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ISSS-WID

Integrated Social Security Scheme - Women In Distress

The Integrated Social Security Scheme (ISSS) offers financial assistance to individuals in distress, including destitute widows, divorced women, and others, across Jammu and Kashmir. Eligible applicants must be aged between 40 and 79 years, with an annual income below ₹75,000 or classified as Below Poverty Line (BPL), ensuring support for vulnerable groups such as transgenders and physically handicapped persons.

State Cash

States / UT: Jammu and Kashmir

Nodal department: Department Of Social Welfare J and K

Scheme for: Individual

Scheme profile

Scheme open date: 1995-01-01

Categories: Social welfare & Empowerment, Women and Child

Sub-categories: Pension

Target beneficiaries: Individual

Tags: Women, Pension, Social Welfare

Details

Launched in 1995, ISSS (Integrated Social Security Scheme) is a State Sponsored Scheme by the Social Welfare Department of the Govt. of Jammu and Kashmir where financial assistance is provided to Old Age Persons, Widows, Divorcees, Women in Distress, Transgenders, and Physically Handicapped Persons. The scheme is funded through Plan and Non-Plan on the basis of a 50:50 sharing pattern.

The scheme has the following components -
a) Pension for Old Age Person b) Pension for Women in Distress c) Pension for Physically Challenged Person d) Pension to Transgenders

Under the "Women in Distress" component of ISSS, a pension of ₹1,000 per pensioner per month is deposited directly into their Bank Account through DBT mode. The aim of the scheme is to provide monthly financial assistance to destitute widows/divorced/deserted women with no source of income.

Benefits

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A pension of ₹1,000 per pensioner per month is deposited directly into their Bank Account through DBT mode.

Eligibility

  1. The applicant should be a destitute widow/divorced/deserted woman.
  2. The income of the applicant should be less than ₹ 75,000/- per annum or the applicant should be from the "Below Poverty Line (BPL)" Category.
  3. The age of the applicant should be between 40 and 79 years.

Application Process

Offline

Step 1: The application forms are available with DSWO/TSWO free of cost. The applicant shall submit the duly filled and signed application form (https://jkdswdj.jk.gov.in/pdf/FORMISSS1.pdf).along with the required documents reg. the age, income, status, and address, to the concerned Tehsil Social Welfare Officer against proper receipt.

Step 2: The concerned Tehsil Social Welfare Officer (TSWO) consolidates the list of eligible applicants under the scheme and forwards it to the concerned District Social Welfare Officer for the arrangement of funds and accord of sanction by a designated District level Sanctioning Committee headed by the Director General, Social welfare Department, Kashmir.

Step 3: The amount is disbursed to the beneficiaries through bank advice/money orders.

Documents Required

No document list is available for this scheme yet.

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  • Income Certificate
  • Caste Certificate (if applicable)
  • Residence Proof
  • Bank Account Details
  • Educational Certificates (for student schemes)

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