Delhi Old Age Pension Scheme

The Government of Delhi has launched an old-age pension scheme for the benefits of the senior citizens in the state. The main objective of this scheme is to provide financial assistance in the form of monthly pension to the eligible senior citizens of the state.

Eligibility Criteria

• To persons above 60 years
• Residence of min. 5 years in Delhi before the date of application.
• Annual family income of less than Rs 1,00,000 from all sources (including rent, interest/dividends on savings & investments, earnings from farm, property sale proceeds etc.) of the applicant. Here “Family” means “wife/husband, minor children, disabled children, unmarried, or divorced/separated daughters/sisters, parents who are solely dependent on the applicant”. The applicant will need to give a self-declaration regarding income in the appropriate column provided in the application form.
• The applicant should have an Aadhaar number.
• The applicant should have a ‘singly-operated’ account in any Bank in National Capital Territory of Delhi only for receiving the payment through Public Financial Management System (PFMS).
• Must not be receiving any pension/ financial assistance from Central Govt/ State Govt/ other governmental local bodies or any other source for this purpose.

Note: The Aadhaar number of the applicant must be linked with the bank account for receiving the payment through Aadhaar Payment Bridge System (APBS).

Online Application Procedure

a) Application to be made online on e-District portal www.edistrict.delhigovt.nic.in
b) Aadhaar number is mandatory for filling up the application- without Aadhaar, application portal will not work.
c) For applying, self-attested documentary proof for the following needs to be scanned and uploaded.

1. Age proof
2. Residence proof
3. Bank a/c number (Single a/c)
4. In case of SC/ST applicants in the age bracket 60-69 years, caste certificate in the name of the applicant issued by Competent Authority has to be submitted. In case of Minority
5. applicants within 60-69 years, self-declaration of the religion of the applicant duly
6. verified from the religious institution has to be submitted.
7. One passport size photo of the applicant
8. Income self-declaration in the format given on the portal itself

Receipt of application forms, sanction

• New applications under the Scheme are received within the quota applicable to the constituency at the time of application.
• After submission of application, District Social Welfare Office will scrutinize the application and if required, call the applicant with relevant documents for verification.
• Normally, the applications are disposed off within 45 days of receipt of applications, unless circumstances dictate otherwise.
• The payment to new applicants, if sanctioned, is made with effect from the month subsequent to the month of the application. Once the pension is started, the assistance is remitted regularly thereafter.

Mode of payment

The assistance is remitted to the bank account of the beneficiary as per the Aadhaar number/ account number of the beneficiary through PFMS portal.

Quantum of Assistance

1. Rs 2000 p.m. for 60-69 years, with additional Rs. 500 p.m. to SC/ST/Minority community beneficiaries
2. Rs 2500 p.m. for +70 beneficiaries