I am not a BPL Card Holder. I am 66 years old. I don't get any pension from anywhere except Rs.607/- from FPC Provident fund pension scheme.Am I eligible for Sandhya Suraksha Yojana?

Following is the eligibility criteria for applying for Sandhya Suraksha Yojana.

• The applicant must be a permanent resident of Karnataka.

• The age of the applicant should be 65 years and above.

• The combined annual income of the proposed pensioner and his or her spouse shall not exceed Rs.20,000/- as certified by the local revenue authority.

• If the income is declared by beneficiary himself / herself, the income of Adult children will not be counted for calculation of the income of the proposed social security pensioner. 

• The total value of combined deposits held by the pensioner and his spouse shall not exceeding Rs.10,000/-.

• Persons availing of old age pension, Destitute widow pension or physically handicapped pension or any other form of pension from public or private sources are not eligible for this scheme.

• The beneficiaries under this scheme will be chosen from the following categories.

  • Small farmers

  • Marginal farmers

  • Agricultural labourers.

  • Weavers

  • Fishermen,

  • Laborers from unorganized sector but it shall not applicable to person covered under the Building and other construction workers (Regulation of Employment and conditions of services) Act 1996.