Financial Aid under Rashtriya Parivar Sahayta Yojana (RPSY), conducted by Social Welfare Department of State Government, have been made two fold. The head of beneficiary family under RPSY will now receive lump sum financial aid of Rs20,000, which was Rs10,000 earlier. Under this scheme, over 7,792 families were provided the financial aid as on January of financial year 2012-13, informed in an official statement here on Monday.
Officials of Social Welfare Department informed that eligibility norms and rate of financial aid for RPSY scheme, conducted under Rashtriya Samajik Sahayta Karyakram, has been revised. The lump sum financial aid provided to RPSY beneficiary families have been increased from Rs10,000 to Rs20,000. Hence, under RPSY, heir member of the beneficiary family will now be provided financial aid of Rs20,000, in case the head of the family (man or woman), of age group 18-60 years and on whose income most of the expenses of the family depends, dies natural or sudden death. Under this scheme, over 7792 families, including 1600 SC families, 2257 ST families and 661 OBC families and 1274 families of general category, were provided the financial aid as on January of financial year 2012-13.