Chief Minister launches \u2018National Social Assistance Programme\u2019 Portal for \u2018Direct Benefit Transfer\u2019 to 3.70-lakh needy women in Gujarat<\/p>\n
Gandhinagar, Wednesday: In Gujarat Government\u2019s yet another initiative for showing sensitivity and transparency; Chief Minister Vijay Rupani here launched the Central Government\u2019s National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP) Portal for Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) of monthly pension directly to 3.70-lakh widows, elderly and disabled women in 33 districts in the state.<\/p>\n
The amount was simultaneously transferred directly to the post accounts of the target women group with a click. The programme is being implemented in the state by Gujarat Government\u2019s Women & Child Development Department.<\/p>\n
While the State Government\u2019s earlier \u2018Vidhva Sahay Yojna\u2019 was renamed \u2018Ganga Swarupa Yojna\u2019 to lend respectability to the beneficiaries, the State Government had raised the monthly pension amount from Rs.1,000 to Rs.1,250 since April 2019. It is ensured the amount is deposited in the first week of every month.<\/p>\n
The State Government had also more than doubled their annual income eligibility criteria from Rs.47,000 to Rs.1,20,000 for women residing in rural women, from Rs.68,000 to Rs.1,50,000 in urban areas. This resulted in increase in number of beneficiaries from 1.64-lakh to 3.70-lakh.<\/p>\n
The State Government had also relaxed the financial assistance scheme by continuing the scheme for women even after their son attain age of 21 years.<\/p>\n
Those present during the launch included Education Minister Bhupendrasinh Chudasama, Women & Child Welfare Minister Ganpatsinh Vasava, Minister of State Vibhawariben Dave, Secretary and Commissioner Manisha Chandra and other officers of the department.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Chief Minister launches \u2018National Social Assistance Programme\u2019 Portal for \u2018Direct Benefit Transfer\u2019 to 3.70-lakh needy women in Gujarat Gandhinagar, Wednesday: In Gujarat Government\u2019s yet another initiative for showing sensitivity and transparency; Chief Minister Vijay Rupani here launched the Central Government\u2019s National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP) Portal for Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) of monthly pension directly […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paUKPQ-9dd","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/allgujaratnews.in\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35415"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/allgujaratnews.in\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/allgujaratnews.in\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allgujaratnews.in\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allgujaratnews.in\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35415"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/allgujaratnews.in\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35415\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35416,"href":"https:\/\/allgujaratnews.in\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35415\/revisions\/35416"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/allgujaratnews.in\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35415"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allgujaratnews.in\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35415"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allgujaratnews.in\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35415"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}