New Delhi: The Centre plans to develop an IT portal to bring employment-seeking senior citizens and job providers on one platform.
The Senior Able Citizens for Re Employment in Dignity (SACRED) portal will devise ways to ensure senior citizens live healthy, happy, empowered, dignified and self-reliant life.
The government would provide Rs 10 Cr for funding for the platform development along with maintenance grant of Rs 2 Cr per year for five years, officials said.
According to the Longitudinal Ageing Study India (LASI) report 2020, more than 50% of senior citizens in the country are found active.
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