Pension Hiked : In Bihar, pension of elderly, widowed women, disabled people increased by Rs 700, check details immediately

The Bihar government has announced an increase of Rs 700 per month in the social security pension given to the elderly, widowed women and disabled people. Now all of them will get Rs 1100 pension every month from July, which was Rs 400 earlier.

Bihar CM announces hike in Social Security Pension Schemes to Rs 1,100 ahead of assembly elections: In view of the upcoming assembly elections in Bihar, the state government has announced to increase the monthly amount of Social Security Pension Scheme by Rs 700.

Chief Minister Nitish Kumar announced that now under the Social Security Pension Scheme, elderly people, widowed women and disabled people will be given a pension of Rs 1100 every month, which was earlier only Rs 400.

When will the pension of Rs 1100 be available?

The beneficiaries of the Social Security Pension Scheme will get the benefit of the increased amount from next month i.e. July. The state government will send money to the accounts of all the eligible beneficiaries of the scheme on the 10th of the month. 1 crore 9 lakh 69 thousand 255 people will get direct benefit from this decision.

When did you get pension this month

On June 13 this month, the NDA coalition government of Bihar led by CM Nitish Kumar, during a program at the “Sankalp” building at 1 Anne Marg in the capital Patna, sent an amount of 271.15 crores to the accounts of beneficiaries under the Social Security Pension Scheme and Chief Minister Kanya Utthan Yojana through Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT). In this program organized in the presence of Bihar CM, financial assistance was given to all those elderly, widowed women, Divyangjans and daughters who were eligible for these schemes.

The government believes that these schemes not only provide social security to the deprived, weak and needy sections of the state, but also strengthen women empowerment. The Chief Minister reiterated on this occasion that the aim of the Bihar government is that no needy person should remain without help and everyone should get a respectable life.

Check your name in the beneficiary list

• Open the official portal sspmis.bihar.gov.in
• Select the district and block, then choose one of the search options—like Beneficiary ID, Account Number, Aadhaar number or mobile number
• Enter the selected information, enter the captcha and press the search button
• Pension related information of your account will appear on the screen

Application for Old Age Pension Scheme (MVPY)

• Select the Register for MVPY option on the page
• Select your district and block as per Aadhaar
• Enter Voter ID and Name
• Enter Aadhaar number and its name information
• Verify by entering the OTP received on the Aadhaar linked mobile number
• Fill the rest of the information sought and upload the documents

Required Documents

• Voter ID
• Aadhaar Card

Age Certificate

• Aadhaar linked bank account passbook
• Passport size photo

Number of beneficiaries

Under Indira Gandhi Old Age Pension Scheme: 1,51,679 beneficiaries

52,43,998 elderly benefitted from Chief Minister’s Old Age Pension Scheme

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