Government scheme
National Social Assistance Programme
From our government schemes research
Official source ↗Social assistance pensions for the elderly, widows and persons with disabilities below poverty line
What you should know
- Category
- Social Welfare
- Also known as
- NSAP
- Ministry
- Ministry of Rural Development
- Department
- Department of Rural Development
- Level
- Central
- Launched
- 1995
- Subsidy
- No
- Loan support
- No
- Coverage
- National; BPL households in the respective beneficiary categories
- How to apply
- Offline (Gram Panchayat; municipal office); Online (NSAP portal)
- Status
- Active
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