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
