in which parents are worshipped as a fervent incarnation of God. When parents lose their capacity to work and earn, they become a financial burden on their children. This led to an imbalanced manner of living for the elderly and sometimes led to feelings of powerlessness, loneliness, uselessness, and isolation in the elderly. The article discusses the available legal rights and bylaws and government provisions in this article to discover the various mechanisms by which ageing adults' human rights are protected.