Our Correspondent
Kohima, Aug. 3 (EMN): Nagaland has only five senior citizens registered on the Senior Able Citizen for Re-employment in Dignity (SACRED) portal, which was made operational on October 1, 2021.
There are 4527 senior citizens who have registered on the SACRED portal, according to the Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment, Sushri Pratima Bhoumik, in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday.
He added that 63 senior citizens have applied through the SACRED portal for employment from 16 states/Union territories, but none from Nagaland.
Uttar Pradesh has the highest number of senior citizens on SACRED portal with 854 persons followed by West Bengal with 581, Kerala-421, Maharashtra-379, and Delhi-340; while Sikkim, Meghalaya, Daman and Diu, Dadar and Nagar Haveli got the least with two persons each registered on the portal.
Meanwhile, the number of senior citizens who have applied for employment on the SACRED portal is nil among states like Nagaland, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Chandigarh, Dadar and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Karnataka, Lakshadweep, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Puducherry, Punjab, Sikkim, Tripura and Uttarakhand. Uttar Pradesh got 21 persons registered for the same, followed by Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra with five each.
It may be mentioned that the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment is implementing the Atal Vayo Abhyuday Yojana (AVYAY) scheme for welfare of senior citizens with sub-schemes namely Integrated Programme for Senior Citizens (IPSrC); State Action Plan for Senior Citizens (SAPSrC); Rashtriya Vayoshri Yojana (RVY); Senior Able Citizens for Re-employment in Dignity (SACRED); Action Groups Aimed at Social Reconstruction (AGRASR); Senior-care Ageing Growth Engine (SAGE)- Silver economy for senior citizens; and Elderline – National Helpline, for elderly care, training and capacity building of senior citizens.