Lok Sabha Question No. 474 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-02-03
Subject: Implementation of NSAP and NFBS
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Shri Anto Antony

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 474 ANSWERED ON 03/02/2026

## IMPLEMENTATION OF NSAP AND NFBS

## 474.  Shri Anto Antony:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP) is fully implemented in all States and Union Territories, if not, the reasons therefor, State and UT-wise;
- (b) the  number  of  States  and  UTs  presently  not  implementing  or partially  implementing  NSAP  and  the  National  Family  Benefit Scheme (NFBS);
- (c) the  number  of  eligible  beneficiaries  who  have  not  received NSAP and NFBS benefits due to partial or non-implementation, State and UT-wise; and
- (d) the total Central assistance released and utilised under NSAP and NFBS during the last three years, State and UT-wise?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (c): National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP) is a 100% funded centrally sponsored scheme (CSS)  and is being implemented in all States/UTs. The scheme consists of five sub-schemes namely Indira  Gandhi  National  Old  Age  Pension  Scheme,  Indira  Gandhi National  Widow Pension Scheme, Indira Gandhi National Disability Pension Scheme, Indira Gandhi National Family Benefit Scheme & Annapurna scheme. The scheme caters to 3.09 crore BPL beneficiaries with a scheme-wise ceiling/ cap for each State/UT on the number of beneficiaries.

As  per  NSAP  guidelines,  responsibility  of  implementation  of  NSAP schemes,  identification/  verification  of  beneficiaries,  disbursal  of pension to beneficiaries, stoppage of pension, annual verification of beneficiaries lie in the hand of States/UTs . Release of funds under

NSAP is contingent upon receipt of proposals from  the concerned State/UT, submitted in accordance with the scheme guidelines and Ministry of Finance (MoF) instructions. Funds under the scheme are released to States/UTs on the basis of number of eligible beneficiaries  whose  database  has  been  digitized  on  NSAP-PPS (National Social Assistance Programme - Pension Payment System) portal or State cap  of number  of  beneficiaries,  whichever  is less.Owing  to  non-receipt  of  proposals  complete  in  all  respects, funds  could  not  be  released  to  the  State  of  Goa  and  the  Union Territories of Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman  &  Diu,  and  Lakshadweep  since  last  many  years. State/UTwise ceiling/cap on number of beneficiaries in these States/UTs is given at Annexure-I.

(d): State  and  UT-wise  fund  released  under  pensions  schemes  of NSAP and NFBS during the last three years is given separately at Annexure-II.

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Annexure referred to in reply to parts (a) to (c) of LokSabhaUnstarred Question No. 474 to be answered on 03.02.2026 regarding Implementation of NSAP and NFBS

## State/UT-wise cap/ceiling of beneficiaries under NSAP

| State/UT           |   State Cap/Ceiling |
|--------------------|---------------------|
| Goa                |               14305 |
| A&N Islands        |                1236 |
| D&N Haveli and D&D |               11650 |
| Lakshadweep        |                 362 |

Annexure  referred  to  in  reply  to  part  (d)  of  LokSabhaUnstarred Question No. 474 to be answered on 03.02.2026 regarding Implementation of NSAP and NFBS

## State/UT-wise fund released under pension schemes of NSAP during the last three years

(Rs in crore)

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

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0

| Sl.No.States/UTs   | Sl.No.States/UTs   | 2022-23                     | 2023-24   | 2024-25   |
|--------------------|--------------------|-----------------------------|-----------|-----------|
| 1                  | Andhra Pradesh     | 294.8691                    | 379.325   | 332.0239  |
| 2                  | Bihar              | 1341.25971436.17121363.4669 |           |           |
| 3                  | Chhattisgarh       | 272.6135                    | 277.5422  | 351.7923  |
| 4                  | Goa                | 0                           | 0         | 0         |
| 5                  | Gujarat            | 225.494                     | 190.585   | 191.0311  |
| 6                  | Haryana            | 233.0731                    | 0         | 0         |
| 7                  | Himachal Pradesh   | 34.7952                     | 87.72     | 0         |
| 8                  | Jharkhand          | 379.1716                    | 276.5889  | 322.1857  |
| 9                  | Karnataka          | 418.8582                    | 450.524   | 113.9305  |
| 10                 | Kerala             | 0                           | 602.1392  | 131.2419  |
| 11                 | Madhya Pradesh     | 953.3036                    | 819.0076  | 875.6552  |
| 12                 | Maharashtra        | 149.1751                    | 0         | 534.1275  |
| 13                 | Odisha             | 641.9517                    | 632.9958  | 517.8967  |
| 14                 | Punjab             | 0                           | 14.0365   | 22.2681   |
| 15                 | Rajasthan          | 621.76395                   | 305.2044  | 608.6698  |
| 16                 | Tamil Nadu         | 559.7842                    | 666.6176  | 632.6006  |
| 17                 | Telangana          | 216.452                     | 166.6637  | 0         |
| 18                 | Uttar Pradesh      | 1684.64821280.11391783.1442 |           |           |
| 19                 | Uttarakhand        | 118.9196                    | 87.7143   | 110.0821  |
| 20                 | West Bengal        | 596.6475                    | 940.2937  | 751.9962  |
| 21                 | Arunachal Pradesh  | 0                           | 9.0459    | 0         |
| 22                 | Assam              | 309.55                      | 289.809   | 297.2627  |
| 23                 | Manipur            | 25.5706                     | 15.3304   | 21.772    |
| 24                 | Meghalaya          | 21.12885                    | 21.6884   | 21.8053   |
| 25                 | Mizoram            | 10.2577                     | 10.3158   | 13.4028   |
| 26                 | Nagaland           | 21.4562                     | 16.3195   | 29.2062   |
| 27                 | Sikkim             | 7.9254                      | 0         | 0         |
| 28                 | Tripura            | 30.033                      | 42.9886   | 55.6238   |
| 29                 | A&N Islands        | 0                           | 0         | 0         |
| 30                 | Chandigarh         | 0                           | 0         | 0         |
| 31                 | D&N Haveli and D&D | 0                           | 0         | 0         |
| 32                 | NCT Delhi          | 0                           | 0         | 116.6565  |
| 33                 | J & K              | 21.1241                     | 80.0055   | 34.6391   |
| 34                 | Ladakh             | 3.3122                      | 0         | 5.2198    |
| 35                 | Lakshadweep        | 0                           | 0         | 0         |
| 36                 | Puducherry         | 0                           | 0         | 0         |
| TOTAL              |                    | 9193.13839098.74619237.7009 |           |           |

