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Old-Age Pension Scheme
Himachal PradeshIndividualStateOpen since 1971-11-01
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What this is
The Himachal Pradesh government offers an Old Age pension scheme to support elderly citizens who have no means of livelihood. The scheme offers financial assistance to eligible citizens based on their age and income level.
In detail
The Government of Himachal Pradesh, Department of Social Justice & Empowerment has launched Old Age Pension Scheme with the aim to provide social security to destitute elderly people of the state. In this scheme, a financial assistance of ₹ 850/- per month to pensioners aged between 60 years to 69 years and ₹ 1500/- per month to pensioners aged 70 years and above is provided.
Who qualifies
- The applicants must be a resident of Himachal Pradesh state.
- Such elderly persons whose age is 60 years or more and who do not have proper means of care/upbringing and who have minor children and whose family annual income from all sources does not exceed ₹ 35,000/- Or;
- Such elderly persons whose annual family income from all sources does not exceed ₹ 35000/- are eligible for the scheme.
What you get
- ₹ 850/- per month to pensioners aged between 60 years to 69 years.
- ₹ 1500/- per month to pensioners aged 70 years and above.
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Documentation completeness
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Eligibility published here402 characters
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Benefit amount published hereamount or quantity stated
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Description more than a name223 characters
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Implementing agency published herefield absent from the record
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How to apply published hereoffline mode declared, no URL needed
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Start date published here1971-11-01
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End date published hereno end date recorded, so indefinite by omission
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Stored links well-formedall parse
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Not expired while still listedno end date
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Provenance
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| schemeName | Old-Age Pension Scheme | myScheme · 2026-09-02 |
| schemeOpenDate | 1971-11-01 | myScheme · 2026-09-02 |
| schemeCloseDate | ... | not published at source |
| nodalMinistryName | ... | myScheme · 2026-09-02 |
| dbtScheme | True | myScheme · 2026-09-02 |
| achievement data | ... | no source publishes this for any central scheme |