National social assistance design
- IGNOAPS targets older people in eligible low-income households
- IGNWPS has its own widow-pension eligibility threshold
- IGNDPS uses scheme-specific disability and age conditions
- NFBS provides one-time support after a qualifying breadwinner death
- Annapurna provides food support to eligible older people outside IGNOAPS
- States can supplement central assistance and cover additional beneficiaries
- NSAP places an identification duty on implementing institutions
- NSAP verification and rejection include reason-giving and review
- Crediting a pension account does not by itself ensure access
- Odisha’s NSAP identity rules provide alternatives when authentication fails