Parliament Question: Financial Assistance to States

O.I.H.

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3882 ANSWERED ON 12/08/2025 FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO STATES

3882. Shri Dinesh Chandra Yadav:

Shri Giridhari Yadav:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government provide financial assistance to the States uniformly under the Old Age Pension Scheme;

(b) if so, the details thereof alongwith the amount released during the last five years, State-wise;

(c) whether the Government has any data of beneficiaries under the old age pension scheme, State-wise; and

(d) if so, the details thereof? ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SHRI KAMLESH PASWAN)

(a) & (b): The central assistance under the Indira Gandhi National Old Age Pension Scheme of National Social Assistance Programme

(NSAP) is ₹ 200/- per month per beneficiary for age group of 60 to 79 years and ₹ 500/- per month per beneficiary for age group of 80 years & above. As per guidelines of NSAP, the States/UTs are encouraged to provide top-up amount of at least an equivalent amount to the assistance provided by the Central Government so that the beneficiaries could get a decent level of assistance. At present, the States/UTs are adding top-up amount ranging from ₹ 50 to ₹ 3800 per month per beneficiary under Old age Pension Scheme of NSAP. State- wise funds released under old age pension scheme during the last five years is given at Annexure-I.

(c) & (d): At present, as per scheme-wise cap of beneficiaries under the different schemes of National Social Assistance Program Page 1 of 4(NSAP), a total of 2.21 crore beneficiaries are covered under Indira Gandhi National Old age Pension Scheme (IGNOAPS) across the country. State/UT-wise number of beneficiaries under IGNOAPS (State/UT cap) is given at Annexure-II. Further, as per NSAP guidelines, States/UTs are required to maintain a database of beneficiaries and upload it in the public domain.

***** Page 2 of 4Annexure-I ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (A) & (B) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3882 TO BE ANSWERED ON 12.08.2025 REGARDING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO STATES State/UT-wise and year-wise details of fund released to States/UTs under the Indira Gandhi National Old Age Pension Scheme 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 186.77 141.55 194.75 253.72 229.01 2 Bihar 1000.02 998.05 1059.14 1153.55 1085.59 3 Chhattisgarh 98.55 183.58 187.69 190.63 242.21 4 Goa 0.00 0.00 0 0.00 0.00 5 Gujarat 173.64 130.23 217.05 183.06 183.49 6 Haryana 34.96 0.00 180.39 0.00 0.00 Himachal

39.34 9.85 29.56 72.91 0.00 7 Pradesh Jammu &

22.88 35.07 19.26 73.13 31.61 8 Kashmir 9 Jharkhand 206.38 327.09 270.16 196.36 238.39 10 Karnataka 300.73 291.52 243.66 303.75 68.31 11 Kerala 175.96 0.00 0 366.66 78.64 12 Madhya Pradesh 465.46 392.16 663.28 578.58 622.81 13 Maharashtra 305.48 241.31 135.68 0.00 483.42 14 Odisha 351.85 417.15 412.31 406.55 304.20 15 Punjab 36.03 8.47 0 9.35 17.82 16 Rajasthan 251.48 65.86 443.91 211.41 399.86 17 Tamil Nadu 201.26 589.85 305.96 427.97 413.65 18 Telangana 213.17 71.74 144.89 112.23 0.00 19 Uttar Pradesh 1247.08 1272.82 1473.63 1257.23 1425.52 20 Uttarakhand 98.76 48.42 105.98 77.79 97.56 21 West Bengal 367.05 240.96 381.44 567.02 460.52 Arunachal

0.00 0.00 0 8.34 0.00 22 Pradesh 23 Assam 253.80 247.60 254.44 234.92 242.14 24 Manipur 25.92 4.29 22.39 13.28 18.82 25 Meghalaya 17.19 8.69 17.92 18.23 18.27 26 Mizoram 9.35 4.72 9.3 9.23 12.00 27 Nagaland 18.47 14.16 19.38 15.34 26.60 28 Sikkim 8.17 0.00 7.04 0.00 0.00 29 Tripura 9.85 22.98 25.31 37.26 45.35 30 A&N Islands 0.79 0.00 0 0.00 0.00 31 Chandigarh 0.00 0.00 0 0.00 0.00 D&N Haveli and

0.00 0.00 0 0.00 0.00 32 D&D 33 NCT Delhi 23.04 34.10 0 0.00 93.55 34 Ladakh 0.95 0.00 3.03 0.00 4.61 35 Lakshadweep 0.00 0.00 0 0.00 0.00 36 Puducherry 8.22 4.18 0 0.00 0.00 TOTAL 6152.61 5806.39 6827.55 6778.48 6843.92 Page 3 of 4Annexure-II ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (C) & (D) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3882 TO BE ANSWERED ON

12.08.2025 REGARDING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO STATES State/UT-wise ceiling of beneficiaries under Indira Gandhi National Old Age Pension Scheme Sl. No. States/UTs No of beneficiaries 1 Andhra Pradesh 663736 2 Bihar 3157256 3 Chhattisgarh 644429 4 Goa 7308 5 Gujarat 620548 6 Haryana 259865 7 Himachal Pradesh 93178 8 Jharkhand 985094 9 Karnataka 899422 10 Kerala 458813 11 Madhya Pradesh 1575079 12 Maharashtra 1122920 13 Odisha 1418631 14 Punjab 112955 15 Rajasthan 823972 16 Tamil Nadu 1282504 17 Telangana 480315 18 Uttar Pradesh 4722613 19 Uttarakhand 204557 20 West Bengal 1281159 NE States 21 Arunachal Pradesh 5893 22 Assam 695997 23 Manipur 55891 24 Meghalaya 55734 25 Mizoram 24524 26 Nagaland 45941 27 Sikkim 16928 28 Tripura 135232 Union Territories 29 A&N Islands 585 30 Chandigarh 2378 31 D&N Haveli and D&D 8754 32 NCT Delhi 113824 33 Jammu & Kashmir 130298 34 Ladakh 6486 35 Lakshadweep 155 36 Puducherry 17713 GRAND TOTAL 22130687 ***** Page 4 of 4