Two Years of Accomplishments
In 2013-14 , the then government spent Rs 1349.64 crore on various pensions to approximately the same number of people . Compare that to Rs 5,700 crore presently being disbursed a year .
To secure a dignified life to all the poor and vulnerable , particularly , the old and infirm , the State Government embarked upon one of the largest welfare schemes in the country .
The Chandrababu Naidu Government launched distribution of the most comprehensive social security pension scheme under ' NTR Bharosa ' to various categories of beneficiaries soon after taking over the adminstration in 2014 . Under the Scheme , the various pension from Rs . 500 to Rs 1000 per month to Persons with Disabilities ( PwD ) having 40-79 percent disability and to Rs . 1500 per month to those with 80 percent disability and above is a milestone .
The Government has been paying the increased pensions since October 2 , 2014 onwards . Authenticated , Aadhaar linked pensions have been provided to nearly 43 Lakh pensioners in 2015-16 . The Government has been spending a monthly outlay of over Rs . 460 Crore and a total annual
( Chief Minister ’ s Office Real-time Executive ) dashboard has been developed to monitor pensions closely . Aadhaar Seeding has been taken up in campaign mode to ensure beneficiary level data is authenticated and unique . The current status is 98 percent ( 85,61,450 ( Rural - 68,31,870 + Urban -18,85,456) members of the 87,17,326 total members ) of SHG members data is Aadhaar seeded .
The earlier government was spending a little more than Rs 100 crore a month on pensions . In 2013-
S . |
District |
Old Age |
Weavers |
Disabled |
Disabled |
Widow |
Toddy |
ART |
Grand |
No |
|
|
|
(>= 80 ) |
(< 80 ) |
|
Tappers |
Pensions |
Total |
1 |
Srikakulam |
145015 |
4173 |
8212 |
23425 |
98090 |
659 |
2303 |
281877 |
2 |
Vizianagaram |
123694 |
2321 |
15576 |
21059 |
94156 |
993 |
2346 |
260145 |
3 |
Visakhapatnam |
154698 |
2354 |
12532 |
26028 |
127901 |
1072 |
3420 |
328005 |
4 |
East Godavari |
235199 |
8657 |
25531 |
37843 |
175921 |
3295 |
5415 |
491861 |
5 |
West Godavari |
192607 |
3339 |
26021 |
19353 |
106365 |
1996 |
3683 |
353364 |
6 |
Krishna |
149660 |
5292 |
23484 |
24126 |
136168 |
2754 |
3328 |
344812 |
7 |
Guntur |
193022 |
6598 |
20367 |
23126 |
130100 |
895 |
5409 |
379517 |
8 |
Prakasam |
159716 |
6556 |
13502 |
19893 |
95830 |
158 |
4043 |
299698 |
9 |
Nellore |
121242 |
4728 |
9265 |
21582 |
95416 |
948 |
2586 |
255767 |
10 |
Chittoor |
210539 |
5766 |
17855 |
29640 |
135588 |
306 |
2342 |
402036 |
11 |
Kadapa |
130144 |
8913 |
11299 |
21317 |
81008 |
52 |
1402 |
254135 |
12 |
Anantapur |
213174 |
11651 |
17410 |
39166 |
118774 |
193 |
3185 |
403553 |
13 |
Kurnool |
150131 |
3725 |
21503 |
19143 |
124765 |
163 |
269 |
319699 |
|
Total |
2178841 |
74073 |
222557 |
325701 |
1520082 |
13484 |
39731 |
4374469 |
pensions to the underprivileged sections have been dramatically increased . In spite of the challenging financial situation , the Chandrababu Naidu Government enhanced social security amounts five-fold - from Rs . 200 to Rs . 1000 per month to Old Age , Widow , Weavers , Toddy Tappers and AIDS patients .
The Government also enhanced the outlay of roughly Rs . 5700 Cr on the scheme .
The Tab based distribution of payments is a first of its kind initiative in the entire country in public service delivery where the Government is going to the doorstep of each beneficiary , making pensions an entitlement in the truest sense of the word . The CORE
14 , the then government spent Rs 1349.64 crore on various pensions to approximately the same number of people . Compare that to Rs 5,700 crore presently being disbursed . Another important feature is that the Chandrababu Naidu Government has ensured that there is no scope for leakage in the disbursement of pensions to nearly 44 lakh people every month . v JUNE 2016 ANDHRAPRADESHMAGAZINE . ORG 21