Question

Which of the following schemes is not a part of National Social Assistance programme?
(A) National Old Age Pension Scheme
(B) National Family Benefit Scheme
(C) Services for the Poor programme.

• A. Only (A)
• B. Only (B)
• C. Both (A) and (B)
• D. Only (C)

Answer 1

Answer: (D)

Only (C)

National Social Assistance programme is a welfare programme being administered by the Ministry of Rural Development. This programme is being implemented in rural areas as well as urban areas. The National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP) then comprised of National Old Age Pension Scheme (NOAPS), National Family Benefit Scheme (NFBS) and National Maternity Benefit Scheme (NMBS).
These programmes were meant for providing social assistance benefit to the aged, the BPL households in the case of death of the primary breadwinner and for maternity.
These programmes were aimed to ensure minimum national standards in addition to the benefits that the States were then providing or would provide in future.