India is the fastest-growing countries in the world where poverty remains to be a daunting factor among rural India. For the poor sector of society, the State Government of Kerala has launched various kinds of pension schemes. The funds allocated are diverted, which consequently resulted in problems such as delays in payment of pensions, complaints of duplication etc. Kerala is one among the few states in India, which took some comprehensive measures over issues such as a result of which the poverty rate declined there over the years. This Sevana pension plan is one of the several measures that the Kerala Government has taken to accomplish that.
Sevana Pension 2021
Sevana Pension plan is a social welfare pension program which highly aims at the disbursement of benefits to the poorest of the poor. The ultimate motive in implementing this scheme was to effectively provide the social security services deployed by the local Government. Under this scheme, pensions will be provided to various sectors of society so that they are not required to depend on others for their daily needs. Under the scheme, pension is provided to agricultural workers, old age people, disabled citizens, unmarried women above 50 years of age, and widow citizens.
Sevana Welfare Pensoin
There are five types of pension schemes that are offered under Sevana pension. If you want to apply for a Sevana Pension Scheme then you are required to visit the official website. The application procedure for Sevana pension is both online/offline. The beneficiaries of this pension scheme are not required to visit any government offices in order to apply for this scheme. They are just required to visit the official website from the comfort of their home. This system is going to save a lot of time and money and will also bring transparency to the system.
Types of Pension under Sevana Pension Portal
- Agricultural worker’s pension
- Indira Gandhi National old-age pension
- Indira Gandhi National disability pension scheme-mentally/physically challenged
- Pension for unmarried women above 50 years of age
- Indira Gandhi National widow pension scheme
National old-age Sevana pension
The implementation of Indira Gandhi National Old age pension was handled by the Revenue Department of State Government, which has been later transferred to Local Self Govt Institutions as per the revised rules. Even though there is an elder son who did not look after his parents are also eligible for getting the pension. The pension amount is Rs. 1100 and Rs. 1500 for pensioners above 70 years.
Eligibility Criteria for National old-age Sevana pension
- Age of 60 years or higher
- Applicant must be a destitute
- Family annual income should be or less than Rs.1,00,000
- Should have resided permanently within the Kerala state for 10 years or more
- A person who has applied for or is a receiver of any Social Welfare pensions is not eligible
- No person shall be eligible if he or she resorts to habitual begging
- The applicant is ineligible if the person if any person admits them to a poor home
Widow pension
The implementation of the Widow Pension, which was handled by the Social Welfare Department of State Government has been transferred to Local Self Government Institutions. The pension amount is Rs. 1100.
Eligibility criteria for Widow Pension
- Applicant should be a widow or divorcee
- Applicant should not be a remarried person
- Age of 60 years or higher
- Applicant must be a destitute
- Family annual income should be or less than Rs. 1,00,000
- Should have resided permanently within the state of Kerala for 10 years or more
- A person who has applied for or is a receiver of any Social Welfare pensions is not eligible
- No person shall be eligible if he or she resorts to habitual begging
- The applicant is ineligible if the person if any person admits them to a poor home
Pension to Unmarried Women above 50 years
The State Government implements this pension scheme through the Government Order number GO (MS) 14/2001 dated 31/03/2011. The pension amount is Rs. 1100.
Eligibility criteria
- Age should be above 50 years
- Applicant should be an unmarried person
- Applicant must be destitute
- Family annual income should be or less than Rs. 1,00,000
- Should have resided permanently within the state of Kerala for 10 years or more
- A person who has applied for or is a receiver of any Social Welfare pensions is not eligible
- No person shall be eligible if he or she resorts to habitual begging
- The applicant is ineligible if the person if any person admits them to a poor home
Pension to Physically or Mentally Disabled Persons
Medical Officers are appointed from the primary health centres to verify the relevance of the application and to ensure the applicant is Mentally Challenged. At present, the local bodies have been assigned with the task of receiving the application, processing, granting and distribution of the pension. Persons with more than 40% incapability are eligible for getting the pension. The pension amount is Rs. 1100, and for persons with more than 80% disability, it is Rs. 1300.
Eligibility criteria
- Applicant should submit a certificate of disability
- Applicant must be a destitute
- Family annual income should be or less than Rs. 1,00,000
- Should have resided permanently within the Kerala state for 10 years or more
- A person who has applied for or is a receiver of any Social Welfare pensions is not eligible
- No person shall be eligible if he or she resorts to habitual begging
- The applicant is ineligible if the person if any person admits them to a poor home
Agriculture Labour Pension
Agriculture Labour Pension was previously handled by the Labour Department which was later transferred to the local bodies. At present, the local bodies have been assigned with the task of receiving the application, processing and granting pension. The pension amount is Rs. 1100.
Eligibility criteria
- Should have worked as agriculture labour for 10 years or more under landowners
- Must be a member of the Kerala Agricultural Workers Welfare Fund
- Applicant should not be a labour of plantations
- Age of 60 years or higher
- Applicant must be a destitute
- Family annual income should be or less than Rs. 1,00,000
- Should have resided permanently within the state of Kerala for 10 years or more
- A person who has applied for or is a receiver of any Social Welfare pensions is not eligible
- No person shall be eligible if he or she resorts to habitual begging
- The applicant is ineligible if the person if any person admits them to a poor home
Required Documents of Sevana Pension Scheme
- Aadhar card
- Ration card
- Birth certificate
- Residence proof
- Disability certificate
- Caste certificate
- Bank account details
- Passport size photograph
- Mobile number
Applying for Sevana Pension Scheme
- First of all, you have to go to the official website of the sevana pension scheme
- The home page will open
- On the homepage, you are required to click on the download tab
- Now you have to click on the application forms
- Now a new page will open, containing the application form
- You have to download this form and take a printout of it
- You have to fill this form very carefully by entering all the required information
- Now you have to attach all the required documents
- Now you have to submit this form to the concerned gram Panchayat municipality
- Within 45 days of submission of application, form inquiry will be done and pension will be approved
- By following this procedure you can apply for an agricultural worker pension scheme
- Now a new page will open, containing the application form
- you have to download this form and take a printout of it
- You have to fill this form very carefully by entering all the required information
- Now you have to attach all the required documents
- Now you have to submit this form to the concerned gram Panchayat municipality
- Within 45 days of submission of application, form inquiry will be done and pension will be approved
Procedure To View Sevana Pension Dashboard Status
- First of all, go to the official website of sevana pension
- The home page will open
- Now you have to click on other tab
- After that, you have to click on pension dashboard
Procedure To View Sevana Pension DBT Report
- Go to the official website of Sevana pension
- The home page will open
- Now you have to click on DBT
- A new page will appear
- You have to select the type of pension and year on this new page
- You have to enter DBT batch number
- Now you have to click on the report
- DBT report will be on your computer screen