IGNWPSMP

Indira Gandhi National Widow Pension Scheme-Madhya Pradesh

Indira Gandhi National Widow Pension Scheme-Madhya Pradesh provides financial assistance of ₹600 per month to widowed women aged 40 to 79 years who are domiciled in Madhya Pradesh and belong to Below Poverty Line (BPL) families. This initiative aims to empower vulnerable women by offering essential financial support to improve their living conditions.

State Cash

States / UT: Madhya Pradesh

Nodal department: Department of Social Justice and Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities

Scheme for: Individual

Scheme profile

DBT (direct benefit transfer): No

Scheme open date: 2009-04-01

Categories: Social welfare & Empowerment

Sub-categories: Pension, Citizen empowerment

Target beneficiaries: Individual

Tags: Women, Empowerment, Widow, Pension

Details

Launched in the year 2009, the scheme “Indira Gandhi National Widow Pension Scheme (IGNWPS)” is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme by the Department of Social Justice and Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities, Government. of Madhya Pradesh. Under this scheme, financial support is provided to the widows of the state of Sikkim. A widow whose household is below the poverty line is eligible to get the benefits of the pension scheme. The beneficiary receives a monthly pension amount consists of the Central and State governments' share.

Benefits

  • - The beneficiary will get a monthly pension of ₹600/-
  • The beneficiary will get a monthly pension of ₹ 600/-.

Eligibility

  1. The applicant should be a domicile of the state of Madhya Pradesh.
  2. The applicant should be from a Below Poverty Line (BPL) family.
  3. The application should be aged between 40 to 79 years.

Application Process

Offline

Step 1: The Application in the prescribed application form in the rural area of ​​his native residence-Gram Panchayat / Janpad Panchayat, Nagar Panchayat / municipal council/ municipal corporation office in an urban area with three photographs, certificate for confirmation of age, Samagra ID and BPL card Or apply online through the nearest Loksewa Kendra.
Step 02: Fill in all the mandatory fields of the application form, attach all the (self-attested) mandatory documents, and submit them to the designated receiving authority.

Online

Step 1:Applicants have to visit the official portal.
Step 2: Click on the "Online Apply for Pension Scheme".
Step 3:Select District, Local Are, and enter Samagram ID.
Step 4: Select the online application option.
Step 5: Fill out the application form.
Step 6: Upload the required documents.
Step 7: Submit.

Documents Required

No document list is available for this scheme yet.

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