Daily Current Affairs / India's first pan-India toll-free helpline 'Elder Line' launched
Category : National Published on: October 01 2021
· India's first pan-India toll-free helpline - 14567 - called 'Elder Line' has been officially launched by the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.
· Its purpose is to provide information, guidance, emotional support, and immediate assistance in cases of abuse.
· According to the ministry, the objective of 'Elder Line' is to provide a platform to all senior citizens, or their well-wishers across the country, to get information and guidance about the problems they face on a day-to-day basis.
· ‘Elder Line’ has already been provided by 17 states in the country, and efforts are on to launch it at other places as well.
Important facts
About Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
v The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment is a ministry of the Government of India. It works to improve the welfare, social justice, and empowerment of the underprivileged and marginalized sections of the society including Scheduled Castes (SC), Other Backward Classes (OBC), Transgender and LGBTQ people, disabled, elderly, and drug victims.
v In May 1998, the Ministry of Welfare was renamed as Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.
Taiwan successfully conducted the first underwater sea trial of its indigenous submarine Narwhal to strengthen maritime deterrence.
Read More....Uttar Pradesh will make Aadhaar-based biometric authentication mandatory for property registration from 1 February 2026.
Read More....Rashtriya Ayurveda Vidyapeeth organised a three-day training on medicinal plant identification in Wayanad, Kerala.
Read More....Martyrs Day is observed on 30 January to commemorate Mahatma Gandhi and India’s freedom fighters.
Read More....India has nominated Meghalaya’s living root bridges for UNESCO World Heritage evaluation 2026–27.
Read More....Assam launched the Mukhya Mantrir Eti Koli Duti Paat scheme providing ₹5,000 to over six lakh tea workers.
Read More....Microsoft unveiled its second-generation AI chip Maia 200 to reduce dependence on Nvidia.
Read More....Karnataka hosts 39% of India’s GenAI startups, leading the country in AI innovation, says Economic Survey 2025–26.
Read More....India ranked second globally in consumer optimism in January 2026, according to LSEG–Ipsos PCSI.
Read More....Google DeepMind launched AlphaGenome, an AI tool to analyse DNA mutations and gene regulation.
Read More....
