Disabled Persons Receiving Pension and Ex-Gratia – IGNDPS

Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana – Indira Gandhi National Disability Pension Scheme

The Government had announced Rs 1.70 lakh crore relief package under Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana (PMGKY) on 26.03.2020 for the poor to help them fight the battle against Corona Virus. One of the components of said package was to provide ex-gratia of Rs.1000 in two installments (Rs.500/- each) to the existing old age, widow and disabled/ Divyangjan beneficiaries of the schemes of National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP). A total of Rs.2814.50 crore as ex-gratia was released to States/UTs in two tranches in April, 2020 and May, 2020 under PMGKY for the 282 lakh beneficiaries of NSAP schemes. This included release of Rs.77.34 crore to 7.73 lakh disabled beneficiaries of Indira Gandhi National Disability Pension Scheme (IGNDPS).

State/UT-wise details of beneficiaries currently covered under the Indira Gandhi National Disability Pension Scheme (IGNDPS) are at Annexure.

As per the NSAP guidelines, persons aged between 18-79 years with severe and multiple disabilities and belonging to families living below poverty line are covered under IGNDPS.

Sl. No.	States/UTs	Beneficiaries
1	Andhra Pradesh	24413
2	Bihar	126156
3	Chhattisgarh	31953
4	Goa	466
5	Gujarat	20557
6	Haryana	11537
7	Himachal Pradesh	853
8	Jharkhand	26496
9	Karnataka	43639
10	Kerala	29935
11	Madhya Pradesh	99924
12	Maharashtra	8870
13	Odisha	85805
14	Punjab	5656
15	Rajasthan	30502
16	Tamil Nadu	63261
17	Telangana	17448
18	Uttar Pradesh	75280
19	Uttarakhand	2880
20	West Bengal	62049
	Sub Total	767680
NE States
21	Arunachal Pradesh	112
22	Assam	18916
23	Manipur	1007
24	Meghalaya	969
25	Mizoram	400
26	Nagaland	960
27	Sikkim	457
28	Tripura	1769
	Sub Total	24590
Union Territories
29	Andaman &Nicobar Islands	2
30	Chandigarh	100
31	Dadra &Nagar Haveli and Daman &Diu	254
32	National Capital Territory Delhi	6321
33	Jammu and Kashmir	2426
34	Ladakh	150
35	Lakshadweep	51
36	Puducherry	1259
	Sub Total	10563
	GRAND TOTAL	802833

This information was given by Union Minister of State for Rural Development Ms Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti in a written reply in Lok Sabha yesterday.