Lok Sabha Question No. 356 (STARRED), answered on 2015-08-13
Subject: National Social Assistance Programme
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: SUMEDHANAND SARASWATI

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## NATIONAL  SOCIAI,  ASSISTANCE  PROGTTAMME

## *356.,SHRI SUMEDHANAND  SARSWATI:

Will the  Minisrer  of RURAL  DEYELOPMENT be pteased  to srate:

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- (c) the\_  criteria  adopted  for seler .nder  the prograome; ;tion  of differently  abled persons  for availing  the benefit
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- (d) to bring  down the erigibility  criteria  from
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- (a) to (e):  A starement  is Iaid  on the Table  of the House

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## Statement referred  to in reply  to Lok Sabha  Starred  Question  No. 356 for reply on 13th August,2015 try Shri Sumedhanand  Saraswati.

(a): This Minislry  is administering  National  social Assistance Programme(NSAP)  under wirich pcnsion  /assiitance is provided  to old aged  ,  widows  and disabled  persons  belsnging to the "houeeholds living Below Poverty Line (BPL) on fulfilling  ttre eligihility  criteria prescribed by the Govemment of India. NSAP comprises of Indira Gandhi  National Old ige  pension  Scheme (IGNOAPS),  Indira Gandhi Nalional Widow Pension  Scheme G6NWpS),  lndira Gandhi National Disability Pension scheme  (IGNDPS),  National  Family ienefit s"heme[NFBS) and Annapuma. salient features of these schemes  are enclosed as

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(b): Schemes under NSAP have been converted into a Centrally  Sponsored Scheme (CSS) from the financi  al year 2014-15 and flrnds are now released scheme-  wise. However,  prior to 2014-15  schemes rinder NSAP were under State Plan and lilnds for NSAP were released as Additional Central Assistance  (ACA) to the States by the Ministry of Finance/l{ome  Aflairs to StatesfiJnion Teritories respectively  in a combined  manner for all the schemes under NSAP. Details of  number of beneficiaries  covered  and funds released  by the Central Govemment  under IGNDPS for the last three years and current year, State AJT-wise are at

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- (c): Persons  belonging  to BPL households  suffering  from severe or multiple  disabilities are eligible for benefits  under  lndira Gandhi National Disability Pension Scheme (IGNDPS). For the purpose of defining severe  or multiple disabilities  the following legal provisions are followed:
- -As per Section 2(h) of the National  Trust for the Welfare  of Persons with Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Mental  Retardation  and Multiple  Disabilities  Act, 1999 (National Trust Act, 1999) "Multiple Disabilities" means comL'ination of 2 or more disabilities.
- -As per Section 56(4) of the Persons with Disabilities Act, 1995 (PWD)  Act, 95), "persons  with severe disability" means a person  with 80% or more of one ol more disabilities.
- (d) & (  e\: At present, the Govemment is not contemplating to bring down the eligibility criteria flom existing  80% disability to 10% disability under Indira Gandhi National Disability Pension  Scheme  QGNDPS).

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