Criteria for Allotting Indira Gandhi National Widow Pension Scheme
- 1. Applicant should be a widow/whose husband has been missing for an extended more than 7 Years
- 2. Applicant should not be a remarried person.
- 3. No person shall be eligible for the pension, if the person is in receipt of any other Social Welfare pensions.
- 4. No person shall be eligible for the pension, if the person applied for any Social Welfare pensions.
- 5. No one of their to look after him/her.
- 6. No person shall be eligible if he/she resorts to habitual begging.
- 7. Applicant is not eligible if the person is admitted to a poor home.
- 8. Having a family annual income of or less than Rs.100000/-.
- 9. Applied at the localbody where the person is residing.
- 10. Applicant must be a destitute.
* Special Amount
i. Indira Gandhi National Old Age Pension (75 Years Above) – Rs 1500
ii. Indira Gandhi National Disability Pension Scheme (Disability 80% Above) – Rs 1100