Lok Sabha Question No. 4243 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-29
Subject: Pension to Widows
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Sunil Baburao Mendhe

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4243

ANSWERED ON 29/03/2022

## PENSION TO WIDOWS

## 4243.   SHRI SUNIL BABURAO MENDHE:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether applications have been received from women beneficiaries under the pension scheme for widows and destitute women in Maharashtra during the last three years; and
- (b) if so, the number of applications received thereunder along with the number of women benefitted thereby, district-wise?

## ANSWER

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

- (a)      Yes Sir.
- (b) Details of  district-wise applications received from women under the pension scheme for widows and destitute women and number of women benefitted in Maharashtra during the last three years is given at Annexure.

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## Annexure referred to reply of  part (a) & (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 4243 to be answered on 29.03.2022

| Sl No   | District    | No. of applications received   | No. of applications approved (women benefited)   | No. of application rejected   | No. of applications pending   |
|---------|-------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
| 1       | Mumbai City | 505                            | 501                                              | 4                             | 0                             |
| 2       | Mumbai Sub  | 1180                           | 1019                                             | 108                           | 53                            |
| 3       | Thane       | 5749                           | 4986                                             | 704                           | 59                            |
| 4       | Raigad      | 9852                           | 9386                                             | 344                           | 122                           |
| 5       | Ratnagiri   | 2514                           | 2390                                             | 83                            | 41                            |
| 6       | Sindhudurg  | 2552                           | 2520                                             | 32                            | 0                             |
| 7       | Palghar     | 10516                          | 8915                                             | 1601                          | 0                             |
| 8       | Pune        | 12361                          | 10020                                            | 1490                          | 851                           |
| 9       | Satara      | 5739                           | 5588                                             | 86                            | 65                            |
| 10      | Sangli      | 6849                           | 5821                                             | 825                           | 203                           |
| 11      | Solapur     | 15524                          | 11108                                            | 3182                          | 1234                          |
| 12      | Kolhapur    | -                              | -                                                | -                             | -                             |
| 13      | Nashik      | 14800                          | 10482                                            | 3140                          | 1178                          |
| 14      | Ahmednagar  | 12124                          | 8046                                             | 3516                          | 562                           |
| 15      | Dhule       | 9424                           | 6653                                             | 2771                          | 0                             |
| 16      | Jalgaon     | 19504                          | 13518                                            | 3168                          | 2818                          |
| 17      | Nandubar    | 7215                           | 4668                                             | 2011                          | 536                           |
| 18      | Amravati    | 838                            | 718                                              | 69                            | 51                            |
| 19      | Akola       | 9313                           | 8764                                             | 136                           | 413                           |
| 20      | Yavatmal    | 11313                          | 9270                                             | 2043                          | 0                             |
| 21      | Buldhana    | 6100                           | 5684                                             | 119                           | 297                           |
| 22      | Washim      | 3061                           | 2706                                             | 8                             | 347                           |
| 23      | Nagpur      | 15948                          | 10974                                            | 2596                          | 2378                          |
| 24      | Wardha      | 6552                           | 4880                                             | 534                           | 1138                          |
| 25      | Chandrapur  | 13323                          | 11395                                            | 1914                          | 14                            |
| 26      | Bhandara    | 6183                           | 5293                                             | 481                           | 409                           |
| 27      | Gadcilroli  | 3823                           | 3631                                             | 171                           | 21                            |
| 28      | Gondia      | 8929                           | 8247                                             | 373                           | 309                           |
| 29      | Aurangabad  | 16155                          | 7604                                             | 6131                          | 2420                          |
| 30      | Beed        | 857                            | 857                                              | 0                             | 0                             |
| 31      | Nanded      | 6846                           | 4812                                             | 1313                          | 721                           |
| 32      | Parbhani    | 5113                           | 3068                                             | 2045                          | 0                             |
| 33      | Jalna       | 7556                           | 3701                                             | 3608                          | 247                           |
| 34      | Hingoli     | 6730                           | 5594                                             | 606                           | 530                           |
| 35      | Osmanabad   | 5408                           | 4780                                             | 381                           | 247                           |
| 36      | Latur       | 10105                          | 8609                                             | 1496                          | 0                             |
|         | Total       | 280561                         | 216208                                           | 47089                         | 17264                         |