<h1>Finance Minister Boosts Social Security: 37% Budget Increase, Higher Pensions, and Doubled Family Grants for 2012-13.</h1> The Union Finance Minister announced a significant increase in social security allocations, raising the National Social Assistance Programme's budget by 37% from Rs. 6,158 crore to Rs. 8,447 crore for 2012-13. Monthly pensions for beneficiaries under the Indira Gandhi Widow Pension Scheme and the Indira Gandhi National Disability Pension Scheme will increase from Rs. 200 to Rs. 300. Additionally, the lumpsum grant for families below the poverty line, upon the death of the primary breadwinner aged 18 to 64, will double from Rs. 10,000 to Rs. 20,000 under the National Family Benefit Scheme.