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The Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) has submitted a proposal to increase the limit of pension and age under Atal Pension Yojana (APY). The same is under examination in consultation with PFRDA.
The number of beneficiaries under APY in last three years, State-wise, are as per Annexure A.
Atal Pension Yojana(APY) is open to all citizens of India between 18-40 years of age. Accordingly, Mudra beneficiaries, Self Help Group (SHG) members and Anganwadi workers who are citizen of India and fall between 18-40 years of age are eligible to join APY.
This was stated by the Union Minister of Finance & Corporate Affairs, Smt. Nirmala Sitharamanin a written reply to a Parliament Question in Rajya Sabha today.
Annexure A
State-wise number of beneficiaries under Atal Pension Yojana in the last three years
Sr. No | Name of State | 2016- 2017 | 2017- 2018 | 2018-2019 |
1 | Andaman & Nicobar Islands | 1,898 | 1,696 | 1,302 |
2 | Andhra Pradesh | 353,119 | 2,79,970 | 359,113 |
3 | Arunachal Pradesh | 4,265 | 3,312 | 3,289 |
4 | Assam | 68,324 | 1,40,184 | 76,671 |
5 | Bihar | 528,044 | 5,07,457 | 496,410 |
6 | Chandigarh | 8,676 | 6,592 | 6,509 |
7 | Chhattisgarh | 74,054 | 82,312 | 89,236 |
8 | Dadra and Nagar Haveli | 4,695 | 5,901 | 7,301 |
9 | Daman & Diu | 6,853 | 13,024 | 23,842 |
10 | Delhi | 92,328 | 81,556 | 91,750 |
11 | Goa | 13,119 | 12,510 | 36,986 |
12 | Gujarat | 253,884 | 2,16,672 | 241,229 |
13 | Haryana | 107,385 | 1,03,464 | 113,586 |
14 | Himachal Pradesh | 38,479 | 30,805 | 32,190 |
15 | Jammu & Kashmir | 28,332 | 13,051 | 15,056 |
16 | Jharkhand | 96,042 | 1,23,537 | 130,586 |
17 | Karnataka | 333,545 | 3,29,300 | 436,536 |
18 | Kerala | 105,863 | 1,04,985 | 134,529 |
19 | Lakshadweep | 2,237 | 1,429 | 986 |
20 | Madhya Pradesh | 241,888 | 2,41,995 | 262,944 |
21 | Maharashtra | 402,484 | 3,32,960 | 455,542 |
22 | Manipur | 7,167 | 4,106 | 10,589 |
23 | Meghalaya | 8,254 | 2,931 | 24,254 |
24 | Mizoram | 9,019 | 5,552 | 5,886 |
25 | Nagaland | 18,210 | 14,560 | 27,808 |
26 | Orissa | 184,179 | 1,53,800 | 155,863 |
27 | Pondicherry | 7,614 | 10,656 | 16,180 |
28 | Punjab | 156,593 | 1,68,450 | 151,358 |
29 | Rajasthan | 283,118 | 2,05,400 | 206,683 |
30 | Sikkim | 6,878 | 14,878 | 38,921 |
31 | Tamil Nadu | 340,667 | 4,49,815 | 434,386 |
32 | Telangana | 133,410 | 1,19,853 | 183,209 |
33 | Tripura | 12,080 | 12,859 | 22,862 |
34 | Uttar Pradesh | 631,282 | 7,31,032 | 889,590 |
35 | Uttaranchal | 38,860 | 44,979 | 45,822 |
36 | West Bengal | 251,510 | 2,78,622 | 483,355 |
| Total | 4,854,355 | 48,50,205 | 57,12,359 |
Atal Pension Yojana eligibility: citizens aged eighteen to forty, including Mudra, SHG members and Anganwadi workers may join. PFRDA has proposed increasing the pension limit and upper age for Atal Pension Yojana; APY is open to Indian citizens aged eighteen to forty and explicitly includes Mudra beneficiaries, Self Help Group members and Anganwadi workers who meet that age criterion, with state wise beneficiary figures for 2016-2019 appended.
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