Lok Sabha Question No. 520 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-07-23
Subject: NSAP
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: SONA RAM CHOUDHARY

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 520 TO BE ANSWERED ON 23.07.2015

## NATIONAL SOCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMME

## 520: COL: SONARAM CHOUDHARY:

Will the Minister of Rural Development be pleased to state:

- a the salient features of the National Social Assistance Programme;
- the funds allocated and spent under the said programme  during each of the last five years and the current year, State / UT-wise;
- whether the beneficiaries of the said programmes are selected from BPL families;
- (d) if so, whether the criteria is justifiable and if so, the reasons therefor;
- (e) whether the Government proposes to take concrete steps to implement the said programmes in effective manner and extend the benefit of the same to the needy people; and
- if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT SHRI SUDARSHAN BHAGAT

- (a Salient features of the National Socials Assistance Programme (NSAP) are at Annexure-I. Details of funds allocated and spent under NSAP during each of the last five years and the current years are at Annexure-II.
- Beneficiaries under the schemes of NSAP are selected from the households  living Below Poverty Line(BPL) on fulfilling the eligibility criteria

taking into account the 2001 Census and poverty ratio of 2004-05 given by the then Planning Commission:

(e ) & (f) Schemes under NSAP are for the most vulnerable   section of the society. To ensure an effective and efficient public service delivery system, the progress of implementation of the schemes is regularly monitored by the Ministry of Rural Development through Monthly Progress Reports   given by the States/ UTs in prescribed format. The performance of the  programme is reviewed with State Secretariesonce in a quarter   during Performance Review Committee   (PRC) meetings of the Ministry. The programme is also monitored by National Levei Monitors (NLMs) during their field visits. NSAP is included in the schemes to be reviewed by the Vigilance & Monitoring Committees (V&MCs) constituted at the District level, along with other Rural Development Schemes: MPs are represented in the V&MCs in the districts. In order to involve community in the monitoring of NSAP social audit has now been mandated for the programme. The progress is also monitored through data  collected through the management software NSAPMIS .

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Annexure referred to in reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 520 for reply on 23-07-2013.

Salient features of the schemes under National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP)

- (a) Indira Gandhi National   Old Age Pension  Scheme (IGNOAPS): Pension Central assistance of Rs. 200/- per month is provided to persons in the age group of 60-79 years and Rs. 500/- per month to persons of 80 years and above belonging to BPL households.
- b) Indira Gandhi National Widow Pension Scheme (IGNWPS): Under the scheme pension/ Central assistance Rs. 300/- per month is provided to widows in the age-group of 40-79 years belonging to BPL households. On reaching the age of 80 years, the beneficiaries is shifted to IGNOAPS to get enhance assistance of Rs.500/- per month:
- Indira Gandhi National Disability   Pension Scheme   (IGNDPS): Under   the scheme pension Central assistance Rs. 300/- per  month is provided to persons 18-79 years with severe and multiple disabilities belonging to BPL households. On reaching the age of 80 years; the beneficiaries is shifted to IGNOAPS to enhance assistance of Rs.500/- per month: aged get
- (d) National Family Benefit Scheme (NFBS): Under the scheme a BPL household is entitled to lump sum amount of money on the death of primary breadwinner between 18 and 59 years. The amount of assistance is Rs. 20,000/aged
- (e Annapurna: Under the scheme, 10 kg of food grains per month are provided free of cost to those senior citizens who, though eligible, are not recei= old age pension: ving

## Annexure referred to in reply to Lok Sabha Un Q. No. 520 for reply on 23-07-2015 Details of funds allJcated an ] epent under the National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP) during the last five years and the current Programme (NSAP) of State-Uts

Rs. In lakh)

