Lok Sabha Question No. 2724 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-08-02
Subject: Increase in Pension Amount
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Dharmendra Kumar Kashyap

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2724 ANSWERED ON 02/08/2022

## INCREASE IN PENSION AMOUNT

## 2724.   SHRI DHARMENDRA KASHYAP:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  make  any  increase  in  the  amount  being disbursed  to  the  beneficiaries  of  old  age  pension,  disabilities  pension  and  destitute women pension;
- (b) the details of registered pensioners, State-wise including State of Uttar Pradesh; and
- (c) whether the amount of pension is uniform in all the States?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SADHVI NIRANJAN JYOTI)

- (a) There is no proposal to increase the pension amount being disbursed to the old age, disabled  and  widow  beneficiaries  under  pension  schemes  of  National  Social  Assistance Programme (NSAP). The States/UTs are, however, encouraged to provide top-ups over and above the central assistance under the NSAP. Presently, these amounts range from Rs.50 to Rs. 3300 per month per beneficiary.
- (b) State/UT-wise  number  of  beneficiaries  under  pension  schemes  of  NSAP,  including that of Uttar Pradesh for the current year is given at Annexure.
- (c) The amount of central assistance under the pension schemes of NSAP is uniform in all  States/UTs.  However,  States/UTs  provide  different  top-ups  over  and  above  the  central assistance ranging from Rs.50 to Rs. 3300 per month under the NSAP.

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State/UT-wise number of beneficiaries under pension schemes of NSAP for the current year

| Sl                | States/UTs         | Total No. of Pension beneficiaries   | Total No. of Pension beneficiaries   |
|-------------------|--------------------|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|                   | Andhra Pradesh     | 1                                    | 932661                               |
| 2                 | Bihar              |                                      | 3757323                              |
| 3                 | Chhattisgarh       |                                      | 874907                               |
| 4                 | Goa                |                                      | 13597                                |
| 5                 | Gujarat            |                                      | 832638                               |
| 6                 | Haryana            |                                      | 327269                               |
| 7                 | Himachal Pradesh   |                                      | 116005                               |
| 8                 | Jharkhand          |                                      | 1286845                              |
| 9                 | Karnataka          |                                      | 1396274                              |
| 10                | Kerala             |                                      | 688329                               |
| 11                | Madhya Pradesh     |                                      | 2205963                              |
| 12                | Maharashtra        |                                      | 1208399                              |
| 13                | Odisha             |                                      | 2037955                              |
| 14                | Punjab             |                                      | 138231                               |
| 15                | Rajasthan          |                                      | 1135202                              |
| 16                | Tamilnadu          |                                      | 1866209                              |
| 17                | Telangana          |                                      | 666553                               |
| 18                | Uttar Pradesh      |                                      | 5519621                              |
| 19                | Uttarakhand        |                                      | 231335                               |
| 20                | West Bengal        |                                      | 2121203                              |
| NE States         | NE States          |                                      |                                      |
| 21                | Arunachal Pradesh  |                                      | 6294                                 |
| 22                | Assam              |                                      | 843932                               |
| 23                | Manipur            |                                      | 62974                                |
| 24                | Meghalaya          |                                      | 65654                                |
| 25                | Mizoram            |                                      | 27407                                |
| 26                | Nagaland           |                                      | 49210                                |
| 27                | Sikkim             |                                      | 18849                                |
| 28                | Tripura            |                                      | 143149                               |
| Union Territories | Union Territories  |                                      |                                      |
| 29                | A&N Islands        |                                      | 592                                  |
| 30                | Chandigarh         |                                      | 4964                                 |
| 31                | D&N Haveli and D&D |                                      | 11076                                |
| 32                | NCT Delhi          |                                      | 152271                               |
| 33                | J&K                |                                      | 139859                               |
| 34                | Ladakh             |                                      | 7148                                 |
| 35                | Lakshadweep        |                                      | 297                                  |
| 36                | Puducherry         |                                      | 28757                                |
|                   | Total              |                                      | 2,89,18,952                          |