International Day of Older Persons: 1st October

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  • October 1, 2021
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International Day of Older Persons: 1st October

By: Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment

  • Dedicate the Elderly Line 14567 to the Nation
  • Launch the Senior Able Citizens Reemployment in Dignity (SACRED) portal
  • Launch the Senior Care Ageing Growth Engine (SAGE) Portal

About the Senior Able Citizens Reemployment in Dignity (SACRED) portal

  • An IT portal to be developed to bring the employment seeker senior citizens and employment providers on one platform
  • The aim is to devise ways to ensure Senior Citizens live healthy, happy, empowered, dignified and self-reliant life

About the Senior Care Ageing Growth Engine (SAGE) Portal

  • Aimed at promoting private enterprises to bring out innovation in products to benefit elders
  • Shaped on the recommendations of the empowered expert committee (EEC) report on startups for the elderly
  • SAGE to select, support and create a ‘one-stop access’ of elderly care products and services

News Source: PIB

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