Widow pension: Indira Gandhi National Widow Pension Scheme

Indira Gandhi National Widow Pension Scheme (IGNWPS), introduced in the year 2009,provides BPL (Below Poverty Line) widows in the age group 40 to 59 (Non- Resident ofAndaman can’t apply this service). IGNWPS (Indira Gandhi National Widow Pension Scheme) is a centrally sponsored social security scheme for widows belonging to Below Poverty Line (BPL) households. Know Your Pension Detail Department of WCD, Delhi Government is implementing various Financial Assistance Schemes of Govt. of India and Govt. of Delhi for the benefit of different sections through Financial Assistance Cell. Department of Women and Child Development is running two Financial Assistance Schemes for the benefit of widows /women in distress:- 1. Delhi Pension Scheme to Women in Distress ( Widow Pension ) This is a State scheme under which destitute or deserted women and widow of 18 years of age or above are given pension as per eligibility criteria laid down in the rules of the scheme.