Lok Sabha Question No. 384 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-07-19
Subject: IGNDPS
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: RAJEEV SHANKARRAO SATAV, HEENA VIJAYKUMAR GAVIT, SUPRIYA SADANAND SULE, DHANANJAY BHIMRAO MAHADIK, VIJAYSINH MOHITE PATIL, P.R. SUNDARAM, JAYAKUMAR JAYAVARDHAN

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 384 TO BE ANSWERED ON 19.07.2018

## IGNDPS

## 384. SHRI SATAV RAJEEV:

DR. HEENA VIJAYKUMAR GAVIT:

SHRIMATI SUPRIYA SULE:

SHRI DHANANJAY MAHADIK:

SHRI MOHITE PATIL VIJAYSINH SHANKARRAO:

SHRI P.R. SUNDARAM:

DR. J. JAYAVARDHAN:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of differently abled persons covered and benefited under the Indira Gandhi National  Disability  Pension  Scheme  (IGNDPS)  during the  last  three  years,  State/UTwise;
- (b) the challenges faced by the Government to overcome the difficulties in the implementation of the said scheme;
- (c) whether  the  monthly  pension  provided  under  IGNDPS  is  very  low  to  meet  the  daily needs and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether the Government proposes to enhance the monthly pension;
- (e) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (f) the  steps  taken  by  the  Government to  bring  uniformity  in the  amount of pension  and eligibility criteria followed by the States to make the scheme more inclusive?

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

- (a): State/UT-wise details of the number of differently abled persons benefited under the Indira Gandhi National Disability Pension Scheme (IGNDPS) during the last three years are at Annexure.
- (b): IGNDPS  is  a  sub-scheme  of  National  Social  Assistance  Programme  (NSAP), which is implemented by the States/UTs in the rural as well as urban areas. Identification of beneficiaries, sanction and disbursement of benefit under the scheme is done by the State/UTs. Central Government has not received any complaint from State/UTs on the difficulties being faced by them on implementation of said scheme. Further, to ensure that assistance reaches to the identified beneficiaries, data of all the beneficiaries has been digitized and instructions have been given to the States to implement the Scheme in Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) mode.

(c) to (e):  The Government had constituted an Expert Group to enable a systematic analysis of objective criteria for allocation of resources to States/UTs and for identification and prioritization of beneficiaries under various parameters using Socio Economic Census (SECC 2011) Data. The expert group in its report has made wide ranging recommendations covering the  admissible  rates  and  the  criteria.  The  acceptance  of  the  recommendations  of  the  expert group  report  is  contingent  upon  stakeholders' consultation.  No  timeline has  been  set for  the same.

(f):  Pension  admissibility  under  various  pension  schemes  of  National  Social  Assistance Programme(NSAP) is  uniform  across  the  Country.  Central  assistance  under  the  programme follow laid  down criteria which again is uniform and guidelines provide no deviation to the same. Therefore, question of variation in respect of implementation of Central Scheme does not arise.  Instructions  issued  to  States/UTs  to  make  at  least  an  equal  contribution  under  all  the pension  schemes  of  NSAP.  However,  various  States  under  the  State  run  schemes  provide varying degree of top-ups to identified group of beneficiaries under their schemes.

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## Annexure referred to in reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Q.No. 384    for reply on 19-7-2018

## Details of State/UTs-wise  Number of beneficiaries  under Indira Gandhi National Disability Pension Scheme (IGNDPS) during last three years

| Sl. No.           | States/UTs        | Number of Beneficiaries   | Number of Beneficiaries   | Number of Beneficiaries   |
|-------------------|-------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|
| Sl. No.           | States/UTs        | 2015-2016                 | 2016-2017                 | 2017-2018                 |
| 1                 | Andhra Pradesh    | 24413                     | 24413                     | 24413                     |
| 2                 | Bihar             | 51989                     | 69874                     | 69874                     |
| 3                 | Chhattisgarh      | 31834                     | 32085                     | 32085                     |
| 4                 | Goa               | 41                        | 41                        | 41                        |
| 5                 | Gujarat           | 5495                      | 6588                      | 7834                      |
| 6                 | Haryana           | 11537                     | 11537                     | 11537                     |
| 7                 | Himachal Pradesh  | 563                       | 689                       | 689                       |
| 8                 | J & K             | 923                       | 2761                      | 2789                      |
| 9                 | Jharkhand         | 16028                     | 17207                     | 18219                     |
| 10                | Karnataka         | 43569                     | 43569                     | 43569                     |
| 11                | Kerala            | 29935                     | 29935                     | 29935                     |
| 12                | Madhya Pradesh    | 98678                     | 99924                     | 99924                     |
| 13                | Maharashtra       | 4213                      | 5442                      | 6709                      |
| 14                | Odisha            | 51482                     | 73480                     | 80190                     |
| 15                | Punjab            | 3250                      | 3250                      | 4801                      |
| 16                | Rajasthan         | 22349                     | 25233                     | 25280                     |
| 17                | Tamilnadu         | 62220                     | 62023                     | 61910                     |
| 18                | Telangana         | 17448                     | 17448                     | 17448                     |
| 19                | Uttar Pradesh     | 74998                     | 75280                     | 75280                     |
| 20                | Uttarakhand       | 4669                      | 4669                      | 3671                      |
| 21                | West Bengal       | 60659                     | 62996                     | 62982                     |
|                   | Sub Total         | 616293                    | 668444                    | 679180                    |
| NE States         | NE States         | NE States                 | NE States                 | NE States                 |
| 22                | Arunachal Pradesh | 1284                      | 1284                      | 1284                      |
| 23                | Assam             | 18916                     | 18916                     | 18916                     |
| 24                | Manipur           | 0                         | 1007                      | 1007                      |
| 29                | Meghalaya         | 969                       | 969                       | 969                       |
| 26                | Mizoram           | 400                       | 400                       | 400                       |
| 27                | Nagaland          | 363                       | 960                       | 960                       |
| 28                | Sikkim            | 663                       | 817                       | 817                       |
| 29                | Tripura           | 3209                      | 2144                      | 2144                      |
|                   | Sub Total         | 25804                     | 26497                     | 26497                     |
| Union Territories |                   |                           |                           |                           |
| 30                | A&N Islands       | 0                         | 0                         | 1                         |
| 31                | Chandigarh        | 105                       | 102                       | 100                       |
| 32                | D&NHaveli         | 142                       | 142                       | 142                       |
| 33                | Daman & Diu       | 66                        | 66                        | 66                        |
| 34                | NCT Delhi         | 6321                      | 6321                      | 6321                      |

| 35   | Lakshadweep   |     51 |     51 |     51 |
|------|---------------|--------|--------|--------|
| 36   | Puducherry    |      0 |      0 |      0 |
|      | Sub Total     |   6685 |   6682 |   6681 |
|      | GRAND TOTAL   | 648782 | 701623 | 712358 |