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Social Security Pensions in India An Assessment -Saloni Chopra and Jessica Pudussery

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published Published on May 4, 2014   modified Modified on May 4, 2014
-Economic and Political Weekly
 

Social security pensions in India have acted as a vital source of stability for approximately 2.6 crore elderly, disabled and widowed persons today. A 10-state survey in 2013 revealed that the pension scheme was running reasonably well. There is strong evidence to support the fact that the money is reaching the intended benefi ciaries without any major leakages. The patterns of usage of the pension are indicative of its importance in the lives of the benefi ciaries. An evaluation of the scheme also brings to the fore issues related to the diminutive amount, inefficient disbursal mechanism, cost of collection and the lack of a fixed pattern of payment.

Saloni Chopra (salonichopra.2601@gmail.com) and Jessica Pudussery (jessica@igidr.ac.in) were research associates with the PEEP Survey, funded by ICSSR and conducted by IIT Delhi. They are currently students of economics at the Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai and Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, respectively.

 


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Economic and Political Weekly, Vol-XLIX, No. 19, May 10, 2014, http://www.epw.in/notes/social-security-pensions-india.html


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