Tag Archives: Pension

The Varishtha Pension Bima Yojana 2017, a pension scheme for senior citizens, was approved by the Union Cabinet in a meeting chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The scheme will be implemented through Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) during the current financial year to  provide social security during ...

Handlooms, Textiles and Khadi Department has a scheme of giving old age pension to Handloom Weavers Objectives To help Handloom Weavers financially in their old age. Eligibility Any active member of the society on attaining the age of 60 years. All primary societies functioning in the State shall be eligible ...

The Department of Social Welfare, Delhi Government has a scheme for all its senior citizens who are in financial distress. Objective To help needy aged people. To make them self reliant. Eligibility Person shall be above 60 years of age without any adequate financial means. A Delhi resident for at ...

Abhaya Hastham is a Co-contributory Pension Scheme for the women, above the age group of 18, belonging to the Self Help Groups in Telangana. Telangana Government has launched this scheme for empowerment of women, through formation, development and strengthening of women SHGs and their federations. The scheme envisages contribution of ...

The Scheme is designed for older persons who are at the age of 60 years or above. Financial Aid is provided to the old age persons as Pension every month. This scheme was earlier named as National Old Age Pension Scheme. The details of this scheme are enlisted below: Eligibility: ...

The Swavalamban Scheme will be applicable to all citizens in the unorganised sector who join the New Pension System (NPS) administered by the Interim Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA). Eligibility: The scheme will be applicable to all persons in the unorganised sector subject to the condition that the ...

It’s that time of the year when everybody wants to invest their hard earned money to avail tax benefits. But not everything is so simple. Isn’t it? Do you think you can open some scheme and invest when you have just a week left for the fiscal year end? But this ...

“After a long wait, this facility has been extended to us. Pensioners can fill up necessary details in the specified forms and the Centre will issue the smart cards,” said K K Kutty, general secretary of an association of pensioners. Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar extended the CSD canteen facilities for ...

News: Pension of freedom fighters has been increased by the government after introducing a hike of 218% in DA in 2014-15, said Home Minister Rajnath Singh. The number central freedom fighters pensioners as on January 1, 2015 were 11,434 and the widows and eligible dependents were 24,466, total of which ...

News: Under the ‘Pension at Doorstep’ scheme, 44,750 beneficiaries from the Vijayawada Municipal Corporation (VMC), three other municipalities in the district, 49 mandals and 291 places would be given pension for August. Addressing the beneficiaries at Leprosy Colony in Gannavaram mandal in the city, the Collector said “The scheme would ...