Expansion of National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP) to include other vulnerable groups of the society
The Union Cabinet today approved to expand the scope of National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP) to provide pension at the rate of Rs. 200 per month per beneficiary for the following categories of persons belong to a house hold below the poverty line according to the criteria prescribed by the Government of India:
a) Widows who are between 40-64 years, under the scheme to be named as “Indira Gandhi National Widow Pension Scheme’ (IGNWPS).
b) Persons with severe and multiple disabilities who are between 18-64 years, under the scheme to be named as ‘Indira Gandhi National Disability Pension Scheme’ (IGNDPS).
Persons who are 65 years or higher, estimated to be 1.57 crore, have already been covered under Indira Gandhi National Old Age Pension Scheme (IGNOAPS) which was launched on 19th November, 2007.
Consequent upon the expansion, National Social Assistance programme (NSAP) would include (a) Indira Gandhi National Old Age Pension Scheme (IGNOAPS) (b) Indira Gandhi National Widow Pension Scheme (IGNWPS) (c) Indira Gandhi National Disability Pension Scheme (IGNDPS) and (d) National Family Benefit Scheme (NFBS).
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