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Atal Pension Yojana (APY) Modified to Increase the Acceptability of the Scheme Amongst Informal Sector Workers and Make the Scheme More Viable; Subscribers Would Now Have an Option to Make the Contribution on a Monthly, Quarterly, Half Yearly Basis Instead of on a Monthly Basis Earlier; Discontinuation of Payment of Contribution Provision Substantially Modified in Favour of the Subscriber; Penalty on Delayed Payment has Been Simplified |
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20-8-2015 | |||
The Atal Pension Yojana (APY) was launched by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi at Kolkata on 9th May, 2015. APY provides a minimum guaranteed pension of ₹ 1000 per month or ₹ 2000 per month or ₹ 3000 per month or ₹ 4000 per month or ₹ 5000 per month, at the age group of 18-40 years. Certain suggestions have been received, including from the State Governments, regarding providing certain relaxations for informal sector workers, having intermittent incomes, from the provision of mandatory monthly contributions under the scheme of APY and also removing the penal provisions for non-contribution under APY to make the Scheme more viable. The matter has been examined and the necessary revisions have been made in APY to increase the acceptability of the scheme amongst informal sector workers. The modified provisions carried out in the scheme are as under:
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