Lok Sabha Question No. 318 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-11-30
Subject: Disabled Persons Receiving Pension and Ex-gratia
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Mohammad Jawed, Gaurav Gogoi

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 318

ANSWERED ON 30/11/2021

## DISABLED PERSONS RECEIVING PENSION AND EX-GRATIA

318. DR. MOHAMMAD JAWED: SHRI GAURAV GOGOI:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of persons with disabilities who received the advance three month pension and ex-gratia relief of Rs 1000 since March 2020;
- (b) the details of beneficiaries who are currently covered under the Indira Gandhi National Disability Pension scheme; and
- (c) the criteria for providing pension under IGNDPS alongwith the reasons for the exclusionary criteria of providing pension to only people with 80 percent disabilities?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) The  Government  had  announced  Rs  1.70  lakh  crore  relief  package  under  Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana (PMGKY) on 26.03.2020 for the poor to help them fight the battle against Corona Virus. One of the components of said package was to provide ex-gratia of  Rs.1000  in  two  instalments  (Rs.500/-  each)  to  the  existing  old  age,  widow  and disabled/Divyangjan beneficiaries of the schemes of National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP). A total of Rs.2814.50 crore as ex-gratia was released to States/UTs in two tranches in  April,  2020  and  May,  2020  under  PMGKY  for  the  282  lakh  beneficiaries  of  NSAP schemes. This included release of Rs.77.34 crore to 7.73 lakh disabled beneficiaries of Indira Gandhi National Disability Pension Scheme (IGNDPS).
- (b) State/UT-wise  details  of  beneficiaries  currently  covered  under  the  Indira  Gandhi National Disability Pension Scheme (IGNDPS) are at Annexure.
- (c) As  per  the  NSAP  guidelines,  persons  aged  between  18-79  years  with  severe  and multiple disabilities  and  belonging  to  families  living  below  poverty  line  are  covered  under IGNDPS.

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## Annexure  referred in reply of Part (b) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 318 for 30.11.2021

| Details of IGNDPS beneficiaries F.Y. 2021-2022   | Details of IGNDPS beneficiaries F.Y. 2021-2022   | Details of IGNDPS beneficiaries F.Y. 2021-2022   |
|--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
| Sl. No.                                          | States/UTs                                       | Beneficiaries                                    |
| 1                                                | Andhra Pradesh                                   | 24413                                            |
| 2                                                | Bihar                                            | 126156                                           |
| 3                                                | Chhattisgarh                                     | 31953                                            |
| 4                                                | Goa                                              | 466                                              |
| 5                                                | Gujarat                                          | 20557                                            |
| 6                                                | Haryana                                          | 11537                                            |
| 7                                                | Himachal Pradesh                                 | 853                                              |
| 8                                                | Jharkhand                                        | 26496                                            |
| 9                                                | Karnataka                                        | 43639                                            |
| 10                                               | Kerala                                           | 29935                                            |
| 11                                               | Madhya Pradesh                                   | 99924                                            |
| 12                                               | Maharashtra                                      | 8870                                             |
| 13                                               | Odisha                                           | 85805                                            |
| 14                                               | Punjab                                           | 5656                                             |
| 15                                               | Rajasthan                                        | 30502                                            |
| 16                                               | Tamil Nadu                                       | 63261                                            |
| 17                                               | Telangana                                        | 17448                                            |
| 18                                               | Uttar Pradesh                                    | 75280                                            |
| 19                                               | Uttarakhand                                      | 2880                                             |
| 20                                               | West Bengal                                      | 62049                                            |
|                                                  | Sub Total                                        | 767680                                           |
| NE States                                        |                                                  |                                                  |
| 21                                               | Arunachal Pradesh                                | 112                                              |
| 22                                               | Assam                                            | 18916                                            |
| 23                                               | Manipur                                          | 1007                                             |
| 24                                               | Meghalaya                                        | 969                                              |
| 25                                               | Mizoram                                          | 400                                              |
| 26                                               | Nagaland                                         | 960                                              |
| 27                                               | Sikkim                                           | 457                                              |
| 28                                               | Tripura                                          | 1769                                             |
|                                                  | Sub Total                                        | 24590                                            |
| Union Territories                                |                                                  |                                                  |
| 29                                               | Andaman &Nicobar Islands                         | 2                                                |
| 30                                               | Chandigarh                                       | 100                                              |
| 31                                               | Dadra &Nagar Haveli and Daman &Diu               | 254                                              |
| 32                                               | National Capital Territory Delhi                 | 6321                                             |
| 33                                               | Jammu and Kashmir                                | 2426                                             |
| 34                                               | Ladakh                                           | 150                                              |
| 35                                               | Lakshadweep                                      | 51                                               |
| 36                                               | Puducherry                                       | 1259                                             |
|                                                  | Sub Total                                        | 10563                                            |
|                                                  | GRAND TOTAL                                      | 802833                                           |