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O.I.H.
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT
DEPARTMENT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 441
ANSWERED ON 21/07/2026
Increase in Pension amount under IGNWPS
441. Shri Lalji Verma:
Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:
(a) whether the Government proposes to increase the pension
amount received under the Indira Gandhi National Women
Pension Scheme (IGNWPS), if so, the details thereof and if not,
the reasons therefor;
(b) the details and number of IGNWPS beneficiaries removed since
2019 and the main reasons for their removal, year and State-
wise;
(c) the details and total number of IGNWPS beneficiaries removed
on account of the cancellation or freezing of bank accounts due
to their non-linking with Aadhaar since 2020, year and State-
wise;
(d) the steps taken by the Government to resolve cases of
cancellation of IGNWPS benefits due to Aadhaar related issues;
and
(e) the data regarding the total number of IGNWPS beneficiaries in
Ambedkar Nagar Lok Sabha Constituency removed on account
of the cancellation or freezing of their bank accounts due to
their non-linkage with Aadhaar, year-wise?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT
(SHRI KAMLESH PASWAN)
(a): No proposal to revise the coverage/rate of assistance under
NSAP is under consideration of the Government at present.
(b) to (d): As per the guidelines of National Social Assistance
Programme (NSAP), the responsibility for identification/selection of
beneficiaries, verification of applications, sanctioning,
Page 1 of 2maintenance/deletion of beneficiary data and last mile disbursal of
pension to the beneficiaries vests with the respective States/UTs.
The State/UTs are expected to develop an effective and proactive
strategy sensitive to the special needs of the beneficiaries to enable
them to get Aadhaar numbers. This should be followed up by seeding
the Aadhaar numbers in the Bank/Post office accounts. It is also
expected of the States/UTs to ensure that no beneficiary is denied
his or her entitlements for the reasons that she/he has no bank/post
office account and/or Aadhaar number. Pension under NSAP is
disbursed through DBT mechanism into the bank accounts of
beneficiaries using APB or NEFT mode.
The beneficiary database under NSAP is reviewed and updated
periodically by the respective States/UTs. Accordingly, pension
payments may be discontinued and beneficiary records may be
modified or deleted on account of reasons such as death, migration,
duplication, non-traceability of the beneficiary, incorrect or invalid
bank account details, failure of payment transactions, or other
reasons identified during verification and periodic validation
undertaken by the respective States/UTs.
(e): As per data provided by the State Government, the number of
widow pension scheme beneficiaries in Ambedkar Nagar removed on
account of the cancellation or freezing of their bank accounts due to
their non-linkage with Aadhaar, year-wise is given below:
2020-2021 2021- 2022 2022- 2023 2023- 2024 2024- 2025 2025- 2026
28 45 41 31 56 57
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