Annapurna Scheme

By Prachita Tailor
Objective
● Aims at providing food security to meet the requirement of those Senior
Citizen who though eligible have remained uncovered under National Old
Age Pension Scheme (NOAPS)
● NOAPS provides financial assistance to elderly, widows and person with
disability in the form of social pension
● 20% of beneficiaries of NOAPS would be eligible for Annapurna Scheme
● 10 kg of foodgrains are provided free of cost every month
Eligibility Criteria
● The age of applicant should be 65 years or above
● The applicant must be “destitute” in the sense of having little or no regular
means of subsistence from his/her own source of income or through
financial support from family members or other source
● Applicant should not receive pension under NOAPS or State Pension
Scheme
How food grains reach beneficiaries?
● State Food and Civil Supplies Dept. will purchase foodgrains from Food
Corporation of India (FCI) and ensures that FCI supplies foodgrains to
District
● Collector would be responsible for ensuring the availability of foodgrains
at District level and for distributing the same through network of Fair
Price Shop under TPDS
Procedure of Selecting Candidates?

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Monitoring and Evaluation
● Districts send monthly progress report to the State Government
● State Govt. consolidate and send this report to Ministry every Quarter
● State Government also forms a committee to monitor and evaluate the
implementation of the scheme in respective States
Thank You!