| SL No.            | States/ UTs       | 2010-2011         | 2010-2011         | 2011-2012         | 2011-2012         | 2012-2013         | 2012-2013         | 2013-2014         | 2013-2014         | 2014-2015         | 2014-2015         | 2015-2016         | 2015-2016         |
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
| SL No.            | States/ UTs       | Allocation        | Total Release     | Allocation        | Total Release     | Allocation        | Total Release     | Allocation        | Total Release     | Allocation        | Total Release     | Allocation        | Total Release     |
|                   | Andhra Pradesh    | 39667.00          | 39667.00          | 40949.02          | 40949.02          | 67563.36          | 67563.36          | 62495.43          | 62861.79          |                   | 27335.54          | 24754.60          | 9111.85           |
|                   | Bihar             | 56002.00          | 56002.00          | 97147.75          | 97147.75          | 101216.67         | 101216.67         | 132391.73         | 141881.03         | 99293.82          | 99293.82          | 97933.48          | 33097.94          |
|                   | Chhattisgarh      | 17952.00          | 17952.00          | 23506.54          | 23506.54          | 23072.95          | 23072.95          | 28551.35          | 31522.75          | 23410.32          | 23410.32          | 25694.06          | 7803.44           |
|                   | (Goa              | 84.00             | 84.00             | 129.00            | 129.00            | 292.00            | 292.00            | 274.21            | 0.00              | 0.00              | 0.00              | 592.19            | 0.00              |
|                   | Gujarat           | 5871.00           | 5871.00           | 8998.00           | 8998.00           | 13246.21          | 13246.21          | 18143.76          | 13608.00          | 11583.30          | 11583.30          | 23099.83          | 4535.94           |
|                   | Haryana           | 5324.00           | 5324.00           | 6929.82           | 6929.82           | 7505.39           | 7505.39           | 7796.01           | 8316.67           | 5847.00           | 5847.00           | 8795.89           | 1949.00           |
|                   | Himachal Pradesh  | 2828.00           | 2828.00           | 2934.39           | 2934.39           | 3098.36           | 3098.36           | 3323.01           | 3522.86           | 2492.27           | 2492.27           | 2970.3            | 830.76            |
|                   | & K               | 2564.00           | 2564.00           | 2372.00           | 2372.00           | 4308.89           | 2821.15           | 3888.20           | 4173.95           | 3453.06           | 3453.06           | 3405.02           | 1151.01           |
|                   | Jharkhand         | 18166.00          | 18166.00          | 27728.08          | 27728.08          | 18215.64          | 18215.64          | 29198.87          | 33618.19          | 21899.13          | 21899.13          | 33659.62]         | 7299.71           |
| 10                | Karnataka         | 32296.00          | 32296.00          | 39782.87          | 39782.87          | 45649.44          | 45649.44          | 53350.01          | 40014.00          | 40012.50          | 40012.50          | 40882.10          | 13337.50          |
| 11                | Kerala            | 6615.00           | 6615.00           | 8594.37           | 8594.37           | 9164.00           | 9164.00           | 13986.50          | 16103.39          | 10489.89          | 10489.89          | 18513.16          | 3496.63           |
| 12                | Madhya Pradesh    | 34686.00          | 34686.00          | 53973.36          | 53973.36          | 54351.43          | 54351.43          | 74453.83          | 80137.90          | 55840.38          | 55840.38          | 60499.31          | 18613.46          |
| 13                | Maharashtra       | 28573.00          | 28573.00          | 20505.99          | 20505.99          | 4386400           | 43866.00          | 72258.14          | 0.00              | 37053.67          | 37053.67          | 89206.98          | 9494.57           |
| 14                | Odisha            | 37288.00          | 37288.00          | 51086.43          | 51086.43          | 74305.32          | 74305.32          | 71294.94          | 72925.64          |                   | 53471.22          | 55215.10          | 17823.74          |
| 15                | Punjab            | 4845.00           | 4845.00           | 4414.00           | 4414.00           | 5783.11           | 5763.11           | 6739.34           | 5055.00           | 5054.50]          | 5054.50]          | 6699.61           | 1684.83           |
| 16                | Rajasthan         | 14507.00          | 14507.00          | 25538.44          | 25538.44          | 25513.08          | 25513.08          | 31275.40          | 34008.33          | 23456.55]         | 23456.55]         | 31572.99          | 7818.85           |
| 17                | Tamilnadu         | 22876.00          | 22876.00          | 31909.00          | 31909.00          | 57350.39          | 57350.39          | 58519.36          | 60936.74          | 43889.54          | 43889.54          | 50445.27          | 14629.84          |
| 18                | [Telengana        |                   |                   |                   |                   |                   |                   |                   |                   | 19536.03          |                   | 17691.55          | 6512.01           |
| 19                | Uttar Pradesh     | 110319.00         | 110319.00         | 131679.43         | 131679.43         | 163952.23         | 111027.03         | 157951.23         | 164710.68         | 109269.59         | 109269.59         | 148528.55         | 39487.81          |
