Lok Sabha Question No. 173 (STARRED), answered on 2017-12-29
Subject: Atal Pension Yojana
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: RANGASWAMY DHRUVANARAYANA, KIRIT PREMJIBHAI SOLANKI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *173 TO BE ANSWERED ON DECEMBER 29, 2017/PAUSHA 08, 1939 (SAKA) ATAL PENSION YOJANA

173 Shri R, Dhruva Narayana:

Dr . Kirit P. Solanki:

Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of subscribers under the Atal Pension Yojana (APY) in the country including Assam; State/UT-wise;
- (c) the total number of Swavalamban subscribers who have shifted to the APY scheme;
- (b) whether the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority has managed to open 103,000 accounts under APY in few States in the country and if SO, the details thereof; State/UT-wise with the extent to which APY has been successful in other States; along
- (d) whether there exists a Grievance Redressal Mechanism for subscribers and if so, the details thereof along with the grievances of the subscribers which still remain unresolved; and
- (e) whether the Government plans to roll out the scheme in the entire country and if so, the details thereof along with the time by which the plan is proposed to be rolled out?

## ANSWER

The Minister' of Finance (Shri Arun Jaitley)

(a) to (e) A Statement is laid on the Table of the House:

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STATEMENT OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *173 FOR ANSWER ON 29.12.2017 REGARDING "ATAL PENSION YOJANA RAISED BY SHRI R DHRUVA NARAYANA AND DR. KIRIT P SOLANKI

- (#) to (c): The number of subscribers under Atal Pension Yojana (APY) in the country including on 20"h December; 2017, is 78.42,533. The details are at Annexure A As on 1 6"h December; 2017, total number of 49, 987 Swavalamban subscribers have migrated to the APY scheme.
- (d) As per Pension Fund Regulatory and   Development A uthority' (PFRDA) circular   dated 07.12.2016, APY subscribers are facilitated  for-smooth registration of grievances online on the portal developed by National Securities Depository Limited (NSDL), the Central Recordkeeping the number of grievances was 28594. oul of which 27625 grievances have been resolved. Further: as on 2/.12.2017, 969 grievances are pending with APYSPs (Atal Pension Yojana Service Providers).
- (c) The APY has been launched by the Government of India in 2015 and the registration of are cligible to join APY through their savings bank account Or post office savings bank account May, years

## Annexure A referred to the reply to part (a) of Starred Question No. 173 due for answer 0n 29.12.2017

The number of subscribers registered under APY, including Assam, Statel UT/Scheme-wise as on 20" December: 20/7, is as under:

| SNo.     | Name of' State            | Count of' PRAN*   |
|----------|---------------------------|-------------------|
|          | Andaman & Nicobar Islands | 3,151             |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh            | 543,944           |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh         | 5,977             |
|          | Assam                     | 165,718           |
|          | Bihar                     | 873,254           |
|          | Chandig garh              | 12,135            |
|          | Chhattisgarh              | 124,074           |
| 8        | Dadra and Nagar Haveli    | 7.649             |
| 9        | Daman & Diu               | 13,136            |
| 10       | Delhi                     | 137.525           |
|          | Goa                       | 17,901            |
| 12       | Gujarat                   | 371,820           |
| 13       | Haryana                   | 154,571           |
| 14       | Himachal Pradesh          | 54.050            |
| 15       | Jammu & Kashmir           | 35.618            |
| 16       | Jharkhand                 | 181,358           |
| 17       | Karnataka                 | 507,877           |
| 18       | Kerala                    | 162,400           |
| 19       | Lakshadweep               | 3,175             |
| 20       | Madhya Pradesh            | 397.871           |
| 21       | Maharashtra               | 583.278           |
| 22       | Manipur                   | 9,788             |
| 23       | Meghalaya                 | 9,810             |
| 24       | Mizoram                   | 13,108            |
| 25       | Nagaland                  |                   |
| 26       | Orissa                    | 279.824           |
| 27       | Pondicherry               | 13.823            |
| 28       | Punjab                    | 251.573           |
| 29       | Rajasthan                 | 415,302           |
| 30       | Sikkim                    | 15,276            |
| 3 | | Tamil Nadu                | 640.904           |
| 32       | Telangana                 | 216.479           |
| 33       | Tripura                   | 16,273            |
| 34       | Uttar Pradesh             | 1,112,814         |
| 35       | Uttaranchal               |                   |
| 36       | West Bengal               | 397.665           |
|          | Total                     | 78,42,533         |

PRAN-Permanent Retirement Account Number

Source: PFRDA