Funds for NSAP beneficiaries released
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, August 20 2020:
Social Welfare Minister Nemcha Kipgen today announced that funds for National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP) has been transferred to the accounts of the beneficiaries through Direct Benefit Transfer using PFMS.
Nemcha asserted that a sum of Rs 4,97,74,000 was released by the Ministry of Rural Development, as 1st instalment of financial assistance w.e.f April to June 2020-21 under National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP) for payment of pension benefit/financial assistance to the beneficiaries of Indira Gandhi National Old Age Pension Scheme (IGNOAPS), Indira Gandhi National Widow Pension Scheme (IGNWPS), Indira Gandhi National Disability Pension Scheme (IGNDPS) and National Family Benefit Scheme under National Social Assistance Programme.
Altogether, 61,770 beneficiaries will be receiving the pension amount for the period October, 2019 to December, 2019 in their respective bank accounts; 55,160 beneficiaries are for Indira Gandhi National Old Age Pension Scheme (IGNOAPS), 5355 beneficiaries for Indira Gandhi National Widow Pension Scheme (IGNWPS), 911 beneficiaries for Indira Gandhi National Disability Pension Scheme (IGNDPS) and 344 beneficiaries for National Family Benefit Scheme (2020-21) .
The Minister appealed all to follow the SOPs in view of the COVID-19 pandemic while dispatching the funds in their respective banks/ATMs.