Lok Sabha Question No. 1251 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-02-09
Subject: IGNWPS
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: VINOD CHAVDA, NINONG ERING, GOWDAR MALLIKARJUNAPPA SIDDESHWARA, RAJESHBHAI NARANBHAI CHUDASAMA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO .1251

TO BE ANSWERED ON 09.0 2.2017

## IGNWPS

## 1251. SHRI VINOD LAKHAMASHI CHAVDA:

SHRI NINONG ERING:

SHRI G.M. SIDDESHWARA:

SHRI RAJESHBHAI CHUDASAMA:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the  details  of  beneficiaries  identified  under  the  Indira  Gandhi  National Pension Scheme (IGNWPS), State/UT - wise including Karnataka and Gujarat;
- (b) thedetails of funds released to the States for the said scheme during the last and the current year;
- (c) the  number  of  SC/ST  widows  identified  among  the  beneficiaries  under  the scheme, State/UT - wise;
- (d) the details of pension amount give n to SC/ST widows during the last five years and the current year; and
- (e) whether the Government proposes to link the social security pensions like Na Old Age Pension, Widow Pension and Disability Pension to inflationary fluctua and if so, th e details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT ( SHRI RAM KRIPAL YADAV )

- (a): The detail of beneficiaries identified under Indira Gandhi National Widow Pens Scheme(IGNWPS), State/UT - wiseincluding Karnataka and Gujarat is at Annexure - I.
- (b): The details of funds released (Rs. In lakh) to the States for the said scheme last five years are as under : -
- (c)&(d): Schemes under National Social Assistance Programme(NSAP) are only for the persons belonging to below poverty line(BPL) household.
- (e): No  Madam,  the  assistance  under  the  schemes  of  National  Social  Assistan Programme(NSAP) is increased from time to time .

| 2011- 12                          | 2012- 13                          | 2013- 14                          | 2014- 15   | 2015- 16   | 2016- 17 (As on date)   |
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|------------|------------|-------------------------|
| Combined Release for all schemes* | Combined Release for all schemes* | Combined Release for all schemes* |            |            |                         |
| 659645.95                         | 788435.03                         | 911245.66                         | 34513.95   | 206888.12  | 177327.81               |

## Annexure referred to in reply to Lok Sabha UnS Q.  No. 1251   for reply on 9-02-2017 Details of No. of beneficiaries  under Indira Gandhi Widow Pension Scheme (IGNWPS) by States/UTs

|   Sl. No. | States/UTs       |   Number of beneficiaries |
|-----------|------------------|---------------------------|
|         1 | Andhra Pradesh   |                    245514 |
|         2 | Bihar            |                    501267 |
|         3 | Chhattisgarh     |                    144230 |
|         4 | Goa              |                       315 |
|         5 | Gujarat          |                     12548 |
|         6 | Haryana          |                     57149 |
|         7 | Himachal Pradesh |                     17979 |
|         8 | J & K            |                      6777 |
|         9 | Jharkhand        |                    272108 |
|        10 | Karnataka        |                    465363 |
|        11 | Kerala           |                    209236 |
|        12 | Madhya Pradesh   |                    536412 |
|        13 | Maharashtra      |                     36604 |
|        14 | Orissa           |                    489404 |
|        15 | Punjab           |                     15424 |
|        16 | Rajasthan        |                    130902 |
|        17 | Tamilnadu        |                    549084 |
|        18 | Telangana        |                    140705 |
|        19 | Uttar Pradesh    |                    991784 |
|        20 | Uttarakhand      |                     26995 |
|        21 | West Bengal      |                    644590 |

## NE States

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

32

33

34

35

36

UTs

Arunachal Pradesh

Assam

Manipur

Meghalaya

Mizoram

Nagaland

Sikkim

Tripura

Sub Total

A&N Islands

Chandigarh

D&N Haveli

Daman & Diu

NCT Delhi

Lakshadweep

Pondicherry

Sub Total

GRAND TOTAL

3565

137463

8043

8498

1925

3720

1614

17927

5677145

550

942

1388

470

36361

93

9785

49589

5726734