Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Friday disbursed the first installment of the hiked pension amount of Rs 1,100 per month to the bank accounts of 1.11 crore beneficiaries, including senior ...

The Old Age Pension scheme was renamed the Indira Gandhi National Old Age Pension Scheme in 2007, while the Disability Pension scheme was broadened in 2009 to cover a wider section of eligible ...

Yet we spend less than 10,000 crore on all social pensions for elderly, widows, and the disabled. That's about 800/month per person under the Indira Gandhi National Old-Age Pension Scheme.