Lok Sabha Question No. 693 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-07-20
Subject: Pension to Widows and Old Age Persons
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: HARI NARAYAN RAJBHAR

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 693

TO BE ANSWERED ON 20 .0 7.2017

## PENSION TO WIDOWS AND OLD AGE PERSONS

## 693. SHRI HARINARAYAN RAJBHAR:

W ill the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of widows and old age persons in the country, State/UT - wise including Uttar Pradesh;
- (b) whether the Union Government proposes to provide old age pension to all in prop to their population on the lines of compulsory pension scheme of Uttar Pradesh;
- (c) if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## ( SHRI RAM KRIPAL YADAV )

- (a): State/UT - wise  number  of  widows  and  old  age  persons  (60  years  or  more),  as  per Census Data 2011 as published by Registrar General of India is at Annexure.
- (b) to (d) : No Madam, at present there is no proposal to provide the old age pension t the proportion to their population as old age pension scheme and widow pension scheme National Social Assistance Programme, being a welfare scheme, is targeted to extend only to persons belonging to Below Poverty Line (BPL Category).

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## Annexure

## Annexure for LS UnQ.No. 693 for reply on 20-07-2017 (for point no a) Details of State/UTs -wise Number of  Widows and Old Age Persons (60 years or more) in the Country

| Sl. No.           | States/UTs        | Number of persons   | Number of persons   |
|-------------------|-------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
| Sl. No.           | States/UTs        | Old Age Persons     |                     |
| 1                 | Andhra Pradesh    | 8278241             | 4297481             |
| 2                 | Bihar             | 7707145             | 2238793             |
| 3                 | Chhattisgarh      | 2003909             | 973787              |
| 4                 | Goa               | 163495              | 77935               |
| 5                 | Gujarat           | 4786559             | 2015742             |
| 6                 | Haryana           | 2193755             | 773297              |
| 7                 | Himachal Pradesh  | 703009              | 293475              |
| 8                 | J & K             | 922656              | 283650              |
| 9                 | Jharkhand         | 2356678             | 1027878             |
| 10                | Karnataka         | 5791032             | 2989429             |
| 11                | Kerala            | 4193393             | 2010984             |
| 12                | Madhya Pradesh    | 5713316             | 2160609             |
| 13                | Maharashtra       | 11106935            | 4520764             |
| 14                | Odisha            | 3984448             | 1612627             |
| 15                | Punjab            | 2865817             | 928158              |
| 16                | Rajasthan         | 5112138             | 1983634             |
| 17                | Tamilnadu         | 7509758             | 3856398             |
| 18                | Telangana         |                     |                     |
| 19                | Uttar Pradesh     | 15439904            | 4856188             |
| 20                | Uttarakhand       | 900809              | 387215              |
| 21                | West Bengal       | 7742382             | 3792184             |
| NE States         | NE States         |                     |                     |
| 22                | Arunachal Pradesh | 63639               | 31787               |
| 23                | Assam             | 2078544             | 1156042             |
| 24                | Manipur           | 200020              | 77990               |
| 29                | Meghalaya         | 138902              | 84825               |
| 26                | Mizoram           | 68628               | 28569               |
| 27                | Nagaland          | 102726              | 39496               |
| 28                | Sikkim            | 40752               | 13717               |
| 29                | Tripura           | 289544              | 164969              |
| Union Territories | Union Territories |                     |                     |
| 30                | A&N Islands       | 25424               | 12525               |
| 31                | Chandigarh        | 67078               | 24496               |
| 32                | D&N Haveli        | 13892               | 7378                |
| 33                | Daman & Diu       | 11361               | 6816                |
| 34                | NCT Delhi         | 1147445             | 456613              |
| 35                | Lakshadweep       | 5270                | 2448                |
| 36                | Puducherry        | 120436              | 73579               |
| GRAND TOTAL       |                   | 103849040           | 43261478            |