Status Check, Procedures, Facilities

Organisation : Panchayat & Rural Development Department, Assam
Facility : Apply for Widow, Disability Pension
Home Page : http://pnrd.assam.gov.in/
Details Here : http://pnrd.assam.gov.in/how-to/apply-for-widow-pension-0

Apply For Widow, Disability Pension :

Widow Pension :
Checklist for receiving benefits under Indira Gandhi National Widow Pension Scheme (IGNWPS)

Related : PNRD Assam Shyama Prasad Mukherji Rurban Mission : www.statusin.in/22762.html

** The applicant must be from BPL category (with a valid BPL id)
** The applicant must be above 40 years of age

** The applicant must be a widow
Any applicant fulfilling the above criteria may approach Gaon Panchayat / VCDC / VDC or Block Office and submit application.

Disability pension :
Checklist for receiving benefits under Indira Gandhi National Disability Pension Scheme (IGNDPS)
** The applicant must be from BPL category (with a valid BPL id)

** The applicant must be above 18 years of age
** The applicant must belong to ‘severe disability’ category (80% or more)
Any applicant fulfilling the above criteria may approach Gaon Panchayat / VCDC / VDC or Block Office and submit application.

Pension :
The flagship scheme National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP) represents a significant step towards the fulfilment of the Directive Principles in Article 41 and 42 of the Constitution recognizing the concurrent responsibility of the Central and the State Governments in the matter.

In particular, Article 41 of the Constitution of India directs the State to provide public assistance to its citizens in case of unemployment, old age, sickness and disablement and in other cases of undeserved want within the limit of its economic capacity and development.

NSAP :
The National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP) represents a significant step towards the fulfillment of the Directive Principles in Article 41 of the Constitution.

The programme introduced a National Policy for Social Assistance for the poor and aims at ensuring minimum national standard for social assistance in addition to the benefits that states are currently providing or might provide in future.

Who is eligible to get Pension and what is the amount of Pension?
Indira Gandhi National Old Age Pension Scheme (IGNOAPS) :
** Minimum eligible age – 60 years
** Monthly pension – Rs 200 for persons between 60 years and 79 years of age
** For persons who are 80 years and above the pension is Rs 500 per month

Indira Gandhi National Widow Pension Scheme (IGNWPS) :
** Minimum eligible age – 40 years and the pension is- Rs 300 p.m
** After attaining the age of 80 years, the beneficiary will get Rs 500 p.m

Indira Gandhi National Disability Pension Scheme (IGNDPS) :
** Minimum age – 18 years
** Disability – 80% Minimum

** Monthly pension – Rs 300 up to the age of 80 years and afterwards Rs 500 per month
** Dwarfs will also be an eligible category for this pension

National Family Benefit Scheme (NFBS) :
** Rs 20,000 is given as a lump sum assistance to the bereaved household in the event of death of a bread-winner

** Any event of death (natural or otherwise) would make the family eligible for assistance
** A woman in the family, who is a home maker is also considered as a bread-winner for this purpose

Annapurna Scheme :
** 10 kgs of rice per month is given per month per beneficiary
** The scheme aims at providing food security to meet the requirement of those eligible old aged persons who have remained uncovered under the IGNOAPS
** Allocation of rice is not received from last two years

Selection Process :
** Applications are proactively collected by reaching out to households
** Application is verified with respect to facts regarding eligibility

** The list of eligible beneficiaries with recommendations of the verifying authority is discussed in Gram Sabha
** The final list is placed before the sanctioning authority

About Us :
Assam has a very strong historical background of local self government. The villages in Assam had a strong Panchayat in different names or forms since long past. Assam was one of the pioneer States in India to enact Panchayat Act and establish Panchayati Raj in the State when the Assam Rural Panchayat Act, 1948 was passed.

Contact Us :
Additional Chief Secretary
Assam Secretariat, CM’s Block, 3rd Floor
Dispur, Guwahati, Assam-781006