## State/UT-wise  fund  released  under  NFBS  during  the  last  three years

(Rs in crore)

| Sl. No.States/UTs    | Sl. No.States/UTs   | 2022-232023-242024-25   |   2022-232023-242024-25 |   2022-232023-242024-25 |
|----------------------|---------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
| 1                    | Andhra Pradesh      | 22.47                   |                   28.08 |                   22.47 |
| 2                    | Bihar               | 0.00                    |                   36.93 |                   27.22 |
| 3                    | Chhattisgarh        | 27.00                   |                    0    |                   23.47 |
| 4                    | Goa                 | 0.00                    |                    0    |                    0    |
| 5 Gujarat            |                     | 16.52                   |                   16.52 |                   16.52 |
| 6                    | Haryana             | 17.13                   |                    0    |                   10.7  |
| 7 Himachal Pradesh   | 1.06                |                         |                    2.47 |                    0    |
| 8                    | J & K               | 0.00                    |                    0    |                    0    |
| 9                    | Jharkhand           | 30.03                   |                    0    |                    2.6  |
| 10                   | Karnataka           | 27.73                   |                    0    |                    0    |
| 11                   | 0.00                |                         |                    0    |                    0    |
| 12 Madhya Pradesh    | Kerala              | 57.09                   |                    8.9  |                   14.12 |
| 13 Maharashtra       | 21.97               |                         |                    0    |                    0    |
| 14                   | Odisha              | 38.63                   |                   52.48 |                   31.64 |
| 15                   | Punjab              | 0.00                    |                    1.38 |                    0.62 |
| 16                   | Rajasthan           | 0.00                    |                    0    |                    0    |
| 17 Tamil Nadu        | 19.00               |                         |                    9.34 |                    8.17 |
| 18                   | Telangana           | 0.00                    |                    0    |                    0    |
| 19 Uttar Pradesh     |                     | 150.53                  |                  112.9  |                  164.24 |
| 20 Uttarakhand       |                     | 0.00                    |                    1.42 |                    1.77 |
| 21 West              | Bengal              | 25.91                   |                   62.89 |                   44.4  |
| 22 Arunachal Pradesh | 0.00                |                         |                    0    |                    0    |
| 23                   | Assam               | 0.00                    |                    0    |                   21.93 |
| 24                   | Manipur             | 1.72                    |                    1.03 |                    0.16 |
| 29                   | Meghalaya           | 0.00                    |                    0    |                    0    |
| 26                   | Mizoram             | 0.41                    |                    0.3  |                    0.61 |
| 27                   | Nagaland            | 1.10                    |                    0.83 |                    1.38 |
| 28                   | Sikkim              | 0.22                    |                    0    |                    0    |
| 29                   | Tripura             | 0.00                    |                    1.01 |                    0.51 |
| 30                   | A&N Islands         | 0.00                    |                    0    |                    0    |
| 31                   | Chandigarh          | 0.00                    |                    0    |                    0    |
| 32                   | D&N Haveli and D&D  | 0.00                    |                    0    |                    0    |
| 33                   | NCT Delhi           | 0.00                    |                    0    |                    1.17 |
| 34                   | Ladakh              | 0.37                    |                    0    |                    0.52 |
| 35                   | Lakshadweep         | 0.00                    |                    0    |                    0    |
| 36                   | Puducherry          | 0.00                    |                    0    |                    0    |
| TOTAL                | TOTAL               | 458.88                  |                  336.48 |                  394.19 |

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