India, Jan. 28 -- Ahead of Budget 2026, senior living real estate players are seeking targeted policy support as demand rises with India's ageing population. Key asks include formal recognition of senior living as a core real estate segment, infrastructure status, and pension-linked, tax-efficient products to help seniors convert retirement savings into a steady monthly income for living and care needs.

A key demand is the creation of pension-linked, tax-efficient financial products that allow seniors to convert their retirement corpus into predictable monthly payouts, either to support living and care expenses directly or to be routed to care providers. Such mechanisms, they argue, would address the biggest affordability gap in senior c...