Delhi Pension Scheme To Women In Distress (Widow Pension)
Delhi Pension Scheme to Women in Distress is a welfare scheme to provide social security by way of financial assistance to widows, divorced, separated, abandoned, deserted or destitute women in the age group of 18 years of lifelong who do not have adequate means of subsistence and are poor & needy.
Who can apply
- A woman who is a widow, divorced, separated, abandoned, deserted, or destitute woman above the age of 18 years of lifelong.
- Residence of a minimum of 5 years in Delhi before the date of application.
- The annual income of the applicant should be less than ₹ 1,00,000/-per annum from all sources (including rent, interest/dividends on savings & investments, earnings from the farm, property sale proceeds, etc.) of the applicant.
- Applicant should have the Aadhar number
- The Applicant should have a single-operated Aadhar-linked account with any bank in the NCT of Delhi only.
- Must not be receiving any pension/ financial assistance from Central Govt./ State Govt./MCD or NDMC and other Governmental/local bodies or any other source for this purpose.
How to apply
Online
Offline
Documents to carry
- Aadhar Card
- Self-attested documentary proof for the following needs to be scanned and uploaded.
- Age proof
- Proof of Death of Husband/ Divorce decree/ Separation paper/ Divorce proceedings/ any other document which establishes abandoned/separation.
- Residence proof of last 5-year residence in Delhi.
- Bank account number (Single –operated) in Delhi only. Which is linked with Aadhar.
- Bank passbook/statement for the last year.
- In the case of an SC/ST applicant, a certificate in the name of the applicant issued by a competent authority has to be submitted. In the case of minority applicants self-declaration of the religion of the applicant duly verified by the religious institution has to be submitted.
- One passport-size photo of the applicant.
- Income self-declaration (Format given on the portal can be used)
Details
Delhi Pension Scheme to Women in Distress (Widow Pension) is a welfare scheme of the Government of the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi to provide social security by way of financial assistance to widows, divorced, separated, abandoned, deserted or destitute women in the age group of 18 years to lifelong who do not have adequate means of subsistence and are poor, needy and vulnerable.