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Sanjay Gandhi Niradhar Anudan Yojana: Scheme Details, Benefits, and Application Process
Monthly pension scheme of Maharashtra for destitute, disabled, widows, elderly and transgender persons without any other means of support.
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Sanjay Gandhi Niradhar Anudan Yojana is a Maharashtra social-security scheme providing a monthly pension to destitute persons who have no means of subsistence and are not covered by any other pension scheme.
Key Features
- Monthly pension to destitute, disabled, widows, elderly and transgender persons
- Benefit for those without any other source of support
- Direct Benefit Transfer to the beneficiary account
Objective
To provide a basic social-security net to the most vulnerable and unsupported sections of society.
Frequently Asked Questions
Destitute persons of Maharashtra who are disabled, widows, elderly, or transgender and who have no sustainable means of income and are not availing any other state / central pension, subject to the notified age and income criteria.
Rs. 1,500 per month financial assistance, credited directly to the beneficiary bank account. Covers destitute aged 18-65, widows, orphans, disabled, seriously ill (TB, cancer, AIDS, leprosy), abandoned/divorced women, transgender, devadasis, unmarried women over 35. Annual family income up to Rs. 21,000.
1. Approach the local Talathi / Gram Panchayat or municipal office
2. Submit the application with supporting certificates
3. Verification of destitute / disability status by the department
4. Name included in the beneficiary list
5. Monthly pension credited via DBT
2. Submit the application with supporting certificates
3. Verification of destitute / disability status by the department
4. Name included in the beneficiary list
5. Monthly pension credited via DBT
Aadhaar Card, age proof, disability / widow / transgender certificate as applicable, residence proof, income / destitute proof, bank account details.
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