The National Social Assistance Programme

 🔆 The National Social Assistance Programme

✅The National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP) is a welfare programme being administered by the Ministry of Rural Development. 

✅ The Government of India launched NSAP as a Centrally Sponsored Scheme w.e.f 15th August 1995. Presently NSAP now comprises of the following five schemes:- 

🔸Indira Gandhi National Old Age Pension Scheme (IGNOAPS)

✅Under the scheme, BPL persons aged 60 years or above are entitled to a monthly pension of Rs. 200/- up to 79 years of age and Rs.500/- 

thereafter. 

🔸Indira Gandhi National Widow Pension Scheme (IGNWPS)

✅BPL widows aged 40- 59 years are entitled to a monthly pension of Rs. 200/-. 

🔸Indira Gandhi National Disability Pension Scheme (IGNDPS) 

✅BPL persons aged 18-59 years with severe and multiple disabilities are entitled to a monthly pension of Rs. 200/-. 

🔸National Family Benefit Scheme (NFBS)

✅Under the scheme a BPL household is entitled to lump sum amount of money on the death of primary breadwinner aged between 18 and 64 years. 

✅ The amount of assistance is Rs. 10.000/-. 

🔸Annapurna

✅ Under the scheme, 10 kg of 

food grains per month are provided free of cost to those senior citizens who, though eligible, have remained uncovered under NOAPS. 

✅ Annual verification and Social Audit has been introduced under NSAP. 

✅ All the States are to complete the Annual verification by 30th June and the Social Audit by 30th September, each year.

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