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 ...

When adjusted to the current Consumer Price Index (CPI), a pension of ₹200 should cost ₹353 to retain its original purchasing power.

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 ...

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 — ...

According to the findings, the Centre’s pension contribution of Rs 200–500 per month, which has remained unchanged since 2012 ...

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 ...

A parliamentary panel has raised concerns over persistent delays in wage payments under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) and called for urgent reforms in 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 ...

See Zee Business Live TV Streaming Below: Irani said that under the first scheme `Indira Gandhi National Widow Pension Scheme`, pension is to be provided to the widows of Below Poverty Line (BPL) ...

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday said that the National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP), which deals with pensions for elderly and other issues, was "prima facie" a good scheme but there ...