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PTWADW
Pension to Widows and Destitute Women
HaryanaIndividualStateOpen since 1980-01-01
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What this is
Under this scheme, widows and destitute women aged 18 years and above are eligible for a pension if they are domiciles of Haryana and have been residing in the state for at least one year at the time of application submission.
In detail
The "Pension to Widows and Destitute Women" scheme was introduced by the Government of Haryana in the financial year 1980-81. The aim of the scheme is to provide social security to women who cannot sustain themselves and need financial assistance. Under this scheme, widows and destitute women aged 18 years and above are eligible for a pension if they are domiciles of Haryana and have been residing in the state for at least one year at the time of application submission.
Who qualifies
- The applicant should be a permanent resident of Haryana.
- The applicant should meet one of the following conditions:
- Be a widow.
- Be a destitute woman without a husband, parents, or children.
- Be a destitute woman due to desertion or the physical/mental incapacity of her husband (for married women) or parents (for other women).
- The applicant should be 18 years of age or older.
- The applicant's annual income from all sources should be less than ₹2,00,000/-.
What you get
Under this scheme, a pension of ₹2,500/- per month is given to widows and destitute women.
Who is excluded
- A woman employed by any Government or by any Local/Statutory Body or any organization substantially financed by any Government or Local/Statutory Body or who is drawing pension or family pension there from will not be eligible under this scheme.
- “Pension” wherever occurring in any Government notification concerning Social Security Benefits means and includes, income received or accrued from accumulated earnings, including the following schemes:
- Provident Funds
- Annuities from any source including Commercial Banks, Financial Institutions or Insurance.
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.
| Began | 1980-81 named in the report “Haryana Pension to Widows and Destitute Women Scheme” | Comptroller and Auditor General of India, Report No. 2 of 2022, Performance Audit on Direct Benefit Transfer, Government of Haryana, para 1.5, p. 7. |
Listed by CAG audit reportsmyScheme
Documentation completeness
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Eligibility published here479 characters
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Benefit amount published hereamount or quantity stated
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Description more than a name226 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 here1980-01-01
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End date published hereno end date recorded, so indefinite by omission
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Not expired while still listedno end date
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https://saralharyana.gov.in/# reference field: leading or trailing whitespace
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application field: empty
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| schemeName | Pension to Widows and Destitute Women | myScheme · 2026-10-17 |
| schemeOpenDate | 1980-01-01 | myScheme · 2026-10-17 |
| schemeCloseDate | ... | not published at source |
| nodalMinistryName | ... | myScheme · 2026-10-17 |
| dbtScheme | ... | myScheme · 2026-10-17 |
| achievement data | ... | no source publishes this for any central scheme |