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Government’s SACRED Job Portal for Senior Citizens Central Govt. has launched a first-of-its-kind dedicated online employment exchange for Senior citizens. Citizens who are more than 60 years of age and are looking for work opportunities will now be able to register on the SACRED portal from October 1. The portal is named Senior Able Citizens for Re-Employment in Dignity (SACRED) and is developed by the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment. There are many reasons why senior citizens needs to work after the they have attained the age of 60. Citizens above 60 years of age can register on the Sacred portal and find jobs and work opportunities so that they can become independent and stand on their shoes once again as they used to work till the age of 60. Social Justice and empowerment secretary R Subrahmanyam said that the SACRED website for senior citizens will provide employment opportunities for the elderly people by bringing together employers who wish to hire senior citizens for...

Electricity Bill in Delhi increase by 2% from October 1 Residents of Delhi will now have to pay more for the electricity usage as the Delhi electricity bills are all set to increase starting from 1st October 2021.  The Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission (DERC) on Thursday, September 30, said that the electricity bills in Delhi will be increased as pension surcharge will increase by 2%. DERC said, "The new power tariff order for 2021-22 will be applicable from October 1".  Despite increase in the pension surcharge, DERC said that additional costs such as per unit energy cost and fixed charges have remained the same. The 'pension trust surcharge'has only increased by 2% from 5% to 7%.  The pension surcharge was levied before the electricity sector was decentralised. The pension surcharge is levied on electricity bills towards paying pensions to retired employees of power utilities like Tata Power NDPL, BSES Yamuna and BSES Rajdhani. Money collected as part of the s...