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In Chhattisgarh, the Sukhad Sahara Yojana provides a monthly pension to all widows aged 18–50. [12] The Lakshmi Bai Pension Yojana [13] in Bihar covers all widows above 18 years of age whose annual family income is below ₹ 60,000 (US$720).
A widow's pension is a payment from the government of a country to a person whose spouse has died. Generally, such payments are made to a widow whose late spouse has fulfilled the country's requirements, including contribution, cohabitation, and length of marriage.
Government of Haryana, also known as the State Government of Haryana, or locally as the Haryana Government, is the supreme governing authority of the Indian state of Haryana and its 22 districts. It consists of an executive , ceremonially led by the Governor of Haryana and otherwise by the Chief Minister , a judiciary , and a legislative branch.
In 1993-94 this scheme was extended to Non SC/ST categories also. From 1995 to 1996 the scheme has been further extended to widows or next-of-kin of defense personnel killed in action, ex-servicemen and retired members of the paramilitary forces who wish to live in rural areas as long as they meet basic eligibility criteria. [7]
Physical and mental disability are also factors that the BPL does not take into account. As government records show, there are a total of 11.31 lakh disabled people in the state of Madhya Pradesh, 8.9 lakh of which live below the poverty line; yet only 3.8 lakh receive government help in the form of social security pension.
Upon the death of the recipient, the pension is transferred to the spouse until their death or remarriage. In the case of a posthumous recipient who is unmarried, the allowance is paid to their parents. In the case of the award being conferred posthumously on a widow or widower, the allowance is to be paid to their son or unmarried daughter. [42]
A similar benefit is provided in Malta in accordance to the Widows and Orphans Pension Act of 1927. The qualifying conditions are as follows: the deceased partner must have paid National Insurance contributions for at least 25 weeks in one tax year since 6 April 1975. Bereavement Support Payment consists of 2 parts, firstly:
The Hindu Widows' Remarriage Act of 1856, [9] provided legal safeguards against loss of certain forms of inheritance for remarrying a Hindu widow, [8] though, under the Act, the widow forsook any inheritance due her from her deceased husband. [10] Especially targeted in the act were child widows whose husbands had died before consummation of ...