Lok Sabha Question No. 2345 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-12-10
Subject: Pension under IGNOAPS
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Shri Anto Antony

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## DEPARTMENT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2345 ANSWERED ON 10/12/2024

## PENSION UNDER IGNOAPS

## 2345. SHRI ANTO ANTONY:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENTbe pleased to state:

- (a) the details of total number of beneficiaries receiving pensions under Indira Gandhi National Old Age Pension Scheme (IGNOAPS), State-wise;
- (b) the details of beneficiaries in the age group of 60-79 and over the age group of 80;
- (c) the details of number of beneficiaries increased during the last five years and if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) the details of complaints were registered regarding delayed or missed IGNOAPS payments in the past year?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SHRI KAMLESH PASWAN)

(a)  to  (c):   Under  Indira  Gandhi  National  Old  Age  Pension  Scheme (IGNOAPS), overall State-UT-wise cap of beneficiaries was revised to 2,21,30,687 from 2,21,17,493 in September, 2022. State/UT-wise details  of  beneficiaries  (State/UT  cap)  are  given  in  Annexure. Presently, about 77% of beneficiaries of the Scheme belong to the age group of 60-79 years and remaining are of 80 and above. The assistance  under  the  scheme  is  sanctioned  up  to  the  number  of digitized beneficiaries or the State/UT-wise cap, whichever is lower, year-wise details of which is given below:

| Number                                                 | of 2019-20                                             | 2020-21                                                | 2021-22                                                | 2022-23                                                | 2023-24                                                |
|--------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|
| beneficiaries 2140819021590519215735622157793021886219 | beneficiaries 2140819021590519215735622157793021886219 | beneficiaries 2140819021590519215735622157793021886219 | beneficiaries 2140819021590519215735622157793021886219 | beneficiaries 2140819021590519215735622157793021886219 | beneficiaries 2140819021590519215735622157793021886219 |

(d):           A  total  of  103  grievances  were  received  during  the  year 2023 on various issues pertaining to Old Age Pension Scheme such as delay in payment of pension or registration for pension etc.

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Annexure Annexure referred to in part (a) to (c) of LokSabhaUnstarred Question No.

## 2345 to be answered on 10.12.2024 regarding Pension under IGNOAPS

| Sl. No.           | States/UTs         | No. of beneficiaries   |
|-------------------|--------------------|------------------------|
| 1                 | Andhra Pradesh     | 663736                 |
| 2                 | Bihar              | 3157256                |
| 3                 | Chhattisgarh       | 644429                 |
| 4                 | Goa                | 7308                   |
| 5                 | Gujarat            | 620548                 |
| 6                 | Haryana            | 259865                 |
| 7 Himachal        | Pradesh            | 93178                  |
| 8                 | Jharkhand          | 985094                 |
| 9                 | Karnataka          | 899422                 |
| 10                | Kerala             | 458813                 |
| 11                | Madhya Pradesh     | 1575079                |
| 12                | Maharashtra        | 1122920                |
| 13                | Odisha             | 1418631                |
| 14                | Punjab             | 112955                 |
| 15                | Rajasthan          | 823972                 |
| 16                | Tamil Nadu         | 1282504                |
| 17                | Telangana          | 480315                 |
| 18                | Uttar Pradesh      | 4722613                |
| 19                | Uttarakhand        | 204557                 |
| 20                | West Bengal        | 1281159                |
| NE States         | NE States          | NE States              |
| 21                | Arunachal Pradesh  | 5893                   |
| 22                | Assam              | 695997                 |
| 23                | Manipur            | 55891                  |
| 24                | Meghalaya          | 55734                  |
| 25                | Mizoram            | 24524                  |
| 26                | Nagaland           | 45941                  |
| 27                | Sikkim             | 16928                  |
| 28                | Tripura            | 135232                 |
| Union Territories | Union Territories  | Union Territories      |
| 29                | A&N Islands        | 585                    |
| 30                | Chandigarh         | 2378                   |
| 31                | D&N Haveli and D&D | 8754                   |
| 32                | NCT Delhi          | 113824                 |
| 33                | J&K                | 130298                 |
| 34                | Ladakh             | 6486                   |
| 35                | Lakshadweep        | 155                    |
| 36                | Puducherry         | 17713                  |
| TOTAL             | TOTAL              | 22130687               |

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