| 20                | Uttarakhand       | 4562.00           | 4562.00           | 7578.09           | 7578.09           | 7904.87           | 7904.87           | 9957.35           | 10882.87          | 6584.44           | 6584.44           | 9667.30           | 2489.33           |
| 21                | West Bengal       | 39407.00          | 39407.00          | 47504.93          | 47504.93          | 78165.01          | 78165.01          | 83156.12          | 89807.63          | 71603.70          | 71603.70          | 59273.02          | 23867.91          |
| NE States         | NE States         | NE States         | NE States         | NE States         | NE States         | NE States         | NE States         | NE States         | NE States         | NE States         | NE States         | NE States         | NE States         |
| 22                | Arunachal Pradesh | 285.00            | 285.00            | 504.12            | 504.12            | 1138.98           | 1138.98           | 1057.28           | 792.00            | 825.84            | 825.84            | 2369.6            | 0.00              |
| 23                | Assam             | 16787.00          | 16787.00          | 11207.50          | 11207.50          | 22504.42          | 22504.42          | 21584.02          | 16188.00          | 20150.36]         | 20150.36          | 59979.40          | 6716.79           |
| 24                | Manipur           | 1126.00           | 1126.00           | 1893.93           | 1893.93           | 1697.50           | 1044.22           |                   | 2519.18           | 1778.79           | 1778.79           | 4754.79           | 0.00              |
| 25                | Meghalaya         | 1664.00           | 1664.00           | 1486.49           | 1486.49           | 1062.00           | 1062.00           | 1889.26           | 2175.20           | 1416.96           | 1416.96           | 5742.37           | 472.32            |
| 26                | Mizoram           | 750.00            | 750.00            | 792.78            | 792.78            | 867.57            | 867.57            | 803.72            | 839.09            | 718.68            | 718.68            | 2049.09           | 239.56            |
|                   | Nagaland          | 1164.00           | 1164.00           | 1027.72           | 1027.72           | 1677.27           | 1048.52           | 1534.80           | 1639.13           | 1377.93]          | 1377.93           | 3359.13           | 459.31            |
| 28                | Sikkim            | 422.00            | 422.00            | 455.53            | 455.53            | 236.00            | 236.00            | 573.51            | 685.06            | 504.36            | 504.36            | 1256.88           | 0.00              |
| 29                |                   | 4370.00           | 4370.00           | 3978.37           | 3978.37           | 4491.91           | 4491.91           | 5352.17           | 5713.78           | 5177.89           | 5177.89           | 11388.73          | 1366.29           |
|                   | Sub Total         | 511000.00         | 511000.00         | 654607.95         | 654607.95         | 838200.00         | 782485.03         | 954171.28         | 904638.86         | 703527.26         | 703527.26         | 900000.00         | 234290.40         |
| Union Territories | Union Territories | Union Territories | Union Territories | Union Territories | Union Territories | Union Territories | Union Territories | Union Territories | Union Territories | Union Territories | Union Territories | Union Territories | Union Territories |
| 30                | A&N Islands       | 75.00             | 75.00             | 198.00            | 198.00            | 230.69            | 174.00            | 246.99            | 0.00              | 0.00              | 0.00              | 145.33            | 0.00              |
| 31                | Chandigarh        | 145.00            | 145.00            | 158.00            | 158.00            | 189.61            | 190.00            | 201.96            | 150.49            | 0.00              | 0.00              | 118.75            | 201.9             |
| 32                | D&N Haveli        | 215.00            | 215.00            | 238.00            | 238.00            | 272.14            | 204.00            | 292.29            | 0.00              | 0.00              | 0.00              | 170.47            | 0.00              |
| 33                | Daman & Diu       | 17.00             | 17.00             | 32.00             | 32.00             |                   | 33.00             | 50.34             | 0.00              | 0.00              | 0.00              | 29.44             | 0.00              |
| 34                | NCT Delhi         | 3998.00           | 3998.00           | 3709.00           | 3709.00           | 4860.31           | 4455.00           | 5458.53           | 5458.63           | 4093.92           | 4093.92           | 6254.57           | 0.00              |
| 35                | Lakshadweep       | 11.00             | 11.00             | 22.00             | 22.00             | 27.44             | 21.00             | 30.68             | 0.00              | 0.00              | 0.00              | 18.00             | 0.00              |
| 36                | Puducherry        | 739.00            | 739.00            | 682.00            | 682.00            | 873.00            | 873.00            | 998.71            | 997.68            | 749.01            | 749.01            | 1145.43           | 0.00              |
|                   | Sub Total         | 5200.00           | 5200.00           | 5039.00           | 5039.00           | 6496.62           | 5950.00           | 7279.50           | 6606.80           | 4842.93           | 4842.93]          | 7882.00           | 201.97            |
|                   | GRAND TOTAL       | 516200.00         | 516200.00         | 659646.95         | 659646.95         | 844696.61         | 788435.03         | 961450.78         | 911245.66         | 708370.19         | 708370.19         | 908200.00         | 234492.37         |