Online Web Application for applying for Social Security Scheme Pensions

  In order to improve the transparency in administration an online application for Social security pension schemes has been developed.

1 Indira Gandhi National Old Age Pension Scheme (IGNOAPS)
2 Indira Gandhi National Widow Pension Scheme (IGNWPS)
3 Indira Gandhi National Disability Pension Scheme (IGNDPS)
4 Differently Abled Pension Scheme (DAPS)
5 Destitute Widow Pension Scheme (DWPS)
6 Chief Minister Uzhavar Pathukappu Thittam (CMUPT)
7 Destitute / Deserted Wives Pension Scheme (DDWPS)
8 Unmarried Poor Woman of age 50 years and above pension (UWP)
9. Destitute Differently Abled Pension Scheme (DDPS)

The eligibility criteria to avail assistance under the three pension schemes under National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP) in Tamil Nadu are as detailed below:

 

S. No	Scheme	Criteria
1	Indira Gandhi National Old Age Pension Scheme (IGNOAPS)	Eligibility : Destitute. Income: Below poverty line Age: 60 years and above.
2	Indira Gandhi National Widow Pension Scheme (IGN-WPS)	Eligibility: Destitute Widow. Income: Below poverty line Age: 40 years and above.
3	Indira Gandhi National Disability Pension Scheme (IGN-DPS)	Disability level: 80% and above. Income: Below poverty line Age: 18 years and above.

 The eligibility criteria for availing Social Security Pension Schemes fully funded by the Government of Tamil Nadu are as detailed below:

S. No.	Scheme	Criteria
1	Differently Abled Pension Scheme (DAPS)	Eligibility: Unemployed. If private / self employed, the annual income of the beneficiary should not exceed Rs.3 Lakh. Age: 18 years and above. Disability level: 40% and above if free house has been assigned to the beneficiary under any of the schemes of the Government
2	Destitute Widow Pension Scheme (DWPS)	Eligibility: Destitute Widow. Age: 18 years and above, Fixed assets: Not exceeding Rs.1,00,000/- “Provided further that the value of the fixed assets or property of the applicant or beneficiary may not be taken into account, if free house has been assigned to the beneficiary under any of the schemes of the Government.”
3	Chief Minister’s Uzhavar Padhukaapu Thittam(CMUPT)	Eligibility: Destitute. Age: 60 years and above. Landless agricultural labourers Fixed assets: Not exceeding Rs.1,00,000/- “Provided further that the value of the fixed assets or property of the applicant or beneficiary may not be taken into account, if free house has been assigned to the beneficiary under any of the schemes of the Government.”
4	Destitute / Deserted Wives Pension Scheme (DDWPS)	Eligibility: Destitute. Age: 30 years and above. Must be legally divorced or deserted for not less than 5 years (or) obtained legal separation certificate from a competent Court of Law. Fixed assets: Not exceeding Rs.1,00,000/- “Provided further that the value of the fixed assets or property of the applicant or beneficiary may not be taken into account, if free house has been assigned to the beneficiary under any of the schemes of the Government.”
5	Pension to Poor Unmarried Women of age 50 years and above (UWP)	Eligibility: Destitute and Unmarried women. Age: 50 years and above. Fixed assets: Not exceeding Rs.1,00,000/- “Provided further that the value of the fixed assets or property of the applicant or beneficiary may not be taken into account, if free house has been assigned to the beneficiary under any of the schemes of the Government.”