Under the Indira Gandhi National Disability Pension Scheme, the State social welfare department has been giving monthly pension to more 35,000 disabled persons.
As per the scheme, seriously and multiple disabilit persons of the age group of 18 years to 79 years of the below poverty line category have been included and they were being given `300 per month as disability pension. According to the officers of Social Welfare Department, under the Indira Gandhi National Disability Pension Scheme, 724 handicapped persons were getting monthly pension at Raipur, Similarly, 1,432 handicapped persons from Balodabazar, 486 from Gariaband, 986 from Mahasamund, 082 from Dhamtari, 978 from Durg, 1,325 from Balod, 628 from Bemetra, 2,045 from Rajnandgaon, 940 from Kabirdham, 576 from Bastar, 629 from Kondagaon and 507 handicapped persons from South Bastar (Dantewada) districts were getting the benefit of the pension scheme. While, 366 disabled persons from Sukma, 664 from North Bastar (Kanker), 583 from Bijapur, 52 from Narayanpur, 6,117 from Bilaspur, 2,117 from Mungeli, 1908 from Korba, 2,154 from Janjgir-Champa, 4,109 from Raigarh, 922 from Jashpur, 883 from Sarguja, 1,249 from Balrampur, 751 from Surajpur and 495 differently-abled persons from Korea were getting benefit.