Recently, a Parliamentary panel in its report highlighted that merely an amount of pension ranging from Rs 200 to Rs 500 for elderly, widows, and persons with a disability under the NSAP scheme is ...

Even as India claims the spot of the fourth largest economy in the world, the amount of pensions given to senior citizens has remained unchanged at ₹200-500 since 2012, The Indian Express reported.

Berhampur: Eighty-seven-year-old Sasibhusan Moharana of Boripadar in Ganjam district’s Kaithakhandi panchayat is very worried. He has not received his monthly old-age pension under National Social ...

The Gujarat government failed to maintain a database of beneficiaries of centrally-sponsored schemes and more than 1,000 persons received benefits despite being ineligible, the Comptroller and Auditor ...

(MENAFN- Kashmir Observer) Srinagar- The Jammu and Kashmir Government has accorded sanction to the enhancement of the pension for elderly citizens, widows, disabled individuals, and transgender ...

BHUBANESWAR: The state government has successfully disbursed pension benefits to more than 17.60 lakh beneficiaries under the National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP), overcoming technical hurdles ...

India spends only 0.04 per cent of its GDP on social security pension; several states add to the pension from their own funds Nepal, Bolivia and Botswana — with economies much smaller than India’s — ...

Several crores of rupees were diverted from National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP) to fund campaigning programmes of different welfare schemes of the Ministry of Rural Development, revealed the ...

BHUBANESWAR: Opposing the Centre’s move to introduce direct benefit compliant system for disbursement of pension under the National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP), the State Government maintained ...

However, concerns have been raised regarding elderly and differently-abled beneficiaries, many of whom may face difficulties ...

Discover widow pension schemes in India in 2026, including eligibility, benefits, and monthly financial assistance available to widowed women across states.