National Social Assistance Programme NSAP Karuna M Centre

National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP) Karuna M, Centre for Social Audit, NIRD&PR 08 Aug 2018

Constitution – Directive Principles of State Policy Article 41 – Right to Work, to education and Public Assistance in certain cases The State shall, within the limits of its economic capacity and development, make effective provision for securing the right to work, to education and to public assistance in cases of unemployment, old age, sickness and disablement, and in other cases of undeserved want. Seventh Schedule, List III – Concurrent List 23. Social security and social insurance; employment and unemployment. 24. Welfare of labour including conditions of work, provident funds, employers' liability, workmen's compensation, invalidity and old age pensions and maternity benefits.

Current Schemes Five Components Indira Gandhi National Old Age Pension Scheme (IGNOAPS) Indira Gandhi National Widow Pension Scheme (IGNWPS) Indira Gandhi National Disability Pension Scheme (IGNDPS) National Family Benefit Scheme (NFBS) Annapurna Scheme

Key Features Scheme Name Eligibility Benefit Indira Gandhi National Old Age Pension Scheme BPL & > 60 years 200 Rs/month (> 60 & < 80) 500 Rs/moth (> 80 years) Indira Gandhi National Widow Pension Scheme BPL and > 40 years and widow 300 Rs/month (> 40 & < 80) 500 Rs/moth (>=80 years) Indira Gandhi National Disability Pension Scheme BPL & >18 years 300 Rs/month (> 40 & < 80) 500 Rs/moth (> 80 years) National Family Benefit Scheme (NFBS) On death of breadwinner (>18 and < 60 years) Rs 20, 000 as one time assistance Annapurna Scheme BPL & > 60 years 10 kgs of food grain/month

Central Assistance Norms Numerical ceiling for each state is fixed based on 2001 census Planning Commission’s estimate of poverty ration States are urged to provide at least a matching amount Wide variation in guidelines, eligibility conditions and assistance

Beneficiary Selection Process Awareness Generation Annual Verification by teams with representatives of reputed NGOs List of persons to be confirmed and deleted Reason to be given for persons to be deleted Person can appeal within 15 days to the head of the verification team Provision for second appeal Identification of new beneficiaries Simple application forms in local language to be made available free of cost For age, birth / school certificate, ration card, EPIC card, age certificate from Medical Officer For widows, revenue authority to issue certificate For disability pension, camps at convenient locations to which people should be taken free of cost and given disability certificate should be issued free of cost

Verification, Sanction and Appeal Verification officer to verify details within two weeks and give recommendation The list of applications along with recommendations of verifying authority to be discussed in gram sabha or ward / area sabha and then in gram panchayat and municipalties and their suggestions to be considered by verification officer Sanctioning Authority at Municipality / Block Level Pensioner’s passbook should be issued containing details of sanction order, disbursement details In case of rejection, Applicant should be informed in writing why application was rejected Copy to be sent to gram panchayat / municipality Provision for 1 st and 2 nd appeal It’s suggested that SDM be made the authority to decide on second appeals

Timeline Process Time Verification after submission of applications 10 days Gram Sabha / Ward Sabha 20 days Gram Panchayat / Gram Municipality 15 days Sanction of Pension 15 days Time period for disposal of 1 st appeal 15 days Time period for disposal of 2 nd appeal 15 days

State Administrative Arrangements Identify Nodal Department at state level Constitute State level and district level committees for implementation, review and evaluation Identify at least one nodal officer at district and block level with supporting staff for effective implementation of NSAP Issue guidelines – Application process, verification team, sanctioning authority, grievance redressal protocol, design MIS Devise IEC plan, Training plan Nodal department to ensure timely release of funds Mo. RD Comply with any modifications by Mo. RD based on review Submit quarterly reports to Mo. RD Submit certificate with number of persons covered under different schemes

Administrative Arrangements District Level Give wide publicity to NSAP Convene District Level Committee meetings regularly Monitor implementation of programme and grievance redressal Compile information and give to state Panchayats / Municipality level Disseminate information through voluntary organisations, SHGs, Asha and Anganwadi workers SHGs should be involved in the identification of beneficiaries Periodic review and discussion in gram sabhas and ward level meetings Gram Panchayat / Municipality should conduct annual survey to identify eligible persons Report death of beneficiary Disburse pension on a fixed date on a monthly basis

