Parliament Question: Beneficiaries under IGNWPS

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3826 ANSWERED ON 12/08/2025 BENEFICIARIES UNDER IGNWPS

3826. Shri Bastipati Nagaraju:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government has any data regarding the total number of beneficiaries eligible under the Indira Gandhi National Widow Pension Scheme (IGNWPS);

(b) if so, the details thereof State and district-wise including Andhra Pradesh till date;

(c) the details and the total amount disbursed under the said scheme, State-wise; and

(d) the details and the total number of beneficiaries under the said scheme during the last five years, State-wise? ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SHRI KAMLESH PASWAN)

(a), (b) & (d): At present, as per scheme-wise cap of beneficiaries under the different schemes of National Social Assistance Program

(NSAP), a total of 6735826 beneficiaries are covered under Indira Gandhi National Widow Pension Scheme (IGNWPS) across the country. Further as per NSAP guidelines, States/UTs are required to maintain a database of beneficiaries and upload it in public domain.

Funds are disbursed to the States/UTs based on the number of digitized beneficiaries or their fixed State/UT cap, whichever is lower.

As per NSAP guidelines, States/UTs are responsible for further disbursal of benefits to beneficiaries at Village/Block/Ward/District level. State/UT-wise number of eligible widow pensioners (State/UT cap), including that of Andhra Pradesh is given at Annexure-I.

(c): State/UT-wise funds released under IGNWPS during last five years is given at Annexure-II. ***** Page 1 of 3Annexure-I ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (A), (B)& (D) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO 3826 TO BE ANSWERED ON

12.08.2025 State-UT-wise ceiling of beneficiaries under IGNWPS Sl. No. States/UTs State cap 1 Andhra Pradesh 246832 2 Bihar 635091 3 Chhattisgarh 203628 4 Goa 5886 5 Gujarat 276078 6 Haryana 70808 7 Himachal Pradesh 21974 8 Jharkhand 266077 9 Karnataka 452027 10 Kerala 320715 11 Madhya Pradesh 546920 12 Maharashtra 80725 13 Odisha 525045 14 Punjab 19294 15 Rajasthan 315048 16 Tamil Nadu 574258 17 Telangana 180720 18 Uttar Pradesh 1025236 19 Uttarakhand 23898 20 West Bengal 726172 NE States 21 Arunachal Pradesh 288 22 Assam 119955 23 Manipur 7075 24 Meghalaya 8024 25 Mizoram 2278 26 Nagaland 3827 27 Sikkim 1469 28 Tripura 17537 Union Territories 29 A&N Islands 3 30 Chandigarh 2486 31 D&N Haveli and D&D 2109 32 NCT Delhi 36361 33 J&K 7631 34 Ladakh 443 35 Lakshadweep 87 36 Puducherry 9821 TOTAL 6735826 Page 2 of 3Annexure II ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (C) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO 3826 TO BE ANSWERED ON 12.08.2025 State/UT wise details of funds released under IGNWPS during last five years Funds released (Rs in crore) Sl.No. States/UTs 2020-21 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 1 Andhra Pradesh 91.07 68.3 91.07 114.2931 93.734 2 Bihar 203.12 233.45 235.34 235.4918 238.8793 3 Chhattisgarh 45.23 70.56 73.06 75.0292 94.6855 4 Goa 0 0 0 0 0 5 Gujarat 78.81 40.49 0 0 0 6 Haryana 7.98 0 43.77 0 0 7 Himachal Pradesh 6.67 1.67 5 14.259 0 8 J & K 1.24 2.02 1.41 4.8739 2.2077 9 Jharkhand 75.53 120.56 99.18 72.9831 78.948 10 Karnataka 170.6 167.61 159.46 133.8651 41.9029 11 Kerala 96.98 0 0 204.2958 52.6031 12 Madhya Pradesh 190.35 149.18 244.79 202.798 214.885 13 Maharashtra 15.58 19.65 13.5 0 50.712 14 Odisha 206.12 188.37 195.99 193.2872 180.4285 15 Punjab 5.77 1.71 0 3.5771 3.4533 16 Rajasthan 66.87 25.84 162.35 86.6884 195.457 17 Tamil Nadu 96.35 218.02 236.23 214.9556 197.3666 18 Telangana 97.63 32.54 65.09 49.2959 0 19 Uttar Pradesh 135.6 180.11 190.08 0 341.5501 20 Uttarakhand 11.51 2.4 11.64 8.8614 11.178 21 West Bengal 217.49 179.26 203.9 340.9406 271.2214 22 Arunachal Pradesh 0 0 0 0.5057 0 23 Assam 42.6 41.61 42.18 42.606 42.7796 24 Manipur 3.08 0.51 2.71 1.7803 2.6254 25 Meghalaya 3.15 1.47 2.74 2.8906 2.9597 26 Mizoram 0.71 0.36 0.76 0.8296 1.0714 27 Nagaland 1.38 0.69 1.72 0.6995 2.1333 28 Sikkim 0.81 0 0.68 0 0 29 Tripura 2.69 3.71 4.21 4.9925 9.3437 30 A&N Islands 0.27 0 0 0 0 31 Chandigarh 0 0 0 0 0 32 D&N Haveli and D&D 0 0 0 0 0 33 NCT Delhi 2.85 17.28 0 0 19.4961 34 Ladakh 0.09 0 0.15 0 0.411 35 Lakshadweep 0 0 0 0 0 36 Puducherry 3.16 1.81 0 0 0 TOTAL 1881.28 1769.19 2087.00 2009.80 2150.03 ***** Page 3 of 3