Lok Sabha Question No. 1286 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-02-09
Subject: Widow Pension Scheme
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Malook Nagar, Shiromani Ram

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1286

ANSWERED ON 09.02.2021

## WIDOW PENSION SCHEME

## 1286.   SHRI MALOOK NAGAR:

SHRI RAMSHIROMANI VERMA:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the total number of beneficiaries under the Widow Pension Scheme in the country, Statewise;
- (b) the number of cases currently pending in Bijnor and Shrawasti Parliamentary Constituencies; and
- (c) whether all the eligible beneficiaries of this scheme in Bijnor and Shrawasti are getting the benefits in time and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR)

- (a) The State-wise  total  number  of  beneficiaries  under  the  Indira  Gandhi  National  Widow Pension Scheme (IGNWPS) in the Country is at Annexure.
- (b) At  present,  no  case  is  pending  under  IGNWPS  in  Bijnor  and  Shrawasti  Parliamentary Constituencies, under widow pension scheme.
- (c) All  eligible  beneficiaries  in  the  Bijnor  and  Shrawasti  Parliamentary  Constituencies  are getting pension under IGNWPS. The total beneficiaries under IGNWPS in Bijnor and Shrawasti constituency are 5994 and 6168, respectively.

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| Total number of beneficiaries under Widow Pension Scheme                                                       | Total number of beneficiaries under Widow Pension Scheme                                                       | Total number of beneficiaries under Widow Pension Scheme                                                       |
| Sl. No.                                                                                                        | States/UTs                                                                                                     | Total number of beneficiaries                                                                                  |
| 1                                                                                                              | Andhra Pradesh                                                                                                 | 245607                                                                                                         |
| 2                                                                                                              | Bihar                                                                                                          | 634695                                                                                                         |
| 3                                                                                                              | Chhattisgarh                                                                                                   | 260625                                                                                                         |
| 4                                                                                                              | Goa                                                                                                            | 8160                                                                                                           |
| 5                                                                                                              | Gujarat                                                                                                        | 218395                                                                                                         |
| 6                                                                                                              | Haryana                                                                                                        | 57149                                                                                                          |
| 7                                                                                                              | Himachal Pradesh                                                                                               | 17979                                                                                                          |
| 8                                                                                                              | Jharkhand                                                                                                      | 272108                                                                                                         |
| 9                                                                                                              | Karnataka                                                                                                      | 465363                                                                                                         |
| 10                                                                                                             | Kerala                                                                                                         | 209236                                                                                                         |
| 11                                                                                                             | Madhya Pradesh                                                                                                 | 536412                                                                                                         |
| 12                                                                                                             | Maharashtra                                                                                                    | 100000                                                                                                         |
| 13                                                                                                             | Odisha                                                                                                         | 528570                                                                                                         |
| 14                                                                                                             | Punjab                                                                                                         | 42187                                                                                                          |
| 15                                                                                                             | Rajasthan                                                                                                      | 278712                                                                                                         |
| 16                                                                                                             | Tamilnadu                                                                                                      | 549084                                                                                                         |
| 17                                                                                                             | Telangana                                                                                                      | 175530                                                                                                         |
| 18                                                                                                             | Uttar Pradesh                                                                                                  | 991784                                                                                                         |
| 19                                                                                                             | Uttarakhand                                                                                                    | 95313                                                                                                          |
| 20                                                                                                             | West Bengal                                                                                                    | 644590                                                                                                         |
|                                                                                                                | Sub Total                                                                                                      | 6331499                                                                                                        |
| 21                                                                                                             | Arunachal Pradesh                                                                                              | 3565                                                                                                           |
| 22                                                                                                             | Assam                                                                                                          | 137463                                                                                                         |
| 23                                                                                                             | Manipur                                                                                                        | 8043                                                                                                           |
| 24                                                                                                             | Meghalaya                                                                                                      | 8498                                                                                                           |
| 25                                                                                                             | Mizoram                                                                                                        | 1925                                                                                                           |
| 26                                                                                                             | Nagaland                                                                                                       | 3720                                                                                                           |
| 27                                                                                                             | Sikkim                                                                                                         | 1614                                                                                                           |
| 28                                                                                                             | Tripura                                                                                                        | 17927                                                                                                          |
|                                                                                                                | Sub Total                                                                                                      | 182755                                                                                                         |
| 29                                                                                                             | A&N Islands                                                                                                    | 1504                                                                                                           |
| 30                                                                                                             | Chandigarh                                                                                                     | 942                                                                                                            |
| 31                                                                                                             | D&N Haveli and Daman &Diu                                                                                      | 1858                                                                                                           |
| 32                                                                                                             | NCT Delhi                                                                                                      | 36361                                                                                                          |
| 33                                                                                                             | J&K                                                                                                            | 7891                                                                                                           |
| 34                                                                                                             | Ladakh                                                                                                         | 443                                                                                                            |
| 35                                                                                                             | Lakshadweep                                                                                                    | 285                                                                                                            |
| 36                                                                                                             | Puducherry                                                                                                     | 9785                                                                                                           |
|                                                                                                                | Sub Total                                                                                                      | 59069                                                                                                          |
|                                                                                                                | GRAND TOTAL                                                                                                    | 6573323                                                                                                        |