Our ReporterDimapur, Aug. 22(EMN): Two senior citizen homes in Nagaland state is under Integrated Programme for Senior Citizens (IPSrC) and receiving grant-in-aid, according to the update from Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment. The ministry stated that at present, grant-in-aid is being provided to implementing agencies for running and maintenance of 502 senior citizen homes across the country. Among the North-eastern states, 30 senior citizen homes from Manipur, 35 from Assam, two each from Nagaland, Tripura, Meghalaya and Mizoram, and one from Arunachal Pradesh are provided grant in aid under IPSrC. According to the ministry, there is no scheme from the ministry for construction of old age homes. However, under the ‘Atal Vayo Abhyuday Yojana (AVYAY)’, grant in aid is provided to NGOs and voluntary organisations for running and maintenance of senior citizen homes (old age homes), continuous care homes, and others. It stated that all these Homes are mandated to maintain the
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, And