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NSAP-IGNOAPS

NSAP - Indira Gandhi National Old Age Pension Scheme
NationwideIndividualCentralCentrally Sponsored SchemeMinistry Of Rural DevelopmentNo start date
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What this is

"Indira Gandhi National Old Age Pension Scheme" is one of the five sub-schemes of the National Social Assistance Programme. Under IGNOAPS, citizens living Below Poverty Line and 60 years or above in age are eligible to apply. A monthly pension of ₹ 200 up to 79 years and ₹ 500 thereafter.

In detail

The "Indira Gandhi National Old Age Pension Scheme (IGNOAPS)" is one of the five sub-schemes of the National Social Assistance Programme, Ministry of Rural Development. Under this scheme, persons belonging to BPL households and 60 years or above in age are eligible to apply. This program is being implemented in rural areas as well as urban areas.

The Government of India, on 15th August 1995, introduced the National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP) as a fully funded Centrally Sponsored Scheme targeting the destitute, defined as any person who has little or no regular means of subsistence from his/her own source of income or through financial support from family members or other sources.

> The NSAP at present includes five sub-schemes as its components-

a) Indira Gandhi National Old Age Pension Scheme (IGNOAPS)

b) Indira Gandhi National Widow Pension Scheme (IGNWPS)

c) Indira Gandhi National Disability Pension Scheme (IGNDPS)

d) National Family Benefit Scheme (NFBS)

e) Annapurna Scheme

> Objectives of NSAP-

  • Provides social assistance benefits to poor households in the case of death, maternity, or old age of the breadwinner.
  • Ensure minimum national standards, in addition to the benefits that the states are currently providing or might provide in the future.
  • Ensure uniform social protection for the beneficiaries across the country without interruption.

> Expansion to cover all eligible BPL persons-

In 2007, the scheme was expanded to cover all eligible persons Below Poverty Line (BPL).

Who qualifies

  • The applicant should be a citizen of India.
  • The applicant should belong to a Below Poverty Line (BPL) household.
  • The applicant should be 60 years of age or above.

What you get

  • ₹200 per month for beneficiaries aged 60–79 years.
  • ₹500 per month for beneficiaries aged 80 years and above.

> Note: At present old age beneficiaries are getting anywhere between ₹200/- to ₹1000/- depending on the State Contribution.

What the CAG’s reports record

How the scheme was set up, as the Comptroller and Auditor General’s reports state it, cited to the printed page. Never what an audit found.
BeganApril 2008
named in the report “Indira Gandhi National Old Age Pension Scheme (IGNOAPS)”
the register’s sources differ: myScheme: expanded to all BPL persons in 2007 (the CAG's April 2008 is Gujarat's report)
Comptroller and Auditor General of India, Report No. 2 for the year ended 31 March 2011, Civil, Government of Gujarat, para 3.1.10.2, p. 88.
Began15 August 1995
named in the report “National Social Assistance Programme”
under Ministry of Rural Development
Comptroller and Auditor General of India, Report No. 10 of 2023, Performance Audit of National Social Assistance Programme, Union Government (Civil), Ministry of Rural Development, Preface, p. iii.
BeganAugust 1995, fully funded centrally sponsored
named in the report “National Social Assistance Programme”
under Government of India
Comptroller and Auditor General of India, Report No. 3 of 2024, Implementation of National Social Assistance Programme through Direct Benefit Transfer Scheme, Government of Gujarat, Executive Summary, p. vii.
Renamed2007, from the National Old Age Pension Scheme; eligibility changed from destitute aged to aged in BPL families
named in the report “Indira Gandhi National Old Age Pension Scheme”
Comptroller and Auditor General of India, Report No. 10 of 2023, Performance Audit of National Social Assistance Programme, Union Government (Civil), Ministry of Rural Development, para 3.3, p. 15.
TypeCentrally sponsored again from 1 April 2014
named in the report “National Social Assistance Programme”
Comptroller and Auditor General of India, Report of 2016, General and Social (Non-PSUs) Sectors for the year ended 31 March 2015, Government of Madhya Pradesh, para 2.4.7.1, p. 69.
EligibilityBelow-poverty-line aged persons, widows, disabled persons, and families bereaved of the primary breadwinner
named in the report “National Social Assistance Programme”
under Government of India
Comptroller and Auditor General of India, Report No. 3 of 2024, Implementation of National Social Assistance Programme through Direct Benefit Transfer Scheme, Government of Gujarat, Executive Summary, p. vii.
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schemeNameNSAP - Indira Gandhi National Old Age Pension SchememyScheme · 2026-10-17
schemeOpenDate...not published at source
schemeCloseDate...not published at source
nodalMinistryNameMinistry Of Rural DevelopmentmyScheme · 2026-10-17
dbtSchemeTruemyScheme · 2026-10-17
achievement data...no source publishes this for any central scheme