Disbursement of Pension Funds to be released to Consolidated Fund of State Govt in 2 instalments Convenience of beneficiary should be guiding principle Beneficiary should not travel more than 3 kms Goal should be to provide door-step services Modes of payment – Banks, Post Office, Money Order, Cash Disbursement Preferred mode of payment should be through bank or post office Banking Correspondent should be used as per RBI guidelines Detailed guidelines to be followed if cash is distributed

IT Enabled Transfer of Pensions Multilayered fund flow management across administrative levels leads to delays, Parking of unutilized funds and delay in accounting and recovery of unutlilzed funds To avoid this, Ministry has developed through NIC a transaction / work-flow based MIS Legacy data to be sent to Mo. RD; New data entry should happen through online mode Separate logins Application Receiver Verifying Officer Sanctioning Authority Pension disbursing authority,

IT Enabled Transfer of Pensions Acquittance Roll (panchayat wise / ward wise) to be used to disburse pension Once pension has been disbursed, disbursement ledger to be updated in website Aadhar based payment while ensuring that no beneficiary is denied his / her entitlements for the reason that he / she does not have account or aadhar There is provision for entering the annual verification details, discontinuation and restart of pension

Monitoring and Evaluation National Social Assistance Advisory Committee to meet twice a year State Level Committee to meet twice a year District Level Committee to submit reports to state nodal department State Nodal Department should be designated State Nodal Officer to submit MPRs before 15 th On-line reporting should be followed Performance Review Committee Meeting to be held at end of every quarter Area Officers (from Mo. RD, States, Districts) to do field visits and submit reports

Monitoring and Evaluation National Level Monitors (third party monitors) Vigilance and Monitoring Committees at state and district levels Grievance Redressal System at block, district and Municipality levels Designate an officer of appropriate seniority Timelines should be fixed Complainant must be given a receipt Designated officer to keep record of complaint received, action taken and outcome The complainant must be informed in writing about action taken

Social Audit to be done once in every six months Social Audit Committee (SAC) with current beneficiaries Women, SC / ST and minorities to be represented All relevant information to be given to the committee 15 days in advance Committee to verify information by visiting beneficiaries Review action taken on complaints by grievance redressal officer SAC to read the findings publicly ATR of previous social audit to be read out at beginning Staff implementing programme at GP / Block / Ward / Municipality to be present and answer questions and show records Minutes should be recorded by secretary and sent to District Officer

Administrative Expenses Up to 3% of NSAP funds may be used Distribute administrative expenses among state / districts / blocks List of permissible activities Printing of application forms, pension cards Camps for issuing disability certificates IEC activities Training of nodal officers, PRI officials, NGOs MIS (data entry, training, reports), Stationery Monitoring & Evaluation (Annual Verification, Impact Studies, Social Audit) Operational Expenses (Bank / Post Office / Common Service Centres / Banking Correspondents)

Ineligible expenditure Salaries / Remuneration / Honoraria of functionaries already engaged by Govt / PRIs / Municipalties / any other implementing agency Purchase of new vehicles Repair of old vehicles Civil works One-time exceptions Augmentation of computational facilities at block level Almirahs for record-keeping and functional furniture

Convergence All NSAP beneficiaries to be enrolled in RSBY or state insurance scheme All NSAP beneficiaries to be covered under Aam Admi Bima Yojana Special efforts to be made to provide housing State Livelihood Missions should include beneficiaries in SHGs NSAP beneficiaries should automatically get food security benefits Convergence Committee under Secretary or Chief Secretary Department of Social Justice, Social Welfare, SC/ST Development, Rural Development, Panchayati Raj, Health etc.

Social Audit Reports Type and Sub-type

Chennagothalpalli Panchayat, Rangareddy District, Telangana

Pilot Social Audit Findings Central Pandam Gram Panchayat, East District, Sikkim 2016 -17

MIS – nsap. nic. in

University of Wellington New Zealand Risk Register

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